CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson A house on Brickleberry Ridge was damaged by fire on December 24. The Christmas Eve fire started after residents built a...

The Athens-Clarke County Fire and Emergency Services Department posted the following on its Facebook page: On 12/24/24 at approximately...

Fire crews were on scene Tuesday for a two-car collision on Commerce Road. Both drivers were entrapped and fire crews used extrication...

Dylan Betts was driving home from work last Tuesday afternoon when he saw heavy smoke billowing from a house on Oakmont Circle in...

The following was released today by the Athens-Clarke County Solid Waste Department: Another ACCSW truck caught on fire today. Our driver...

From the West Jackson Fire Department: Commercial Fire: 650 Braselton Parkway, contained to vehicles inside commercial structure.

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

Trade-Last [TRAYD-last] Part of speech: noun Origin: American English, 19th century A compliment from a third person that is relayed to...

By Joe Johnson A man who was lying in the middle of an Oglethorpe County roadway last week was run over and killed by a tractor-trailer...

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

From the Athens-Clarke County Police Department: ACCPD Investigating Fatal Crash On August 20, 2024, at approximately 10:45 AM, the...

I wrote this for the Athens Banner-Herald 20 years ago Joe Johnson jjohnson@onlineathens.com December 15, 2004 " Well it's set way back...

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,...

The house small single-story dwelling was already 75-percent engulfed in flames when fire crews arrived, according to the ACCFESD. The...