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Athens bus terminal to be used as warning station tonight
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (221+ words) Issued this morning by Athens-Clarke County Tonight! 5pm tonight until 9am tomorrow morning, ACC Multimodal Transportation Center will be open as a warming station. The station will have donated items such as winter weather apparel/blankets, hot hands, and warm coffee - not…...
Face of Athens man disfigured when attacked with tire iron
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (119+ words) News from the Metro Athens Crime Beat & More A 32-year-old man recently lost part of his nose when assaulted by another man wielding a tire iron. According to police, the incident happened the evening of December 30th in the Pinewoods Estates…...
Man arrested trying to entice 14-year-old girl
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (163+ words) News from the Metro Athens Crime Beat & More Released this morning by the Gwinnett County Police Department (Norcross, Ga., Jan. 14, 2026) " Gwinnett County Police VICE Investigators arrest a 36-year-old for trying meet up with a 14-year-old female." On January 5, the VICE…...
Body of Cane Corso found in cage on Athens dead end street
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (160+ words) News from the Metro Athens Crime Beat & More A woman was recently taking a walk in east Athens when she came upon a dead Cane Corso in a cage lying on its side on a dead end street. Police said…...
Young man in Athens attempts suicide after girlfriend is deported
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (139+ words) News from the Metro Athens Crime Beat & More A 21-year-old Athens man tried to kill himself last month by smoke inhalation with a charcoal grill fire inside his bathroom. Firefighters responded to his home when the smoke set off an…...
Athens woman charged with stabbing victim in the head
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (143+ words) News from the Metro Athens Crime Beat & More Dashaniti Areonna Dalton, 20, of Pepperidge Lane, was arrested early in the morning of December 19th after she stabbed a 27-year old woman in the doorway of the victim's home on North Bluff Drive....
Spiritual young man’s life ended in street outside Athens church
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (324+ words) News from the Metro Athens Crime Beat & More On the morning of December 18th, 26-year-old Anargyros "Cole" Mantas was in the parking lot of Redeemer Presbyterian Church on Pulaski Street when something caused him to walk out into the intersection of…...
Auditions for Athens Creative Theatre production
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (232+ words) From Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Athens Creative Theatre will hold auditions for "One Man, Two Guvnor" by Richard Bean on Thursday, January 15 and Friday, January 16 from 5:00 " 8:00 p.m. at Quinn Hall at Memorial Park. "Show dates are March 26 " 28 at Quinn Hall at…...
Georgia prison inmates guilty in nationwide jury duty scheme
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (170+ words) News from the Metro Athens Crime Beat & More The following was released by the United States Department of Justice ALBANY, Ga. " Two Georgia inmates involved in a nationwide call scheme exhorting unsuspecting citizens to pay off fines to avoid arrest…...
Spiritual young life snuffed out on street outside Athens church
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (324+ words) News from the Metro Athens Crime Beat & More On the morning of December 18th, 26-year-old Anargyros "Cole" Mantas, was in the parking lot of Redeemer Presbyterian Church on Pulaski Street when something caused him to walk out into the intersection of…...