CLASSIC CITY NEWS

(File) By Joe Johnson A teenager in the Nellie B community last week called 911 to report that her older brother and sister were...

Turbid [TUR-bəd] Part of speech: adjective Origin: Latin, 17th century 1(Of a liquid) Cloudy, opaque, or thick with suspended matter....

From her rise to prominence by way of a quarter-century run as the host of an eponymous talk show, Oprah Winfrey has undertaken an...

Melomaniac [MEL-ə-mey-nee-ak] Part of speech: noun Origin: English, 19th century A person who loves music. Examples of melomaniac in a...

By Joe Johnson Residents of a house in northeastern Athens-Clarke County this week were alerted to an early morning fire by a smoke alarm...

Founded in 1800 , the Library of Congress predates every other federal cultural institution in the United States — it’s so old, in fact,...

Patricia Marie Jewell By Joe Johnson A grand jury this week indicted an Athens woman on cruelty charges for allegedly punching her...

Alabastrine [al-ə-BAS-trin] Part of speech: adjective Origin: French, 16th century Made of or resembling alabaster, in particular in...

The Morton Theatre Corporation presents "Sherlock Jr. Synced with R.E.M.," A Silents Synced Film. Silents Synced pairs classic cinema...

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...

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...

John Fitzhugh Orchard By Joe Johnson An Athens man was arrested on Tuesday for vehicular homicide in connection with a collision last...

John Fitzhugh Orchard By Joe Johnson An Athens man was arrested on Tuesday for vehicular homicide in connection with a collision last...

While Washington, D.C., is the U.S. capital we’re most familiar with today, it’s far from the country’s first. In fact, it came at the...

The human body is a complex biological system, and it can’t function without certain vital organs such as the brain, heart, and lungs....

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...

Scalene [skey-LEEN] Part of speech: adjective Origin: Greek, 18th century (Of a triangle) Having sides unequal in length. Examples of...

The legendary naturalist Charles Robert Darwin, who was born in 1809 and died in 1882, is one of history’s best-known scientists. His...

By T.W. Burger As often happens, my clever ploy to get to sleep faster and more soundly at night didn’t quite work out. Clever ploys do...

Charles Angelo Barrett By Joe Johnson An Oglethorpe County man has been charged with murder for the overdose death last summer of a man...