CLASSIC CITY NEWS

My name is John Q. Williams, and I’m a Sergeant with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department. I’ve been an Athens resident for nearly...

By Shane Sims Holidays are an almost essential part of American culture. They give us something to celebrate; a reason to be happy. We...

By T.W. Burger Time, we tend to forget, is not a thing of calendars and watches. It is a thing in and of itself, shapeless, a basket of...

By Leon Galis Recently, somebody asked on social media, where everything important happens, how the national political climate is...

By Shane Sims Darkness is the absence of light. Although I am sure that this age-old truth was discussed at some point during my...

By Imani Scott-Blackwell Those of you who have already read Part 1 of this series are already aware that I do have strategic...

By Imani Scott-Blackwell For the past two-plus years our community has struggled to find its footing under Dr. Demond Means as our...

By Mokah Jasmine Johnson Following the recent arrest of David Ellis Ippisch, the owner of two bars in downtown Athens -- The Hedges on...

By Karen Sweeney Gerow ———————————————————————— TLDR: In 2017, the superintendent brought to light a crisis related to the proficiency of...

By T.W. Burger (MOUNT DESERT ISLAND, Maine) The burly man grinned as his chainsaw snarled into life. "Now, hold real still," he said as...

By Bertis Downs Due to a volunteer opportunity, I won’t be there for the school board meeting tonight (but I guess I’ll watch it on...

By Juli Wisotsky “Heartbreaker” is a term we generally reserve for those who cause hurt in romantic relationships. But being deceived,...

By Bertis Downs Today is a big day for the Cobbham neighborhood: the Cobbham Triangle Park is being dedicated after a couple of years of...

By Shane Sims He would keep me locked in his cell, sometimes for hours at a time. I would sit on the hard cement floor for so long that...

A perennial feature of SPLOST referendums is a rash of complaints about how stupid, irresponsible, irrelevant or otherwise outrageous the...

By T.W. Burger It could have happened to anyone. I had just finished a classic Maine lobster dinner in a seaside restaurant near the...

By Leon Galis Tuesday, November 5th, is election day. The only item on the ballot, unless you live in Winterville, is the 2020 SPLOST...

By Shane Sims The definition of “despair” is “the complete loss and absence of hope” Before reading any further, I want you to take a...

Opening your eyes while sitting upon the Scull Shoals Indian Mounds, and exhaling the ghosts of dirt, one can inspect the present state...

By T.W. Burger Quite a few years ago a fellow charged into the newsroom all steamed over a report we had run in the paper concerning his...