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2 days ago1 min read
Man shot on Nellie B Avenue
By Joe Johnson Police continue to investigate a shooting last month in The Block area of east Athens in which a 54-year-old man suffered...
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Classic City News
2 days ago1 min read
UGA students robbed at gunpoint when prank backfired
By Joe Johnson Recently filed court documents show that an armed home invasion was triggered by a prank by University Georgia students at...
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Classic City News
6 days ago3 min read
Kelvin McDuffie was murdered in Athens 22 years ago this month
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Case Info Incident date: Thu, 01/16/2003 - 12:00 Location: Off of Olympic Dr in eastern Clarke County....
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Classic City News
6 days ago1 min read
Woman arrested for allegedly setting up victim in 2023 armed robbery
Samantha Faye Harris By Joe Johnson A woman was arrested last week for her alleged involvement in a 2023 armed robbery in which she’s...
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Classic City News
Jan 231 min read
Two charged with murder in slaying of Athens gangster
Nigel Zachariah Turner By Joe Johnson A man and woman have been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting last year of a known gang...
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Classic City News
Jan 231 min read
Man who shot girlfriend in face indicted for murder
Kendall Elon Boone By Joe Johnson An Athens man who killed his girlfriend by shooting her in the face has been indicted for the murder. A...
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Classic City News
Jan 131 min read
Bullet just misses little girl’s head inside her eastside Athens home
By Joe Johnson A 7-year-old girl was in her home Saturday night at the Athens Gardens apartment complex when she felt a bullet whiz past...
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Classic City News
Jan 101 min read
Man with violent past arrested in Athens Gardens for gun incident
By Joe Johnson A man with a background of violence was arrested over the weekend after pointing a gun during a possible dispute over...
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Classic City News
Jan 81 min read
Gunman robs Oglethorpe Ave. CVS
By Joe Johnson A masked gunman got away with an undetermined amount of cash in a weekend armed robbery of the CVS store on Oglethorpe...
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Classic City News
Jan 81 min read
Man with violent background charged with pointing gun during possible drug dispute
By Joe Johnson A man with a background of violence was arrested over the weekend after pointing a gun during a possible dispute over...
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Classic City News
Jan 71 min read
6 arrests in connection with Winder cemetery shooting
The following was released Monday evening by the Winder Police Department: Winder Police Department has arrested six individuals,...
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Classic City News
Dec 31, 20243 min read
Officer recounts confronting Apalachee High School shooter
School resource officers Chase Boyd and Brandon King sprinted toward the sound of gunfire inside Apalachee High School. Before them...
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Classic City News
Dec 26, 20241 min read
School teacher slain in Walton County
By Joe Johnson A high school teacher was killed and her husband injured when they were shot at a family Christmas Day gathering in...
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Classic City News
Dec 26, 20241 min read
Walton County school teacher murdered
By Joe Johnson A Walton County school teacher was killed and her minister husband injured when they were shot at a family Christmas...
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Classic City News
Dec 18, 20242 min read
Winder police officers awarded for Apalachee High School shooting response
The following was released by the City of Winder: The City of Winder Police Department is proud to announce that six of its officers have...
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Classic City News
Dec 18, 20241 min read
Zimbabwean woman murdered in Athens was shot in face by boyfriend
By Joe Johnson The Zimbabwean woman who was murdered last month in an eastside Athens had been shot in her face, according to court...
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Classic City News
Dec 12, 20241 min read
Man shoots slow-moving car in Athens road rage incident
By Joe Johnson A man shot into a car Tuesday evening because he was angry that its driver was not going fast enough for him. No one was...
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Classic City News
Dec 12, 20241 min read
UGA students produce Apalachee High School shooting documentary
Students at the University of Georgia produced the documentary titled “We Will Rise: The Story of the Apalachee High School Shooting” as...
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Classic City News
Dec 9, 20241 min read
Elderly Athens woman hospitalized after gun incident
By Joe Johnson A 76-year-old woman was hospitalized Sunday afternoon after police were dispatched to her home on Burkland Drive to...
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Classic City News
Dec 4, 20242 min read
Argument about oral sex ends with Athens man getting shot
By Joe Johnson An Athens man is hospitalized with a gunshot wound to his chest as the result of an argument about oral sex that ended...
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