An Associate Judge of Magistrate has been named for Athens-Clarke County. Edward Hunt Brumby, who has practiced law in Athens since 2000, was appointed to the role, effective September 14.

Sample Ballots are now available, and voter registration will close October 5th for the upcoming midterm elections.

If you’ve been searching for a new book to cozy up with as the temperatures cool down, you’re in luck. There are a host of book sales in Athens and the surrounding counties beginning Thursday.

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced Tuesday that an 18-year-old has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for murder.

Over $65,000 will go to local arts educators around Athens-Clarke County to support a variety of music, dance and art classes for kids in grades K-12.

On Saturday night, there were separate mass shootings near South Africa's two largest cities.

The Protect College Sports Act is on the brink of passing in the Senate, where a handful of former college athletes who are now senators on both sides of the aisle have an extra say in the debate.

A 300-year-old Mexican musical tradition is finding new life around the world — one sweaty, joyous, all-night fandango at a time.

Many thousands of boys and men in Lesotho take up the vital profession of herding but have to give up their education. A small network of schools on a shoestring budget is teaching them the ABCs.