Grady Newsource

DANIELSVILLE — There is a newly posted speed limit on Forest Trail in Madison County. \n

ATHENS - An amendment to the Athens-Clarke County budget would increase the investment in downtown. The amendment is now part of the 2016 budget proposal.

ATHENS — Athens-Clarke County Unified Government is looking for people to serve terms on five policy-making boards.

ATHENS — Katie Wheeler serves as the Athens-Clarke County School District's Director of Homeless Education. Wheeler is from Albany, but has called Athens home for the last 12 years.

AUGUSTA — A new green jacket went to a 21-year-old this weekend after Jordan Spieth won the Masters tournament in Augusta.

ATHENS — The West Broad Community Market Garden is in the running to receive a $20,000 grant from the Seeds of Change program.

ATHENS — Georgia baseball returns home this week after an away series against the University of Alabama.

ATHENS — An armed robbery occurred on April 10 between 5-5:40 p.m, according to the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE — Wormreich, one of the two bands that was in a crash last Monday, is holding a benefit concert on May 2.

The South Carolina killing of an unarmed black man by a police officer is just the latest in a nation-wide focus on police brutality and racial unrest. Athens Mayor Nancy Denson says better technology…such as body cameras on police officers …leave little to the imagination and show the whole truth.…