Athens Five Points News Today

Avid Bookshop, an independent and community-driven bookstore in Athens Five Points, will host a sidewalk sale to benefit Athens Pride and Queer Collective on Saturday, Sept. 30 from 11 a.m.

We made a call to our readers to find out which Athens staples were their top choices, and then we picked a few favorites of our own. From best late-night

Fall has arrived and Athens eateries are changing with the season. Here’s this week’s restaurant roundup.

There are unofficial reports that John Wes Townley had barged in with an ax at the house where his estranged wife and another man resided

The former professional stock car racing driver, whose father is a co-founder of Zaxbys chicken restaurants, died in a Georgia shooting that also wounded a woman.

A former professional race car driver was killed in a shooting on Saturday night that police say may be related to domestic violence. As the New York Post and the Athens Banner-Herald report, John Wes Townley, 31, was fatally shot on Saturday night in the Athens Five Points area of Georgia. A 30-year-old woman, who […]

A FORMER Nascar driver attacked his ex-wife and a man with a hatchet before being shot dead in the chest, police say.John Wes Townley is understood to

EX-NASCAR driver John Wes Townley tragically died following a suspected shooting in Georgia.The 31-year-old had enjoyed a successful driving career, h

A former NASCAR driver was killed in a shooting on Saturday night that police say was related to domestic violence. As CrimeOnline previously reported, John Wes Townley, 31, was fatally shot on Saturday night in the Athens Five Points area of Georgia. Athens-Clarke County police PIO Lt. Shaun Barnett announced Monday that the shooting happened […]