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Established in 2019, Athens Porchfest is an annual community music festival that transforms front porches across Athens’ ...

For the 10th year, the Athens Area Stand Down event provided clothing, healthcare, career services and more to veterans.

Instead of having one or two stages set up in a central location downtown, Porchfest is spread across the areas of Boulevard, ...

Here are live updates from around the Athens area for Week 10 of high school football. Be sure to come back Friday and follow ...

Here are the Athens-area high school softball teams advancing to the postseason of GHSA competition in fall 2025.

A wet weekend is in store for the Athens area before the dry and sunny weather settles on the landscape by Monday. There is an 80% chance of showers and thunderstorms Friday night and into early ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - A new business park is coming to Athens. City leaders hope it will bring more small businesses to the area. There will be 17 available spaces for small businesses to use. Those ...

OCONEE COUNTY 28, CHEROKEE BLUFF 24: At Yonah Field at the Bluff in Flowery Branch, the Warriors scored two touchdowns in the ...

Like pumpkins, mums, and decorative corn shocks, scarecrows are an outdoor adornment that unmistakably signal the crisp ...