http://www.enewscourier.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:40:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_311002940.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_311002940.html CLEMENTS – Kids heading to the new elementary school next June will likely be enamored by the library. It will feature columns that look like trees and a cozy “story nook” with colored-glass panels. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:54:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_309221542.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_309221542.html There was great excitement at the Olympics games held Thursday morning in Athens. Female Olympians at Athens Middle School competed, wearing togas, in various games including chariot races, The Hoplitodromos (race in armor), foot races, long jump, and discus and javelin throwing. The eighth-grade talented and gifted students were participating in their own version of the Olympics as a way to learn more about where the games began in Ancient Greece. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_308212052.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_308212052.html The old jail is coming down. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_307204632.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_307204632.html North Alabama’s colors are fading fast, so readers shouldn’t put off a leaf-peeping trip another weekend. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_306190005.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_306190005.html Local farmers are feeling the woes of too much rainfall through September and October. Being too wet to get in the fields has cost some planters as much as 30-to-50-percent of their crops, according to an agriculture expert. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:59:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_282125521.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_282125521.html A Tanner family boasts five generations of Rattlers. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:16:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_304202220.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_304202220.html The play "We Interrupt This Program ... Pearl Harbor Remembered" will be performed at the Athens Senior Center on Pryor Street at 2 p.m. Dec. 6. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:53:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_303214250.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_303214250.html The streets will be full of trick-or-treaters tonight as ghosts, goblins and princesses begin knocking on doors for their goodies. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:26:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_302212532.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_302212532.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:29:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_301212239.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_301212239.html Storyteller Bil Lepp entertained a crowd of Limestone County and Athens City students Wednesday at the Athens Storytelling Festival. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:31:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_300151743.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_300151743.html Most bankers are spooked these days, but Garth Lovvorn more than most. It’s not the economy that has Garth loosing sleep; it’s the restless spirit of a long-dead inhabitant of his home. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:09:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_299200407.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_299200407.html Brad Thompson grew up knowing he wanted to be a film producer. The University of North Alabama senior majoring in film and digital media production, won honors in the Southern Shorts Film Festival in Athens Oct. 17. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:49:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_297184605.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_297184605.html Sixty-one years to the day since "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, Athens State University’s Tom McDougle will direct a stage play of the broadcast at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday at ASU's McCandless Hall. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:55:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_296215209.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_296215209.html On Halloween, kids are thinking about eating candy and being scary. That doesn’t mean they have to give their parents a scare. There are several ways parents can keep their children safe this Halloween. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:19:00 +0000 http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_295201915.html http://www.enewscourier.com/homepage/local_story_295201915.html The students in Barbara Whiteside’s third grade class at Creekside Elementary School wanted to do something that made a difference. They decided they wanted to make hospital stays more pleasant for both young patients and their parents at Birmingham Children’s Hospital.