CLASSIC CITY NEWS

Life as a police reporter sure was different back in the day. Before the police department transitioned from an analog radio dispatch...

By Joe Johnson Norman “Sonny” Wilson was recently named coroner of the year by the Georgia Coroners Association. He was previously so...

From ACCGov: On behalf of the Superior Court of the Western Judicial Circuit, Chief Judge Lisa Lott announces the appointment of Amanda...

Conditions in Georgia Prisons 17 State Correctional Facilities, Capacity 20,000+ Incarcerated Persons in Middle District   MACON, Ga. –...

By Joe Johnson A Superior Court judge this week ruled that prosecutors from the Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s office were...

Following yet another violation of the Marsy’s Law for the protection of victim’s rights, Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney...

The 14-year-old student who went on a killing spree this week at Apalachee High School in Barrow County made his first court appearance...

By Joe Johnson A man has been sentenced to prison in connection with an assault that occurred three years ago in which he repeatedly...

By Joe Johnson A Superior Court judge has denied bail for a man who was arrested earlier this month for killing his ex-girlfriend by...

By Joe Johnson A 49-year-old Athens man on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to murdering University of Georgia law school student Tara Louise...

Kalki Yalamanchili, a former prosecutor who is running as an independent candidate against Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney...

By Joe Johnson Police on Thursday arrested one of two homeless people who were squatting on vacant property in eastern Athens-Clarke...

By Joe Johnson An altercation in Madison County between men armed with a shovel and crowbar ended with one of them hospitalized and the...

By Joe Johnson Jeffrey Scott Tate over the years demonstrated the same propensity for violence against women that on Sunday drove him to...

By Joe Johnson An Athens woman was killed Sunday when struck by an SUV being driven by her boyfriend while she waited at a bus stop....

By Joe Johnson An Athens man was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police early Sunday morning outside of an eastside convenience...

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has arrested and charged 50-year-old Lolita Lightner, a former jailer at the Barrow County Sheriff’s...

By Joe Johnson An Athens man is dead following an exchange of gunfire with police officers early Sunday morning outside an eastside...

That’s the attention-grabbing headline for a viral YouTube video showing the behavior of a police officer when trying to handle a...

By Joe Johnson Quwanis Moon was cruising along in her Tesla on Lexington Road early the evening of July 25 when it came to an abrupt...