CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia law professor is being investigated for allegedly not disclosing his HIV-positive status before having sex with an Athens man. According to police, the 23-year-old man reported that he met the professor through the Grindr social networking app in November 2024 and they had sex at the professor’s home. Police said the professor is being investigated under the state law that makes it a felony “for a person living with HIV to knowingly en

By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia law professor is being investigated for allegedly not disclosing his HIV-positive status before having sex with an Athens man. According to police, the 23-year-old man reported that he met the professor through the Grindr social networking app in November 2024 and they had sex at the professor’s home. Police said the professor is being investigated under the state law that makes it a felony “for a person living with HIV to knowingly en

The downtown scene after the Georgia-Alabama game in September By Joe Johnson More than 50 people were booked into the county jail following Saturday night’s football game at the University of Georgia. It had been a highly anticipated match up between the Georgia Bulldogs and University of Texas Longhorns with playoff implications. It was also the first time the Longhorns had traveled to Athens to play on UGA’s home turf. Officials at the Athens airport said that Friday had b

By Greg Trevor/UGA Today Nearly two hours before sunrise on a Saturday in October, four UGA Police commanders painstakingly install the first of several hydraulic traffic barricades around Sanford Stadium — a task they perform every game day. “This shows the standard that we expect from all of our officers,” Deputy Chief Derrick Gregory said. Two miles away, UGA bus drivers begin the first transit runs that will carry thousands of football fans to and from the stadium through

By Joe Johnson Whitney Dustin Beck was arrested in the afternoon of October 25th after he chased a University of Georgia student while wielding a knife on the North Oconee River Greenway. The 55-year-old homeless man had a crack pipe and open whiskey bottle when police located him. The incident was at around 3:20 p.m. when the 20-year-old student was walking on the trail between Inglewood and Old Winterville roads when Beck accosted and began chasing him while swinging a knif

By Caroline Paczkowski/UGA Today The University of Georgia’s School of Public and International Affairs has been selected to join the Service to Service initiative. This program, sponsored by the Volcker Alliance and We the Veterans and Military Families, helps veterans and military families build careers in state and local government through graduate study in public service. Launched in October 2024, the Service to Service initiative brings together a pioneering cohort of pu

By Joe Johnson University of Georgia players and coaches alike are mourning the recent death of a beloved worker at their facility. They even dedicated their win on Saturday against Mississippi State to Kimberly Allen, who died in her Athens home on November 5th. “We dedicated this win to Ms. Kim Allen, who’s a co-worker of ours, worked in our facility,” said Coach Kirby Smart. “She was an incredible lady.” Running back Nate Frazier has fond memories of the 45-year-.old UGA

By Kristen Linthicum/UGA Today At the onset of cold and flu season, a group of University of Georgia schools and colleges joined together to promote community health at UGA’s Health Sciences Campus. Last week, students and faculty from across the university — including the College of Public Health, Augusta University/University of Georgia Medical Partnership, the School of Medicine and the College of Pharmacy — hosted the second Normaltown Community Health Fair. The event off

By Belle Wilkins/ UGA Today Lt. Col. Weston Layfield understands the pride and camaraderie that comes from serving in the United States Armed Forces.   Now, as professor of military science at the University of Georgia Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) , he’s sharing experience gained from a long career in the U.S. Army with students as he trains the next generation of cadets.    Layfield has been in the U.S. Army in various command and staff positions across the cou

By Joe Johnson Neo-Nazis have been coming to the aid of an Athens man who assaulted a University of Georgia student while he was dressed as an SS officer. They are donating funds to the person who had called himself Gaschambers on his now-deleted X account. Kenneth Leland Morgan last month smashed a glass beer pitcher into the student’s face when she tried grabbing his Nazi armband in the doorway of a bar in downtown’ Athens where Morgan was denied entry because of his unif

By Joe Johnson   A University of Georgia student was arrested last week for allegedly driving a motorcycle at nearly three times the posted speed limit. A police officer reported that he was monitoring traffic on South Milledge Avenue at about 1:30a.m. May 16 when 21- year-old Sachin Vishnoi zipped past on a 2024 Kawasaki Ninja at an estimated speed of over 90 mph. The officer chased after and stopped the biker upon catching up over a mile down the road, which has a posted s

Released by the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center UGA Presents welcomes the Branford Marsalis Quartet in its return to Hodgson Concert Hall Sunday, November 16, at 7:00 p.m. The concert is centered around Belonging , the group’s acclaimed new release on Blue Note Records. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner, and Tony and Emmy Award nominee moves effortlessly

By Joe Johnson A man who was denied entry to a bar in downtown Athens last weekend because he was dressed as a Gestapo officer broke the nose of a woman who tried taking off his Nazi armband and then spit on her, according to a police report obtained Tuesday by Classic City News. Kenneth Morgan, 32, of Appleby Drive in Athens, was arrested at the scene on charges of aggravated assault and simple battery. The victim of the early Saturday morning assault is a Alexandra Lang, a

Kenneth Leland Morgan By Joe Johnson A man who was denied entry to a bar in downtown Athens last weekend because he was dressed as a Gestapo officer broke the nose of a woman who tried taking off his Nazi armband and then spit on her, according to police. Kenneth Morgan, 32, of Appleby Drive in Athens, was arrested at the scene on charges of aggravated assault and simple battery. The victim of the early Saturday morning assault is a 23-year-old student at the University of Ge

From WUGA: The Athens-Clarke County Mayor and Commission held their agenda setting session on Tuesday. One of the main areas of concern was the development of more student housing and the impact it might have on the community. Andy Seavoy, a representative for the developer looking to build apartments near Hoyt Street in downtown Athens, spoke at the meeting. Seavoy said the project would bring more housing and benefits to Athens such as plazas, playgrounds, and public spaces

By Joe Johnson A pair of University of Georgia students were victims of an armed robbery on the night of October 4th. According to police, it happened at around 9:30 p.m. several blocks from the UGA campus, just as the students arrived at their friend’s home on South Finley Street. The gunman approached the victims from behind and demanded their wallets, according to police, and when the students complied by tossing their wallets onto the sidewalk the robber told them to go

By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia was recently injured while riding an e-bike on the North Oconee River Greenway. The 22-year-old told police that he was reaching for his hat when he lost control and crashed. He was transported to the hospital for treatment of a broken wrist and road rash across his arms and legs, according to police.

By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia student was recently playing a computer game in his room when a bullet punched a hole in the wall near the door and struck the opposite wall. Even with headphones on he heard a “crack” and after moving around some furniture he found the bullet on top of a dog bed. Police believe that the bullet had been fired at the Athens Gardens apartment complex due to its trajectory and the close proximity of the complex to the student apartments on

By Joe Johnson A 59-year-old man was found dead in his home on Bramble Hills Circle the afternoon of September 28th after having gone to bed the night before upset that the University of Georgia football team had lost to the University of Alabama. A roommate and an uncle told police that when they last saw Rufus Faust at 2:30 a.m. he seemed fine and told them that he wanted to have pizza for lunch. “He did not have any medical complaints at the time,” police said, “he was jus

Officer Miranda Duarte surveys the Gameday crowd By Joe Johnson Fellow police officers rushed to an area outside of an East Clayton Street bar to assist Lauren Nalley in her struggle with a large intoxicated man who was eventually subdued and arrested for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer among other offenses. Around the corner on East Broad Street a drunken student hurled racial insults at Officer Zachery Espinosa who was trying to get him out of the street for