House fire claims life in Barrow County
By Joe Johnson One person reportedly died Thursday morning in a house fire in the Barrow County town of Bethlehem. According to Barrow...
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Classic City News
- Dec 22, 2022
- 1 min
Barrow Co. Sheriff warns of bogus IRS agent
By Joe Johnson A man reported to the Barrow County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday that a woman came to his home and identified herself as...
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Classic City News
- Dec 22, 2022
- 4 min
It ain’t necessarily so
By Dennis Rice There has always been in public schools the fight over what to teach, how to teach it, and at what age - especially,...
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Classic City News
- Dec 22, 2022
- 3 min
Never Met a Stranger: Critters of the Deep South
By T.W. Burger In all the years that I have lived outside of the South, I have remained amused by what the natives of the North like to...
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Classic City News
- Dec 21, 2022
- 1 min
Watkinsville man killed in Jackson Co. three-vehicle wreck
By Joe Johnson A Watkinsville man was killed Wednesday in a three-vehicle wreck in Commerce. Luis Montanez Villafane, 71, was killed when...
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Classic City News
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Watkinsville appoints director of downtown development authority
Oconee County resident Kate Patterson has been appointed as the first director of the Watkinsville Downtown Development Authority, the...
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Classic City News
- Dec 21, 2022
- 3 min
Athens police reports detail stalking of detective by convicted felon
By Joe Johnson A convicted felon reportedly stalked an Athens-Clarke County police detective for over a month before she was arrested...
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Classic City News
- Dec 21, 2022
- 2 min
Controversial downtown Athens artwork vandalized
By Joe Johnson A controversial three-dimensional artwork in downtown Athens was reported to have been vandalized over the weekend. The...
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Classic City News
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Athens-based real estate firm raises $40k for Athens Area Habitat for Humanity
Landmark Properties, an Athens-based real estate company, recently raised $40,000 at its maiden golf tournament, the Building Hope...
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Classic City News
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
Fire official: Homeless camp may be connected to Athens lumber yard inferno
By Joe Johnson A homeless camp apparently was connected to two recent fires at an Athens lumber yard, according to an Athens-Clarke...
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Classic City News
- Dec 20, 2022
- 3 min
Career criminal who threatened Athens detective arrested after wild police pursuit
By Joe Johnson A career criminal who reportedly threatened a detective in Athens was recently arrested after leading officers on a...
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Classic City News
- Dec 19, 2022
- 1 min
Firefighters searching for victims after nightlong battle with fire at Athens lumber yard
By Joe Johnson Firefighters Monday morning reportedly remained at the scene of a massive lumber yard fire that they spent the night...
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Classic City News
- Dec 18, 2022
- 1 min
Fire sweeps through Athens lumber yard for second time this month
By Joe Johnson Firefighters Sunday night were battling a blaze at Hogan Lumber Company on Tallassee Road. They fought a fire at the same...
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Classic City News
- Dec 17, 2022
- 1 min
State rep.-elect facing 19 felonies for allegedly stealing drugs at Winder assisted living center
By Joe Johnson State Representative-elect Danny Rampey (R-116) has been charged with additional crimes following his arrest Thursday at a...
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Classic City News
- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
ACC Board of Ed member resigning to run for county commission
By Joe Johnson Clarke County Board of Education District 2 member Kirrena Gallagher on Thursday announced she is resigning from the board...
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Classic City News
- Dec 16, 2022
- 1 min
Federal grand jury indicts woman for threatening to bomb Athens Democratic campaign office
By Joe Johnson A federal grand jury on Wednesday returned an indictment charging an Elberton woman with threatening to bomb the...
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Classic City News
- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
New principal hired for Whit Davis Elementary School
By Joe Johnson The Clarke County Board of Education on Thursday approved the hire of veteran educator Latinda Dean as the new principal...
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Classic City News
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
State representative-elect charged with stealing drugs from Winder assisted living home residents
By Joe Johnson State Representative-elect Danny Rampey (R-116) was arrested Thursday at a Winder assisted care facility after he was...
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Classic City News
- Dec 15, 2022
- 1 min
Bogart man died after being hit by car on Cleveland Road
By Joe Johnson A 44-year-old Bogart man reportedly died early Thursday morning after being struck by a car in western Athens-Clarke...
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Classic City News
- Dec 14, 2022
- 1 min
Athens woman killed in two-vehicle collision
By Joe Johnson A loxal woman reportedly was killed Wednesday in a two-vehicle collision on a busy Athens roadway during the morning...
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