The Limestone County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) announced this week a pair of recent criminal convictions achieved as part of the Millstone Project, a 2024 child exploitation initiative launched by ...

Two incumbent city council members — one without opposition — will hang onto their seats in the wake of Tuesday’s Aug. 26 municipal election in Athens. Two more seats on the five-member body will ...

LOCAL SWIMMING: Athens Gators claim top prize at Race League Championship ...

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Tanner’s Rickey Speights Jr. earned second-team honors in Class 2A when the Alabama Sports Writers Association, of which The News Courier is a voting member, announced this year’s All-State basketball ...

Ardmore High School hosted the inaugural Limestone County Adaptive Basketball Tournament this week. Students from Ardmore, Clements, Elkmont, Tanner, and West Limestone participated in the event ...

These days even Owls wonder if our society will ever be patient again. Everyone, everyday scrolls through a thousand unrelated memes, reels and websites. Hours go by. More and yet more scroll by to ...

The Athens Farmer’s Market officially kicked off a bountiful 2026 season on Tuesday, May 5 with a ribbon cutting ceremony in commemoration of 40 years under the local institution’s Green Street ...

GreenPoint Ag, a Decatur-based agricultural supplier with locations in ten U.S. states, has named Athens resident Amy Winstead as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The company’s Board of Managers ...

Athens Bible and West Limestone picked up sub-regional wins on Friday night to earn Sweet 16 berths. The Class 1A No. 9 Trojans defeated Cullman Christian 47-30 to advance to the Northwest Regional at ...

According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Brian W. Hunt of Madison was fatally injured when the 2007 Yamaha XVS650 motorcycle that he was operating left the roadway and stuck an ...

Kindergartners at Athens’ Julian Newman Elementary School just took their first-ever field trip … and they brought along their furry friends for a timely stuffed-animal health checkup. Health ...