CLASSIC CITY NEWS

The following was released by the Athens-Clarke County Fire Department Last Saturday (11/15/25) at approximately 5:00 pm, units responded to a motor vehicle accident with possible entrapment in the area of Prince Ave. and Talmadge Dr. Engine 24, Rescue 4, Ladder 1 and Hazmat 1 responded to a vehicle on its side in front of Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center. Units on scene confirmed one individual was trapped. Members stabilized the vehicle and extricated the victim, who

The following has been released by the Athens-Clarke County Fire Department The Athens-Clarke County Fire Department (ACCFD) will officially place into service Rescue 4 on 10/24/25. Rescue 4 is a custom-built heavy rescue vehicle designed to strengthen the department’s technical rescue and emergency response operations across the community. Approved by the Mayor and Commission through the county’s Apparatus Replacement Plan, Rescue 4 represents a major investment in public sa

By Joe Johnson John Choe had just arrived from his home in New York when he pulled into the Murphy Express gas station on Lexington Road...

By Joe Johnson The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has reported vandalism to its eastside substation on Fairview Street. Sometime...

Kristin Matthew Ward By Joe Johnson Convicted of child molestation in 2018, a former Athens-Clarke County police officer is now gearing...

The following was released today by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department: On June 13, from 8 pm to midnight, the Athens-Clarke...

l File photo By Joe Johnson Jalen Harris was rudely awakened early Sunday morning by a team of heavily armed police officers equipped...

By Joe Johnson An Athens-Clarke County police officer recently accidentally fired a gun inside his home and into a neighboring residence....

By Joe Johnson Senior Police Officer Joshua Santos was on motorcycle patrol the afternoon of March 26 when he heard radio traffic...

The following was released today by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department: On March 13, 2025, ACCPD Deputy Chief Keith Kelley...

Life as a police reporter sure was different back in the day. Before the police department transitioned from an analog radio dispatch...

Believe it or not it wasn’t too long ago that Athens police officers were forbidden from growing beards. I wrote this story for the ABH...

I wrote the following story a decade ago for the ABH when Clarence Holeman announced his retirement from the police department. Now it’s...

From the Athens-Clarke County Police Department: On October 18, 2024, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department hosted the Governor’s...

By Joe Johnson John Austin Rustin, 38, of Highland Park Drive was arrested October 12 after he assaulted a police officer who stopped his...

From the Facebook page of the Athens-Clarke County Police Department: Thank you to Timothy Baptist Church for hosting our annual Faith...

From the Athens-Clarke County Police Department: The Athens-Clarke County Police Department, in conjunction with the Governor’s Office of...

By Joe Johnson Athens-Clarke County Police Officer Christopher Tucker was on patrol downtown early the morning of October 5 when he found...

I’m republishing this story I wrote just over a year ago when the community lost this wonderful person and fine police officer. I do it...