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8 hours ago1 min read
Police identify woman found dead in Athens park
By Joe Johnson The woman whose body was found Feb. 15 in the North Oconee River Park was identified today as 42-year-old Claudia Parks of...
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Classic City News
6 days ago1 min read
Woman’s body found in North Oconee River Park
By Joe Johnson The body of an unidentified woman was found Saturday in the North Oconee River Park. Authorities are hoping that her...
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Classic City News
Feb 41 min read
Two Winder teens killed in Hall County traffic accident
By Joe Johnson Two teenagers from Winder were killed over the weekend when they were involved in a Hall County traffic accident. Dinu...
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Classic City News
Feb 21 min read
One month later, death of Athens man remains a mystery
By Joe Johnson Authorities still don’t know how a 40-year-old man ended up dead last month in his home in the Athens Gardens apartment...
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Classic City News
Jan 291 min read
Elderly Athens woman chokes to death on bread
By Joe Johnson A 72-year-old woman recently died in her home from choking on a piece of bread. Police officers responded to her Old...
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Classic City News
Jan 261 min read
Athens siblings overdose on drugs together: he survived, she didn’t
(File) By Joe Johnson A teenager in the Nellie B community last week called 911 to report that her older brother and sister were...
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Classic City News
Jan 231 min read
Athens woman killed when SUV crashes on icy roadway
By Joe Johnson An Athens woman was killed Wednesday afternoon when she she lost control of her vehicle on an icy roadway and it struck...
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Classic City News
Jan 231 min read
Athens man charged with vehicular homicide for deadly DUI crash
John Fitzhugh Orchard By Joe Johnson An Athens man was arrested on Tuesday for vehicular homicide in connection with a collision last...
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Classic City News
Jan 221 min read
Man charged with murder for Madison County overdose death
Charles Angelo Barrett By Joe Johnson An Oglethorpe County man has been charged with murder for the overdose death last summer of a man...
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Classic City News
Jan 211 min read
SUV kills pedestrian, injures another in Classic Center crosswalk
By Joe Johnson A pedestrian was killed and another was injured when they were struck by an SUV while crossing the street in front of the...
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Classic City News
Jan 211 min read
Pedestrian killed, another injured when struck by SUV in front of Classic Center
Heather Paige Turner By Joe Johnson A pedestrian was killed and another was injured when they were struck by an SUV while crossing the...
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Classic City News
Jan 171 min read
Authorities still don’t know what killed Athens man
By Joe Johnson Authorities continue to investigate the weekend death of a 40-year-old man whose body was found in his home in the Athens...
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Classic City News
Jan 131 min read
Man found dead in his Athens Gardens apartment
By Joe Johnson Authorities are investigating the death of a man this weekend in his home at the Athens Gardens apartment complex. Thomas...
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Classic City News
Jan 71 min read
Athens man killed by car when crossing West Broad Street
By Joe Johnson A 63-year-old Athens man was killed Tuesday morning when struck by a car on West Broad Street. Joseph Buckles was crossing...
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Classic City News
Dec 24, 20243 min read
Fundraiser for family of man killed in Athens traffic accident
The following was written by a longtime friend of Edward Nadeau, a 56-year-old resident of Commerce who was killed last week in a two-car...
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Classic City News
Dec 19, 20241 min read
Deadly day on Athens roadways: 2 killed in separate crashes
By Joe Johnson Police are investigating two fatal traffic accidents that both occurred Tuesday on Athens roadways. The first happened at...
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Classic City News
Dec 18, 20241 min read
Athens police investigating pair of fatal traffic accidents
By Joe Johnson Police are investigating two fatal traffic accidents that both occurred Tuesday on Athens roadways. The first happened at...
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Classic City News
Dec 17, 20241 min read
Prison time for Athens man who disposed of girlfriend’s body in trash can
By Joe Johnson An Athens man has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he concealed his...
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Classic City News
Dec 11, 20243 min read
Sonny Wilson of Athens honored as Georgia coroner of the year for second time
By Joe Johnson Norman “Sonny” Wilson was recently named coroner of the year by the Georgia Coroners Association. He was previously so...
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Classic City News
Nov 21, 20241 min read
Pair indicted for concealing dead body of Athens man
By Joe Johnson A Clarke County grand jury has indicted two people for concealing the death of an Athens man two years ago. Blandon...
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