Officers were called to the intersection of North Avenue and Strickland Drive at around 10 a.m., where they found 53-year-old Ejon Ellis dead at the scene.

ATHENS, Ga. - Police in Athens, Georgia, are asking residents to think twice before you throw away batteries. According to the county, batteries are the No. 1 cause of fire in the area's solid waste ...

Two drivers were killed while two passengers were hospitalized following a wrong-way crash involving four vehicles in Athens just after midnight Sunday.

The Athens area experienced its third fatal crash in under a week on Friday when a woman was killed after hitting a power pole on North Avenue.

Two people were killed early Sunday morning after a wrong-way driver caused a multi-vehicle crash on the GA 10 Inner Loop, according to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

ATHENS, Ga. — Athens police are asking the public to remember that throwing batteries in the trash or recycling bins is dangerous. Batteries are the number one cause of fires in the Athens-Clarke ...

Athens police don’t mind being mistaken at Christmastime for Santa’s “Elves in Blue” — especially when it’s for a great local ...

ATHENS, Ga. -- A Georgia police department fired an officer seen on body camera footage hitting a fleeing suspect with his patrol car. In a news release, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department ...

ATHENS, Ga. — Police are investigating a deadly, fiery early morning crash that happened in Athens on Christmas morning. Officers were called to the intersection of Barnett Shoals Road and Gaines ...

Investigators arrested 22-year-old Jamarioun Clark in Newton County on charges including felony murder in the death of Anargyros Mantas. Mantas was found critically injured in the roadway early ...