CLASSIC CITY NEWS

File photo By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia gunfire detection system recently alerted police to shots being fired at a housing...

A bullet was discovered Wednesday afternoon in a classroom at Haymon-Morris Middle School, just over a week before the one-year...

By Joe Johnson An Athens store clerk was recently assaulted by a customer in a confrontation over a disposable vape pen. The incident...

The DQ on Oak Street By Joe Johnson A 33-year-old woman reported last week that she was raped at two locations on Oak Street. She told...

By Joe Johnson Kimberly Michelle Jarrell, 36, of Gaines School Road, was arrested at Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center on the...

Brittany Danielle Downer By Joe Johnson An Athens-Clarke County grand jury has indicted a woman for an assault last year in which she...

This week, I was deeply troubled to read that Governor Kemp is deploying 75 Georgia National Guard members to assist ICE operations...

We all know the old saw “seeing is believing”, that the evidence of our eyes and ears is the best guide to reality. But do we follow it?...

Issued today by the Gwinnett County Police Department Norcross, Ga., Aug 28, 2025) – Gwinnett County Police are asking for the public’s...

Ytrevious Jaquan Roberson By Joe Johnson A member of the EBE street gang shot his victim following a sexual rendezvous, according to a...

By Joe Johnson An Athens man who was wanted for setting his girlfriend on fire has surrendered. Police had been searching for Anthony...

Released by the United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia Thirteen people were arrested and more than $900,000 worth of...

The Barrow County Fire Department posted this last night on its Facebook page 🚨UPDATE🚨 We have insulation product that has caught fire....

The following was released today by theUnited States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia U.S. Attorney William R. “Will”...

The University of Georgia has paused pledging for one of its fraternities amid an investigation into alleged hazing. The university said...

By Joe Johnson The Athens-Clarke County Police Department has reported vandalism to its eastside substation on Fairview Street. Sometime...

The following was released today by the Frderal Bureau of Investigation: This morning, FBI Atlanta and our partners with the Safe Streets...

Anthony Teres Jones By Joe Johnson A 49-year-old woman was hospitalized with severe burns Monday morning after she was set on fire by her...

By Joe Johnson A University of Georgia student reported the theft of a mini fridge from his fraternity house on South Lumpkin Street. The...

By Joe Johnson The Athens-Clarke County Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating an aggravated assault suspect. They...