CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Isaiah Cromartie Growing up, I always heard stories about the Hot Corner in Athens, Georgia—a place where African Americans built...

The following was submitted by Indivisible Georgia District 10: Around 3,000 people gathered in Athens on Saturday as part of the...

By Lenor Penferd Consignment is a raw gripping urban crime novel that dives deep into the world of street politics, ambition, and...

By Pat Priest Years ago my husband and I went to check on an elderly relative after neighbors complained about her behavior. She told us...

By Albert DeSimone Critical Race Theory is one of the most misused terms in American politics and President Trump clearly demonstrated...

By T.W. Burger I grew up in the Deep South, a place where many assume, incorrectly, racial prejudice reigned supreme. It wasn't true of...

By Erik Hogan It is early February in the South. Last month’s blanket of snow has somehow already contorted into air conditioner...

By Albert DeSimone Apparently, Elon Musk thinks he’s Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His outrageous statements regarding the impeachment of ...

By Michael H. McLendon Follow-the-Money is a shorthandphrase for tracking financial transactions to ferret out wasteful spending and to...

By Erik Hogan It is still dark as I drive. Another early Sunday morning, waiting for that first cup of coffee to jump start my brain stem...

By T.W. Burger "Almost exactly 12 hours after he surrendered to police after a three hour standoff, Douglas Dubs found himself sentenced...

By Albert DeSimone The pre-appropriated term “woke” is a word that goes back to the 1930s. It was a term used by African Americans to...

By Erik Hogan I was on a quest to see ice. These were the successive days of bitter cold in early January, before the first snow event....

These images of the moon overAthens City Hall were recently captured by local photographer Erik Hogan.

By T.W. Burger As often happens, my clever ploy to get to sleep faster and more soundly at night didn’t quite work out. Clever ploys do...

It is not good to be entirely without experience of cold and heat, but one ought in some degree to feel the cold in winter and likewise...

By Erik Hogan It’s summertime in Georgia in the mid 1980’s. The sun beats down onto the roof of our solid green Buick Century station...

By T.W. Burger The news seems suddenly full of animals. No, not that guy in what we used to call Yugoslavia. I mean the ones naturewriter...

By Erik Hogan This is the Christmas edition of Field Notes . We are taking a break from nature, landscapes, backpacking, and adventure to...

This 2015 blog entry is republished with Bill’s permission By Bill King My friend Ligaya Figueras, the food and dining editor of The...