CLASSIC CITY NEWS

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...

By T.W. Burger (Some details changed to avoid getting beat up or sued.) It was winter in the Deep South, which often meant two young men...

By T.W. Burger Many of you might have memories of William Orten Carton, aka “BC” aka “ORT” that extend way past when I moved away. So, I...

By T.W. Burger The new vacuum cleaner winging its way through my house is a far cry from the monsters I and my contemporaries grew up...

Neighborhood Leaders in Athens-Clarke County are of the community, in the community, and for the community. Their work, led by Family...

"We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong---this is the ancient,...

"We set our sights on the embarrassing target of mediocrity. I guess that means about halfway. And that raises a question. Are we...

"No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck." Frederick...

“People say, what is the sense of this small effort? They cannot see that we must lay one brick at a time, take one step at a time. A...

By Shane Sims Maya Angelou once said, “ I have learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people...

By Pat Priest Many people want tough legal responses for others but bountiful mercy for themselves and their teenaged children when they...

PROLOGUE: The grey sky above, at long last, quit raining as you paddle into downtown on a muddy North Oconee River. You flex your frozen...

By Johnnie W. Lewis We’re done! This is the end, or almost the end, of our travels for 2020. Thank Goodness!! Miss Pate, my sixth grade...

By Shane Sims No matter what side of the political aisle you may be on, I believe that the one thing that most, if not all, people will...