Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been seen in Athens, and according to the AIRC, ICE has made multiple arrests, including the arrest of four individuals from one family, which leaves one 11-year-old girl without her parents.

Applications for the Athens-Clarke County Government’s SPLOST affordable housing funds are due this Friday, July 24, 2026.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the name of a person injured in an officer-involved shooting in Commerce.

Over the past several days, we have become aware of a significant ICE presence throughout the Athens area. Many of our immigrant neighbors have been detained, and we are still working to determine how many families have been affected.

Athens Immigrant Rights Coalition and several other local citizens have posted online about seeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Athens.

In a House DOGE subcommittee hearing, GOP representatives excoriated the director of the National Museum of American History, following a White House report earlier this month that also criticized her.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces following days of protests demanding his removal. Zelenskyy appointed Mykhailo Drapatyi as the new army chief.

The announcement effectively canceled Nicaragua's next elections, originally scheduled for November 2027.

A new study finds that consumers who are paying a premium for foods advertised as made with avocado oil are probably not getting what they think they're buying.