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Lowest gas price - May 24
The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.52 at Shell, located at 10700 Covington Road and Flat Shoals Road.
School system to begin summer hours
Newton County School System's county offices (the Board of Education Building and Service Center) will begin summer hours next week.
Memorial Day event to honor the fallen
The annual Memorial Day service will take place on the square at 10 a.m. Monday, with keynote speaker Max Vincent, senior pastor at Allen Memorial United Methodist Church in Oxford.
We hear you
A few years ago, we made a decision to stop the Sunday comics and cease publishing an evening TV guide.
Impressive improvement
It is gratifying to see the 2012 graduation rate in Newton County schools grow so rapidly from the low point it dropped to just three short years ago.
Hezekiah Walker to perform in Lithonia
Grammy-winning artist Hezekiah Walker will appear at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 13 at The Mall at Stonecrest in celebration of his new CD, "Azusa the Next Generation." The appearance will be nationally televised.
Metro Atlanta jobless rate declines
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that metro Atlanta's unemployment rate declined to 7.6 percent in April, down three-tenths of a percentage point from 7.9 percent in March. The rate was 8.5 percent in April a year ago.
Lowest gas price - May 23
The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.52 at Shell, located at 10700 Covington Road and Flat Shoals Road.
Mrs. Sara Deason
Mrs. Sara Deason, age 79, a lifelong resident of Covington, passed away Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Abbey Hospice. She was born August 6, 1933 to the late Ermine and Josephine Cartledge Johnson. Mrs. Deason was a member of The Baptist Tabernacle and served the Lord her entire life. She taught Sunday school for many years and was a past president of the WMU. Mrs. Deason was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and ...
BOC approves new gun law and road projects. Watch it now, May 21, 2013
NEWTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Lowest gas price - May 22
The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.42 at Marathon, located at Ga. Highway 142 and Dixie Road.
Defective government
"Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6,000 years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world."
Lloyd Madison Lyda Jr.
Mr. Lloyd Madison Lyda Jr., "Butch," 68, of Oxford, passed away May 19.
Barbara Mull Norman
Mrs. Barbara Mull Norman, 61, of Covington, passed away May 20. Mrs. Norman was preceded in death by her father Hoyt Mull.
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Mary Evelyn Wilson Meador
Mary Evelyn Wilson Meador, 87, our sweet mother, grandmother and great grandmother, died Feb. 28, in Bountiful, Utah. She was born in 1925, in Covington, the daughter of Mary and Charlie Wilson, the youngest of three girls. She was raised in Covington and attended Covington High and the Atlanta Business School. She married her sweetheart James Thompson Meador in 1948.
Daryl Herbert Norman
Daryl Herbert Norman, 59, of Covington, passed away March 10. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Mr. Norman was a member of High Point Baptist Church and enjoyed fishing, hunting and baseball. He is loved and will be missed by his family and friends. He was preceded in death by his son Christopher Daryl Norman and his parents Henry and Lillian (Hodges) Norman.
Honor
During the past year, we lost one of our community's biggest advocates in Pierce Cline. One of the organizations he truly believed in and supported was Georgia Perimeter College, as Cline played an instrumental role in bringing the community college to Newton County. In honor of that longstanding support, the college is dedicating its annual Daffodil Festival in honor of Cline's memory. This year's festival will be held March 20–21 at the college and will ...
Behind the counter: Bell's Grocery
What they do: Bell's Grocery is a small, family owned business. It's a discount store that buys closeout and overrun products. Don't jump to any assumptions – Bell's is always stocked with fresh meat, fresh milk, fresh bread, fresh eggs, and more, all coming straight from the vendor. The store is owned by Chris and Penny Bell. What's unique: "A lot of people say it's like a scavenger hunt. You never know what you're going ...
Running club for moms thrives
Moms RUN This Town, a free running club for moms and women of all levels and paces, now has an active chapter in the Covington/Conyers/Social Circle area.
GPC gets Presidential Service Award
President Barack Obama has named Georgia Perimeter College as a 2013 Presidential Awardee in the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
Dean's list Jan 2013
Valdosta State University announces its Dean's List for Fall 2012. Students who achieve a semester GPA of 3.50 or higher on nine or more semester hours with an institutional (GPA of 3.00 or higher are recognized by being placed on the Dean's List.
Lowest gas price - March 12
The lowest gas price for regular fuel is $3.55 at the Shell station, located at 10724 ByPass Road and Monticello Street.
Some dry cat food being recalled
Some bags of cat food manufactured by Diamond Pet Foods are being voluntarily recalled by the company.
Temps to drop back into 60s this week
The temperature in Covington surpassed 70 degrees Sunday for the first time this year since Feb. 6, but, befitting the up-and-down year to date, the rest of the week is expected to be markedly colder.
Lowest gas price - March 11
The lowest price for regular fuel in Covington is $3.55 at the Shell station, located at 10724 ByPass Road and Monticello Street.
Daffodil Festival to honor Cline legacy
The theme of the 2013 Daffodil Festival at Georgia Perimeter College Newton Campus is "Celebrating our Community in Honor of Pierce Cline," a strong supporter for establishing the campus.
Police fund donates to Special Olympics
The city of Covington Police Department donated $1,000 to the Newton County Special Olympics equestrian team out of their "Police Who Care" fund. This money was used to help fund the athletes at their equestrian competitions. They competed regionally and then in the state events in Perry. Here are some representatives of the equestrian team accepting the check from the police officers: (Back row) Capt. Ken Malcom, Tyler Bradley, Travis Ransom, Michael Roper, officer April ...
birth announcement
Tony Henry and Trudy Henry of Covington announce the birth of their daughter Neely Beth Henry at Newton Medical Center on Dec. 10, 2012. She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long. Her maternal grandparents are Bobby and Peggy Lassister of Covington, and her paternal grandparents are William and Betty Henry, also of Covington. She has three older brothers: Jackson, Jacob and Jared.
Special times in Atlanta
In January, local Master Special Olympics athletes participated in the Georgia Special Olympics Winter Games in Atlanta, taking part in bowling, skating and basketball skills contests.
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