CLASSIC CITY NEWS

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office has released the following: Investigators have charged a Carlton woman with felony murder for the Wednesday night, February 25, shooting death of a Carlton man. MCSO deputies responded to a home in the 7000 block of Hwy. 72 E. at approximately 8:15 p.m. Deputies located an unresponsive man in the living room who had been shot in the head. Madison County EMS responded, and he was pronounced deceased. Investigators identified the victim as Gr

By Joe Johnson Damond Ladean Hewell, 44, of Hull, was arrested Wednesday afternoon when he was found outside an Athens liquor store. Officer Samuel Calderon reports that he was patrolling the high-crime area of Danielsville and Ila roads at about 4:45 pm when he noticed a car of interest parked at Norwood Package Store. The officer went to speak with the driver because of his criminal history, then saw that Hewell was in the back seat. When the man voluntarily disclosed that

Released today by the Northern Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office At the District Attorney's Office, we believe in the existence of monsters, and things that go bump in the night. We strive everyday to hold them accountable, and remove them from the world. One such monster, Jason Edward Vaughn, learned his fate this week, in particular that he will never breathe air as a free man again. After being found GUILTY by a Madison County jury last year of Aggravated Sexual

By Joe Johnson A police officer was arrested at his home in Madison County Monday morning for allegedly assaulting his wife during a...

Released today by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office:                                                                                  ...

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office this morning released the following: ​​​​​​​​​​ On 07-10-2025 just before midnight a female inmate...

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

Joshua Lee Sewell By Joe Johnson Elbert County deputies have arrested an armed suspect following a pair of road rage incidents in which...

By Joe Johnson An Athens man was arrested last week on charges that he sexually assaulted a juvenile family member over a period several...

By Joe Johnson A Madison County woman was recently arrested after she caused a disturbance at an Athens residence while searching for her...