Covington is building a pipeline to provide natural gas to Stanton Springs industrial park for Baxter International, and Social Circle won’t – and never intended to – stand in the way, officials say. » Read More

The planned reorganization of the Main Street Covington program took another step forward Tuesday, bringing Covington city officials’ plan to move the program under the Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce close to fruition. » Read More

Covington City Council members want a cleaner city, and putting more restrictions on the unruly growth of grass and weeds is up for discussion. » Read More

A man who went into cardiac arrest while driving near Walmart on Industrial Boulevard Monday is recuperating after a Covington police officer, an off-duty Newton County Sheriff’s deputy, and a nurse from an Atlanta hospital helped to revive him after an accident. » Read More

The Newton County School System has announced parents’ options to transfer students for the 2013-2014 school year. » Read More

Troy University in Covington and Georgia Career Institute in Conyers will hold public service events in the coming week. » Read More

Cellphone reception for Verizon customers in Oxford and the surrounding communities may get a little better, as the city and company are in negotiations about adding an antenna to the city’s water tower, which may boost Verizon cellphone signals in the area. » Read More

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Officers were called to the Kroger on U.S. Highway 278 last Friday regarding an alleged incident of shoplifting. They met in the manager’s office with store manager Schawn Worman and Adrian Woods. » Read More

In April 1917, America decided it was time to go "over there" into the trench warfare and killing grounds of The Great War, later remembered as World War I. » Read More

The Newton County School System Office of Public Relations has received national recognition for publications produced during the 2012-2013 school year. » Read More

The Blue Knights International Law Enforcement Club is no small organization, boasting more than 600 chapters and more than 20,000 members in 25 countries around the world. » Read More

Joshua Harry Measroch, 21, the college student who was charged in Newton County with interference with child custody and obstruction of an officer in the case of missing 13-year-old Jordan Marie Aaron, has been additionally charged in Cobb County with four felonies, including child molestation, statutory rape and enticing a child. » Read More

The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.35 at Kroger, located at 5341 Ga. Highway 20 S near Brown Bridge Road. » Read More

The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.47 at Chevron, located at 4134 Ga. Highway 212 and Ga. Highway 81. » Read More

Due to a production error, page 3 of Sunday's Covington News is unreadable. We will re-print that page in Wednesday's edition. The full stories can be read online at CovNews.com.  » Read More

This week "Through the Camera" Peaches, Airplanes & Automobiles. » Read More

Father’s Day came early for Michael Cronan Jr., 26, who welcomed his first child into the world with his wife Tori, at the Newton Medical Center last week. » Read More

Covington Mayor Ronnie Johnston has a big vision for Covington. He wants his city’s downtown to be more popular than nearby Madison’s, its Christmas displays to shine as brightly as Callaway Gardens,’ its businesses to thrive, and its residents to be employed and entertained. » Read More

Newton County Chairman Keith Ellis heard residents’ request for officials to find a way to balance next year’s budget without raising the property tax rate, and he scrambled early last week to find an alternative. » Read More

Jazz saxophonist Chand Antonio Bennett and his band NEO4 played a free concert on the square Friday, as part of the Arts Association in Newton County's 2nd Friday concert series. » Read More

The following students were named to the All-Year Honor Roll at Clements Middle School: » Read More

After a tornado touched down in Mansfield in April, leaving several homes and businesses damaged, the small town was left to pick up the pieces. On Saturday, the community gathered to continue doing just that as the Mansfield Women’s Club hosted an Open Car Show and Chili Cook-off to raise money for the victims. » Read More

Working as a 911 center dispatcher for nearly six years, Stykes has heard tragedy in the voices of victims of accidents, crimes and fires, and he’s done what he could to calm, reassure and aid them. When Stykes and his co-workers heard about the deaths of more than 20 people in the devastating May 31 tornadoes and storms in Oklahoma, they couldn’t help directly but decided to host a blood drive to do their part. » Read More