Athens-Clarke County

COVID-19 has sent a shockwave through the restaurant industry, leaving many out of work. One Athens restaurant is making sure its employees know they have someone to lean on.

With school closures and shelter-in-place ordinances, online learning has become the norm. And parents are having to adjust from full-time parent to a part-time teacher.

Akademia Brewing Company in Athens has partnered with the nonprofit Bottleshare to form the Akademia Outreach Program. They prepare and deliver meals to charities in need -- 250 meals in the first week.

An Athens gun store owner is suing Athens-Clarke County government over its shelter-in-place ordinance during the coronavirus pandemic. The owner calls the order "unconstitutional."

As more Georgia cities issue shelter-in-place orders for their residents, one man has come up with an idea he’s hoping will spread across the state.

Heath officials say a 67-year-old man with existing medical conditions is the first person to die of coronavirus in Clarke County.

Athens-Clarke County residents are under a mandatory call to shelter in place ordinance.

The University of Georgia announced a second case of the coronavirus on campus on Thursday.

In a collaborative effort with the Rhode Island Company Epivax, University of Georgia Dr. Ted Ross and his team are trying to craft a COVID-19 vaccine.

Georgia’s state election board on Wednesday has unanimously ordered Athens-Clarke County to use the new voting machines. This happened following an emergency hearing to discuss whether election officials violated state law or election rules when they decided not to use the state’s new voting machines for the presidential primary.

The University of Georgia's swim and dive team has a special new teammate.

Georgia’s state election board on Thursday scheduled an emergency hearing on the decision by election officials in one county to use hand-marked paper ballots for the presidential primary rather than the state’s new voting machines.

Three people were arrested after skinned animal carcasses were found outside of a University of Georgia fraternity house, according to an Athens-Clarke County police report. 

A Georgia county has opted to ditch the state’s new voting machines and switch to hand-marked paper ballots during early voting for the March presidential primary, despite a warning from the county’s attorney that the decision could result in litigation that’s tough to defend in court.

A Georgia bar owner accused of raping a woman pleaded not guilty to the charges during his arraignment Monday.

The first black graduate of the University of Georgia makes history again.

Georgia defensive lineman Devonte Wyatt was a arrested Tuesday night on a misdemeanor charge of criminal trespassing/property damage with the a family violence designation

Athens-Clarke County Police said they now know the name of one of the two men investigators believe raped a 20-year-old University of Georgia student early Sunday morning.

Athens-Clarke County Police are searching for two men suspected of raping a 20-year-old University of Georgia student early Sunday morning. 

Athens-Clarke County police are investigating after members of the Chi Psi fraternity found several animals’ carcasses on their front porch Friday.