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Cleveland, longtime director at ABH, dies
Gary Cleveland, the man responsible for producing the Athens Banner-Herald for the past 29 years, died Sunday morning after succumbing to a brain tumor discovered in May. He was 63.

Banner-Herald All-Area softball team
The 2009 Athens Banner-Herald All-Area softball team.

Banner-Herald all-area wrestling team
First team

Athens Banner-Herald Best & Brightest scholarship winner
Krizel Roque of North Oconee High School is the 2009 Athens Banner-Herald Best & Brightest scholarship winner.

Forum: Advice to the Banner-Herald: Be the watchdog
Executive Editor Melissa Hanna's recent column on the Banner-Herald's quest for reinvention prompted me to provide some historical context that reveals change has been the constant in Athens newspaper journalism (Column, "Reinvention is newspapers' challenge," Aug. 16). What's missing today is competition.

Dennis' banner year isn't over just yet
Who could blame Madison County golfer Lee Dennis for not wanting 2010 to end?

Vandals flip signs, create road hazards
Vandals who turned 35 road signs -- including warning signs -- upside down earlier this week created a dangerous situation for motorists along Ruth Jackson Road in Bogart, Oconee County Roads Superintendent Michael Weathers said Wednesday.

Banner-Herald wins 11 awards
The Athens Banner-Herald won 11 first-place awards in its circulation category in the Georgia Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest, and placed second in General Excellence, the GPA's top award.