CLASSIC CITY NEWS

P Four people have been arrested and charged in connection with a deadly weekend shooting in Walton County, the sheriff’s office has...

Cedric Cortes Smith By Joe Johnson A grand jury this week indicted a homeless man for the attempted murder last summer of a social worker...

Kejuan and Takayuki 10 years ago today I wrote the following story for the ABH while reporting about one of the more heartbreaking cases...

Tara Louise Baker By Joe Johnson A trial date has been scheduled for the accused killer of University of Georgia law student Tara Baker....

Murder victim Antwone Lay By Joe Johnson Athens resident Antwone Lay was shot to death last summer in a Jackson County church parking lot...

Released by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation: Patrice Endres disappeared from her hair salon, Tamber’s Trim-N-Tan, on Georgia Highway...

By Joe Johnson A judge has ordered a mental health evaluation for a man accused of murder for fatally shooting his girlfriend in the face...

The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the deaths of two people after what they said was a domestic incident. According to...

Athens lost a true buddy 14 years ago today.   His name was Elmer Basco Christian III, but to those who knew him he was just Buddy. As a...

I’m Laken Riley Three Venezuelan nationals arrested during the investigation into the brutal murder of nursing student Laken Riley have...

Riley and her murderer Three Venezuelan nationals arrested during the investigation into the brutal murder of nursing student Laken Riley...

Laken Hope Riley Released today by the U.S. Justice Department: ATHENS, Ga. – A Venezuelan man who entered the United States illegally...

Akhil Nasim Crumpton By Joe Johnson More than four years after he fatally shot a clerk during an armed robbery of a convenience store in...

From Unheard Voices Magazine Nineteen-year-old twins Naazir and Qaadir Lewis were found shot to death Saturday morning by a hiker at the...

Michael Thomas Dusch The Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office has released the following: The Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office with the...

The Oglethorpe County Sheriff’s Office and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are investigating the death of a man found in western...

Esnati Thalani Gurura By Joe Johnson Esnati Gurura was talking on the phone about her boyfriend’s concerning behavior on the night of...

Michael Todd The Gwinnett County Police Department today released the following: Update: (Lawrenceville, Ga., Feb. 20, 2025) – The victim...

Alijah Nelson By Joe Johnson . An Athens gang member who was believed to be one of the shooters who murdered a rival was himself killed...

Jaden Appling A fourth member of an Athens street gang will spend decades in prison for his role in the deadly shooting of a rival gang...