CLASSIC CITY NEWS

By Joe Johnson A man was recently arrested for allegedly firing a rifle at people at an eastside apartment complex. Carlos Ivan Martinez,...

Barrow County Emergency Services (BCES) recently spent some time recognizing some of its personnel. “We started doing these awards to rec...

By Joe Johnson An Athens man has been arrested in connection with a rape that allegedly occurred last week at a homeless camp, Athens-Cla...

This letter is in response to a previous letter to the Classic City News editor: https://www.classiccitynews.com/post/https-www-classicci...

With the Special Committee on Election Integrity of ten Republicans, four Democrats and Representative Barry Fleming as its chair, we wil...

"We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong---this is the ancient, u...

By Joe Johnson An Athens man was killed Sunday night in a single-vehicle crash on a westside roadway, according to Athens-Clarke County p...

Upon last week’s 20th anniversary of Tara’s murder, her 44th birthday, and with reflection on my work with the podcast Classic City Crime...

By Joe Johnson A judge on Friday amended the bond of an Athens man’s killer, lifting a house-arrest order and instating a nighttime curfew...

By Joe Johnson A Jackson County man on Friday was charged with murder for a fatal shooting that occurred last month at Rolling Ridge Apar...

By Joe Johnson Athens-Clarke Couty police are investigating a case of a man who was beaten unconscious and robbed this week as he walked ...

Some of the most dangerous things that anyone can do are to disseminate rumors that have not been confirmed and to state things that are ...

The following statement was issued Thursday afternoon by Clarke County Sheriff John Q. Williams: I just wanted to reach out and give you ...

By Clarke Schwabe/UGA TodayJosh Brooks, the newly named Director of Athletics at the University of Georgia, recently pledged $100,000 to ...

By Joe Johnson An inmate who is serving a life prison sentence for murdering his wife in Athens over three years ago was recently denied ...

This story is part of a series, called Georgia Groundbreakers that celebrates innovative and visionary faculty, students, alumni and lead...

By Joe Johnson Police use drones for many reasons, such as surveillance, reconnaissance, and searching for missing persons. On Tuesday on...

The Big Lie is, “a gross distortion or misrepresentation of the facts, especially when used as a propaganda device by a politician or off...

Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center recently opened one of the state’s first infusion centers to administer Bamlanivimab, a monoclona...

By Joe Johnson The pregnant woman who died after the vehicle she was in crashed in Athens on Saturday was one of two passengers, accordin...