CLASSIC CITY NEWS

The following was released this morning by the Athens-Clarke County Fire and Emergency Services Department: At approximately 2:18 a.m....

By Joe Johnson Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a pool of blood this week inside his apartment...

By Joe Johnson The Clarke County Sheriff’s Office today identified the two men who recently died while in custody at the Lexington Road...

A second prisoner has died within a month’s time at the jail off Lexington Road. The Clarke County Sheriff’s Office released the...

By Joe Johnson A teenager died last weekend in an apparent drowning accident In Madison County. David Julian Acosta was swimming with...

By Joe Johnson The second pedestrian who was struck by a car Friday night in east Athens has died. The incident occurred at around 8:40...

Lois Lorraine Dua By Joe Johnson An Oconee County woman has been charged with vehicular homicide after she struck two pedestrians with...

By Joe Johnson The Georgia State Patrol is investigating a fatal collision between a Jeep and tractor trailer in Oconee County. The...

By Joe Johnson Two pedestrians were struck by a car Friday night on Gaines School Road, one of whom reportedly died at the scene....

By Joe Johnson One m mm person was killed and another suffered non-life-threatening injuries Friday night in a vehicle accident on Gaines...

By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia student died this week in a hotel room near downtown Athens. Brooke Ashley Williams, 19, was found...

Ryan Thomas Canolty By Joe Johnson An autopsy has been ordered for the unexplained death of a 50-year-old man who died in his apartment...

Released this afternoon by the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office: On the morning of April 22, 2025, at approximately 7:55 AM, while...

The charred ruins of the house where John Willcutts perished last week By Joe Johnson County fire officials have determined where the...

Firefighters working at the fatal house fire By Joe Johnson A 62-year-old man died last week after being pulled from his burning house on...

By Joe Johnson A 62-year-old man died last week after being pulled from his burning house on Winterville Road. John Francis Willcuts was...

Frank Perry Williams NOTE: The family members of Frank Williams said the woman he lived with was his girlfriend, not his wife as she...

The Banks County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths of two unborn children at a home and also looking into the way deputies...

By Joe Johnson A 3-month-old boy died Sunday morning after he was found unresponsive in bed at his home on Tallassee Road. The child’s...

By Joe Johnson The pedestrian who was killed Monday night on Lexington Road has been identified as 68-year-old Ronald Brown of Athens....