Another day of occasionally heavy rain is in the Athens area forecast: much of northeast Georgia spent the overnight hours under a flood watch. There remains a flood warning for the Oconee River at Penfield, with the prospect of minor flooding impacting parts of Athens-Clarke, Oconee, and Greene Counties.  

The Georgia Bulldog basketball team--under first-year head coach Mark Fox--begins play in the SEC basketball tournament. The Bulldogs play the Arkansas Razorbacks tonight in Nashville.

Athens-Clarke County Police are hosting an informational meeting on proposed changes to local ordinances dealing with pawn shops and other merchants who deal in jewelry and gems: the session is set for 6:30 at the Athens-Clarke County Police Department West Substation in the Georgia Square Mall on Atlanta Highway.

There is now a lawsuit from the family of murdered University of Georgia graduate Meredith Emerson, the 24 year-old hiker was who was kidnapped and killed two years ago in Dawson County: the family is filing suit to block the release of crime scene photographs sought by Hustler magazine. A DeKalb County judge has ruled in favor of Emerson's family. Hustler is expected to appeal that judge's ruling.

The State Labor Department reports a January increase in the Athens unemployment rate, up a full percentage point from December, checking in at 8.4 percent. The state unemployment rate for January was a record 10.4 percent, up from 10.3 percent in December.

Athens Area Habitat for Humanity director Spencer Frye says he'll have an announcement one way or the other within the next two weeks on whether he is a candidate for Mayor. Frye has been considering a campaign to replace a term-limited Athens Mayor Heidi Davison.

Athens-Clarke County Coroner Sonny Wilson says Daniel Mammola died around noon today, passing away at Athens Regional Medical Center from injuries sustained in a Monday scooter accident. The 27 year-old Mammola worked in UGa's Hodgson School of Music. He crashed his scooter on College Station Road early Monday morning.

There were Monday funerals in Israel for a University of Georgia researcher and two family members killed in an auto accident in Israel's Negev Desert. 39 year-old Efrat Gamiliel-Atinsky, her mother, and two of her children were killed in a four-vehicle crash that happened Sunday. Gamliel-Atinsky was scheduled to return to Athens later this month. She was researching plant diseases at UGa.

Proposed University System budget cuts will likely be a prime topic of talk when the state Board of Regents kicks off a two-day meeting: the Regents are meeting today and tomorrow in Atlanta. They're looking  at cuts that could lead to layoffs at the University of Georgia and other colleges and universities around the state.

Athens-Clarke County Commissioners meet in a 5:30 work session at the Government Building on Dougherty Street. They'll get a look at the comprehensive master plan from the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Department.