CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson Three years ago, Trey Terrell Adams was a deputy with the Madison County Sheriff's Office. Today, the 36-year-old former...

By Joe Johnson A Savannah resident has pleaded guilty to robbing an Athens Dollar General Store in 2019, brandishing a firearm and...

Mack Lee Lackey, 24, of Madison County, was arrested Monday for obscene contact with a child by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s...

Chesterton Drive house destroyed by fire

By Joe Johnson After hearing a week of testimony, a Clarke County Superior Court jury on Tuesday acquitted an Athens man of murder...

By Joe Johnson Athens-Clarke County police on Friday announced the arrest of a suspect who allegedly was involved in a shootout the day...

By Joe Johnson A shootout Friday evening in the parking lot of a shopping center in West Athens reportedly shattered the glass entrance...

By Joe Johnson The Georgia Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested former Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy John Pursley, 53, of...

By Joe Johnson Athens-Clarke County Fire and Emergency Services has had a busy three days this week, battling two raging house fires and...

Joe Johnson The airplane flight that ended Wednesday night with a crash in Athens that killed the pilot originated in Louisburg NC at...

By Joe Johnson A pilot was killed Wednesday night when the small single-engine airplane he was piloting crashed near Athens-Ben Epps...

By Joe Johnson A house in east Athens reportedly was damaged last week when it was struck by a stolen pickup truck after the driver...

By Joe Johnson The alleged killer of an Oconee County RaceTrac employee was indicted Tuesday on a federal murder charges. A U.S. District...

By Joe Johnson The Winder Police Department and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Monday they were searching for 54-year-old...

By Joe Johnson After nearly a month of investigation, Athens-Clarke County police had yet to identify a man who brutalized a dog in a...

Classic City News will be on a brief hiatus due to Joe Johnson being hospitalized. During this time, please continue to send news tips...

By Joe Johnson An Athens man has been arrested for the drive-by shooting of a teen two months ago, Athens-Clarke County police said on...

By Joe Johnson An autopsy determined that an Athens man shot himself before his body was found in the North Oconee River earlier this...

By Joe Johnson Two suspects have been arrested for the murder of a Winder teen whose body was found was found a week ago just outside...

By Joe Johnson An early Saturday morning fire in Athens claimed the life of a University of Georgia student. Athens-Clarke County Coroner...