CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By T.W. Burger A few years ago, library in a town I used to cover had to close. There had been a problem with an ancient water heater,...

By Eddie Whitlock My wife bought me a cool mask last year. It reads “BLACK LIVES MATTER, WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS, NO HUMAN BEING...

Journalism used to be an honorable profession. It used to be a reliable resource for the everyday citizens. It used to be a resource for...

By T.W. Burger I suffer from AWAM Syndrome. The malady can be contagious, but AWAM is mostly found among those of a certain age,...

By T.W. Burger The little paper cranes were everywhere. Some were laid carefully on the graves, others tied by brightly colored bits of...

By T.W. Burger Train travel has fallen by the wayside, with more than a little under-the-counter help by forces from the automobile and...

Behind the bridal veil of spider webs, an old door hangs slacked jawed on a front porch. Above, sky blue paint peels where Mama used to...

By T.W. Burger On those rare occasions that I visit the small town where I was born, I find myself visiting graves, particularly those of...

By T.W. Burger It seems, overall, like a bad dream. You know the kind; where you keep falling off the edge of the precipice, forever...

Though the streams always connect me back to the One Mother, I really do originate from many waters. This tale begins at a convergence of...

By Steve Cloer Today, November 10th 2021, marks the second anniversary of the unimaginable loss of my son Benjamin Lloyd Cloer. No one...

In partnership with Athens-Clarke County Animal Services, Classic City News regularly publishes profiles of cats and dogs waiting to be...

By Bill Crane Though Washington, D.C., and our U.S. Congress can still produce leaders, and I have hopes that our White House will again...

By T.W. Burger Retired businessman, golfer, fisherman, and former bomber pilot Charles M. “Charlie Mac“ McMullen, 98, died at his Athens...

By Johnnie W. Lewis Ever been to a reunion? Do you know how loud they can get? I know it depends on how many participate or attend, and...

By Shane Sims I will begin by stating the obvious (to many): Athens youth are in a crisis. Over the past few months there have been a...

By Bill Crane Within days of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis Police Officer, as well as the preceding death of...

By T.W. Burger One steamy August day in 1969 my boyhood friend Herman Fields stepped on a landmine, in a place far away from Athens...

By T.W. Burger Miss Ruby Anderson stood in the front of our high school classrooms when our regular teachers were sick or having babies....

By Shane Sims There are approximately 70 million Americans with criminal records – that is one in three Americans. That is 70 million...