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Photo illustration By Joe Johnson Authorities last week rescued an 83-year-old woman from deplorable living conditions in a home located in southeast Athens-Clarke County. Police said they responded to the residence to meet with an Adult Protective Services official who found that the elderly woman was sleeping in a bed that was urine soaked in a room that was littered with human and dog feces. The woman appeared to be frail and malnourished, an officer said in a police repor

Robinson The United States Department of Justice has released the following: ATHENS, Ga. – A federal jury convicted two Georgia residents for their roles in an armed drug trafficking network linked to a cartel that distributed fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other controlled substances throughout the Athens community, with the Homeland Security Task Force investigation led by FBI resulting in the seizure of more than two dozen firearms. Serda “This verdict holds these defenda

The following wos released by ACC Leisure Services Athens-Clarke County invites professional artists to submit qualifications to create a sculpture for Memorial Park. The site for public art will be the lower pond area - art can be placed in or around the lower pond, and it can be one large sculpture or a series of smaller sculptures. Deadline to apply is Friday, July 24 at 5:00 PM. Full call details and the application are available at accgov.com/publicart.

From ACC Leisure Services Do your joints squeak or groan when you exercise? Are there twinges of pain as you work out? Would you like greater freedom of movement and mobility without the impact of traditional aerobics? Then Aqua Aerobics is for you! Aqua Aerobics is low impact exercise sessions at the Memorial Park swimming pool this summer. Participants will experience a variety of stretching, limbering, and weight routines. This summer workout program is underway and ta

By Joe Johnson Christopher Alexander Breault, 23, has been indicted for an alleged sexual assault at his home on Pulaski Street earlier this year. He was charged with rape, aggravated sexual battery, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, according to the indictment filed in Superior Court on Tuesday. The incident allegedly happened at Breault’s residence on April 17th and he was arrested the following day. At that time he was in possession of a semiautomatic pisto

The United States Department of Justice today released the following: Two Georgians Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl from China Prison-Directed Organization Moved 2,610 Fentanyl Pills and 5,502 Grams of Synthetic Cannabinoid ATHENS, Ga. – A Georgia inmate and a co-conspirator were sentenced to federal prison today for trafficking fentanyl and a synthetic designer drug from China into the state resulting from a Homeland Security Task Force investigation led by FBI and the

I’m The following was released today by the Gwinnett County Police Department (Peachtree Corners, Ga., July 8, 2026) – Gwinnett County Police are requesting the public's assistance with locating missing 87-year-old Donald Hively. On July 8, Donald Hively was reported missing by his family. He was last seen at his residence in the 4200 block of Thamesgate Close in Peachtree Corners on July 7 at approximately 8:00 p.m. Hively left the residence on foot and has not been seen sin

By Joe Johnson A 46-year-old man reported that he was walking on Barber Street early in the morning of June 30th when someone fired a gun at him. He told police that he was passing by Kwik Kar Wash at around 4 a.m. when a shot rang out and he heard the bullet whiz past. He ran through the car wash and hid in a nearby building where he called 911. The man told police that just prior to being shot at he saw someone ducking into some bushes near the car wash. Police located witn

The restaurant has released the following: Ted’s Montana Grill Hosts Hiring Event, Bringing More than 50 Jobs to Athens: Ted’s at Beechwood Slated for Late Summer Opening What: Ted's Montana Grill, known for elevated comfort food made fresh, from scratch, is now hiring more than 50 new Team Members including Bartenders, Servers, Kitchen Team Members, and Server Assistants (Hosts). The restaurant is seeking passionate, hospitality-driven leaders committed to delivering an auth

By Joe Johnson An Athens man has been charged with vehicular homicide in connection with a collision between his car and a moped last month. Enrique Robbins, 26, of East Meadow Drive, was arrested Thursday after the victim died in the hospital from the June 12th collision. According to police, 66-year-old David Keith Engel was riding his moped on Lexington Road when Robbins drove into his path when turning onto the street where he lives, Athens police charged Robbins with mis

By Joe Johnson A 72-year-old Athens man had just withdrawn $1,300 from the bank last week when he went to McDonald’s on Gaines School Road to have a meal with a friend only a have someone snatch the cash-stuffed envelope from his shirt breast pocket. The robbery happened at about 12:30 p.m. on July 2nd and was recorded by the restaurant’s security system that has been reviewed by investigators, Police described the suspect as a slightly built black male in his 20’s or 30’s wh

Damian Swint By Joe Johnson One person was arrested Sunday morning following a reported gunfight outside a popular downtown Athens nightspot. No injuries were reported and it appears that several businesses were struck by gunfire, including Bad Moon Bar on East Clayton Street. “Officers did respond to reports of a shooting in the area of Bad Moon on E. Clayton St.,” a police spokesperson confirmed in a Sunday night email. “There were no reports of anyone being struck by gunfi

By T.W. Burger Kay Scoggins was tall, blonde, blue-eyed, beautiful, kind, affable, tough as nails, really country, and sort of a force of nature. She served as a patrol officer and state trooper for decades and even ran for president at least once. She got 13 votes. In an interview a few years later she said she had not made a lot of promises during her campaign except to ensure freedom of speech and maybe put a doublewide mobile home on the front lawn of the White House. Eve

By Joe Johnson At least one arrest has been made in connection with a purported early morning gunfight in downtown Athens. No injuries have been reported and it appears that businesses were struck by gunfire, including Bad Moon Bar on East Clayton Street. “Officers did respond to reports of a shooting in the area of Bad Moon on E. Clayton St.,” a police spokesperson said in a Sunday night email. “There were no reports of anyone being struck by gunfire however, several busines

FBI wanted poster Here’s a story of mine that was published by the Athens Banner-Herald on June 9, 2010 and was based on correspondence I had with the most prolific bank robber ever to have terrorized Athens, the Southeast, and possibly anywhere else in the country. By Joe Johnson When he was 17 years old Bruce Allen Hughes put on his mother's wig, pointed a toy pistol at a bank teller and demanded $1,000. That's how the “Crown Royal Bandit”got his start robbing banks in 1977

By Albert DeSimone The continuum from capitalism to communism describes economic systems, though these systems also heavily influence political and social structures. At their core, they represent fundamentally different answers to the basic economic question: Who should own and control the resources used to produce goods and services while distributing the fruits of economic progress? Capitalism: Capitalism is a basic economic system that, at its core, is driven by a combina

By Joe Johnson A 66-year-old man died in the hospital this week from injuries he suffered on June 12th when his moped collided with a car on Lexington Road. David Keith Engel, whose home address was the Salvation Army homeless shelter, was injured on the afternoon of June 12th when he was riding his moped on Lexington Road and a car traveling in the opposite direction turned into his path at East Meadow Drive and he was ejected in the collision. The incident continued for be

By Joe Johnson Jason Gutierrez Martinez, 20. of Woody Lane, was arrested on July 1st on multiple counts of sexual exploitation of children. He was booked into the county jail on 10 felony counts that stem from an investigation that was launched last month when Athens police received information from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children regarding the possible online possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material. That led to a search of Martinez’s

By Joe Johnson Three teenagers were indicted this week for an armed robbery earlier this month in the Athens Gardens apartment complex. They robbed a 23-year-.old man of an iPhone 17 valued at $1,200 early in the morning of June 2nd and tried running from police officers when they arrived to investigate, Quintez Damenterll Dunn,15, Jaden Coderious Howard, 17, and Jykece Jamarion Pressley, 18, were each charged with armed robbery an obstruction of law enforcement, according to

By Joe Johnson Jeffrey Joseph Pourciau, 59, of Lafayette, LA, was arrested on the afternoon of June 29th in an Athens clothing store where he reportedly exposed himself to several employees, One of the employees, a 21-year-old Athens resident, told police that she was helping Pourciau look for a shirt in Buckle at Beechwood Promenade when she “observed the zipper of the shorts he was wearing open and could see his penis and testicles in view.” A second employee gave a similar