CLASSIC CITY NEWS

The moral failing of leadership was apparent long before the Woodward book.  Donald Trump’s actions and inaction have led to more sicknes...

Voting is the greatest power we have in our society.  It can also sometimes be a challenge in Georgia.  Voting by mail can keep us safe f...

More than 270,000 Georgians have tested positive for COVID-19. More than 5,600 Georgians have died. We do not have nearly enough testing....

I live in Georgia U.S. House District 10 and I vote in every election. We are in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic, the greatest threat ...

On Aug. 22 Governor Kemp complained that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution “chided my decision to...urge – not mandate – Georgians to wear...

One hundred years ago, women won the right to vote.  Suffragettes endured arrests and imprisonment in squalid workhouses where they were ...

Georgia Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler and Representative Jody Hice have each taken an oath to support and defend our Constitut...

I have been voting since 1966, but I have never encountered interference in my exercise of that right until this year of 2020. I entered ...

Over the past several weeks, Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center – like many hospitals across the state and most of the country – has...

Contraceptives treat medical issues like ovarian cysts and reduce the risk of unplanned pregnancies. Certain types, like IUDs, can cost ...

With federal buildings so in the news of late as targets of public displays of anger regarding issues of national concern, it is worth no...

By Lisa McGlaun Voters, did you know there is a runoff election happening in Athens-Clarke County on August 11? Candidates from the Democ...

More businesses and states are requiring masks.  The debate is over.  Masks work. Common sense is beginning to prevail but not with our d...

As we approach the start of a new school year, it seems impossible to do so without some hesitation. It is refreshing to hear so many voi...

Today, Wednesday, July 15, Georgia’s latest round of coronavirus rules expires and Governor Kemp must choose to keep them in place or im...

In this age of covid-19, we are confident many in our community share our concern about complying with the strong recommendations of the ...

“We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable...

Dear Athens Clarke County Commissioners, As a white sixty-nine-year-old person who owns property in Clarke County, I support our County...

When I saw Tim Bryant’s post that Jerry Nesmith had died, I felt a loss but didn’t really know what to make of it. Jerry and I were not p...

The residents of ACC District 6 suffered two enormous blows in the span of less than a week. First, on the Sunday before the election to ...