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Photo of the day: Sleeping it off
A student remains fast asleep Sunday morning despite vehicle traffic in front of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house on South Milledge...

Classic City News
Aug 18, 20251 min read


UGA Performing Arts Center welcomes 'Living Legends of Georgia Music'
The following has been released by the University of Georgia Performing Arts Center: The UGA Performing Arts Center welcomes the best in...

Classic City News
Aug 17, 20252 min read


Pair indicted for Boar’s Head Lounge beating
By Joe Johnson A Clarke County grand jury has indicted two people in connection with the beating of a man outside of a bar in downtown...

Classic City News
Aug 17, 20252 min read


Man arrested after aggravated cruelty to dog captured by doorbell camera
Joshua Darnell Williams By Joe Johnson An Athens man is behind bars today because his extreme cruelty to a dog was recorded by a...

Classic City News
Aug 15, 20252 min read


Athens zoo temporarily closed
From Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services Bear Hollow Zoo (293 Gran Ellen Dr.) is temporarily closed for the safety of all guests. A...

Classic City News
Aug 15, 20251 min read


Pair indicted for rioting in Athens jail
By Joe Johnson A Clarke County grand jury this week indicted two prisoners for rioting in the county jail in Athens. The defendants are...

Classic City News
Aug 14, 20251 min read


Death of man found unconscious on Hawthorne Avenue unclear
By Joe Johnson The cause of death for 31-year-old Jorge Ivan Endo Losado remains unknown two weeks after he was found unconscious at a...

Classic City News
Aug 14, 20251 min read


Feds weigh charges for ex-Athens cop who sexually exploited children
By Joe Johnson Authorities are reviewing the case of a former Athens police officer who was arrested earlier this year for sexually...

Classic City News
Aug 14, 20251 min read


That’s the way it is, as I see it
By Albert DeSimone Walter Cronkite was the voice of the news in the United States throughout the 1960s and 70s. He anchored the CBS News...

Classic City News
Aug 14, 20252 min read



Classic City News
Aug 13, 20250 min read


Family still hopeful 2016 downtown murder will be solved
Daniel Macias By Joe Johnsony Nine years ago today Daniel Macias was killed in cold blood on a downtown Athens street corner. The police...

Classic City News
Aug 12, 20252 min read


Rough sex leads to criminal charges
By Joe Johnson Kandee Keon Reed, 35, was arrested last week after injuring her partner when rough sex got out of hand at their home on...

Classic City News
Aug 12, 20251 min read


Fund will support family of officer killed during attack on CDC
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The community now has a way to support the family of Police Officer David Rose who died responding to an Aug. 8...

Classic City News
Aug 11, 20253 min read


Mom spends months designing daughter’s pink UGA dorm room
From People magazine: By Jordan Greene Published on August 11, 2025 04:30AM EDT Ashley Jernigan prides herself on being over the top, in...

Classic City News
Aug 11, 20251 min read


Naked homeless woman threatens to stab Classic Center employee
By Joe Johnson A homeless woman was arrested inside the Classic Center last week after she threatened to stab an employee who found her...

Classic City News
Aug 11, 20251 min read


Winder drug investigation yields weapons and large marijuana seizures
The following was released today by the Winder Police Department: On Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 6, 2025, the Winder Police Department...

Classic City News
Aug 11, 20251 min read


Homeless man critically injured in Prince Avenue brick assault
By Joe Johnson James King was barely breathing when police found him lying on the ground and bleeding from the head. They learned from...

Classic City News
Aug 11, 20251 min read


Man arrested after calling downtown Athens cop “piggy”
By Joe Johnson Jalen Hayes Bonds, 28, of Cedar Rock Trace was arrested early the morning of July 25th after calling a police officer a...

Classic City News
Aug 10, 20251 min read


FBI task force investigation results in arrest of suspected drug trafficker
Orlando Ramon Muckle By Joe Johnson A suspected drug trafficker was arresting on the afternoon of Jury 16th as the result of an...

Classic City News
Aug 10, 20251 min read


Truck thief from Jefferson charged with murder after fatal police chase
By Joe Johnson A Gainesville man was killed Wednesday evening during a police chase in Hall County involving a stolen pickup truck,...

Classic City News
Aug 9, 20251 min read
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