Every Halloween, the Wild Rumpus parade floods downtown Athens with wacky costumes and spooky spirit. This year, the people behind the Wild Rumpus have launched a new initiative to make sure Athens kids have access to great costumes.

Amber Newberry has never lived in Athens, but she has a pretty good idea of what Normaltown was like in the mid to late 1900s. That’s thanks to a suitcase full of poetry she inherited from her grandmother, Bernice Newberry, who lived in Athens.

The Athens-Clarke County Library’s Heritage Room serves as the headquarters of the Archives and Special Collections Department. The tucked-away space doesn’t get many visitors—but it may have a resident ghost.

Athens-Clarke County officials have announced approximately $2.3 million in local and anticipated federal funding for community development and housing programs for fiscal year 2028.

With early voting just over a week away, the campaigns are picking up. And for Keisha Lance Bottoms, who is running for governor, the campaign takes her to Athens for a little tailgating.

Trump said Clayton will lead the White House's new "Super Intelligence Force," which will coordinate government engagement with artificial intelligence.

Cornell president Michael I. Kotlikoff said his university "must do better" in a video statement. "This is a defining moment in Cornell's history," he added.

Japanese police arrested a U.S. Marine in the alleged robbery and murder of a woman on Okinawa, officials said Sunday.

The rape allegations that have emerged from a Cornell University frat house are leading many women to remember their own experiences — and call for a wider reckoning over sexual violence.