CLASSIC CITY NEWS

An overturned tractor trailer and resultant fuel spill kept emergency crews busy for several hours Wednesday morning. The police...

The Barrow County Fire Department posted this last night on its Facebook page 🚨UPDATE🚨 We have insulation product that has caught fire....

By Joe Johnson An off-campus student housing complex was damaged by fire over the weekend. The blaze at Enclave 425 apartments on...

By Joe Johnson Authorities are awaiting confirmation from the state medical examiner’s office before releasing the apparent identity of...

The following was released this afternoon by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office: At approximately 1141 hours, the Barrow County Sheriff’s...

Posted at 5:50 a.m. today by the West Jackson Fire Department: Fatal Residential Fire: North Jackson Fire Department along with Mutual...

The following was released Saturday by the Barrow County Fire Department: This morning, Barrow County Fire Department units responded to...

By Joe Johnson Fire officials are urging residents to exercise extreme caution as high fire danger conditions persist due to low relative...

Aftermath of Sunday’s fire By Joe Johnson Firefighters for the second time since 2023 had to extinguish a fire at a restaurant in...

By Joe Johnson A house at 235 Willow Run was badly damaged last week when a large tree fell on it and caused a fire to break out....

The following concerning a house fire on Oakmont Circle in Winterville was released by the Athens-Clarke County Fire and Emergency...

By Joe Johnson Authorities are investigating a fire that destroyed a house in Oconee County Friday morning. The lone resident who was...

By Joe Johnson Firefighters early Thursday responded to an alarm at an unoccupied apartment complex under construction east of downtown...

From the University of Georgia: This morning we honored the 23rd anniversary of the World Trade Center 9/11 attacks with an inaugural...

A battalion chief was killed when a burning truck exploded in Greene County Wednesday morning. Officials said Chris Eddy, a battalion...

From the Barrow County Fire Department: At approximately 6:20 a.m. on Thursday Barrow County emergency crews were dispatched to a...

From the Athens-Clarke County Fire and Emergency Services Department: A-Shift, Engine 26, Ladder 1, and Winterville Fire responded to a...

I wrote this a couple of decades ago for the Athens Banner-Herald Joe Johnson jjohnson@onlineathens.com December 15, 2004 " Well it's set way back in the middle of a field/Just a funky old shack and I gotta get back." The tin roof and a burned-out frame are all that remain of the little old place where Kate Pierson once got together with her B-52's band mates. An early Monday morning fire gutted the unoccupied five-room cabin set back in a field that is believed to have insp

By Joe Johnson A 4-year-old Athens girl on Saturday survived a drowning incident at Sandy Creek Park. According to a police report,...

By Joe Johnson A house in the Normaltown neighborhood of Athens was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The lone resident, Patti Thorne,...