CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson A man dressed as a Nazi was arrested early Friday for assaulting a woman outside of a bar downtown Athens Kenneth Leland Morgan, 32, of Appleby Drive, was booked into the county jail at 3:56 a.m. on charges of aggravated assault and simple battery. He was dressed as a member of the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, when he reportedly broke the woman’s nose. Details were unavailable Saturday from the arresting agency, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department. T

By Joe Johnson A man dressed as a Nazi was arrested early Friday for assaulting a woman outside of a bar downtown Athens Kenneth Leland Morgan, 32, of Appleby Drive, was booked into the county jail at 3:56 a.m. on charges of aggravated assault and simple battery. He was dressed as a member of the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, when he reportedly broke the woman’s nose. Details were unavailable Saturday from the arresting agency, the Athens-Clarke County Police Department. T

By Joe Johnson A man and woman from Gwinnett County were recently arrested for fighting in a bar in downtown Athens. The incident happened on the night of September 27th at City Bar on College Avenue. Police said that officers responded on a complaint that 31-year-old Xavier Walker was fighting with staff and trying to get back in after having been kicked out. The officers observed that Walker was highly unruly and intoxicated and they took him into custody. He was resisting

Officer Miranda Duarte surveys the Gameday crowd By Joe Johnson Fellow police officers rushed to an area outside of an East Clayton Street bar to assist Lauren Nalley in her struggle with a large intoxicated man who was eventually subdued and arrested for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer among other offenses. Around the corner on East Broad Street a drunken student hurled racial insults at Officer Zachery Espinosa who was trying to get him out of the street for

Photographer Georgia Darsey spent the afternoon of the University of Georgia’s Homecoming Parade in downtown Athens and at UGA’s Spec Towns Track. Here is some of what Georgia experienced in her own words and photos. On October 3, 2025, I spent the afternoon photographing at the Spec Towns Track in Athens, Georgia, capturing UGA athletes during their practice sessions. I focused on several standout athletes — Alon Rogow in pole vault, Maximus Tucker and Romet Vahter in high j

By Joe Johnson Amy Melissa Staud, 50, of Danielsville, was arrested on October 7th after she drove an SUV into a light pole in downtown Athens and fled from the scene. She struck and knocked down the pole at North Thomas and East Clayton streets at about 1 in the afternoon and after she drove away police tracked her down to the Marriott hotel on East Washington Street. Officers noted alcohol on Staud’s breath when speaking with her and police said she refused submission to a

***For Immediate Release | 10/09/2025 | Athens, Georgia, USA*** WILD RUMPUS XVII 2025 Parade & Spectacle “SUPERNOVA!” Saturday, October...

Ladainian Christian Rainwater The following was released by the Athens-Clarke County Police Department On October 8, 2025, ACCPD...

The University of Georgia ihas issued the following alert, which comes a week after three teenagers were wounded during a shooting on...

By Joe Johnson The woman who was arrested for a shooting in downtown Athens last month that injured three teenagers is now facing...

By Joe Johnson When Tatianna Wilbon shot three teenage girls in downtown Athens last weekend she was free on bond from a gun-related...

By Joe Johnson Three teenage girls were injured in the shooting in downtown Athens last weekend. According to a police report released on...

By Joe Johnson Danny Gene Evans recently spent over a week in jail after he pleaded guilty to defecating in the entrance of a building on...

The police department this morning released the following; On September 30, 2025, ACCPD arrested Tatianna Wilbon (24, Athens) in...

By Joe Johnson Three teenagers were shot in downtown Athens over the weekend. According to police, the shooting happened around 4 a.m....

The following has been released by Nuci’s Space; Athens, GA —  Nuçi’s Space, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing suicide and supporting...

At 1:33 p.m. today the Athens-Clarks County Police Department released the following information about an incident that happened over 30...

By Joe Jonson The shooting incident that injured three people early Sunday morning was the third mass shooting in downtown Athens since...

By Joe Johnson Three teenagers were shot in downtown Athens over the weekend. According to police, the shooting happened around 4 a.m....

stock photo By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia student recently went downtown with friends during a night of drinking and now wonders...