Members of the Newton County Board of Education approved a tentative budget for the 2013-14 school year, but did not vote to eliminate Ombudsman transportation, leaving that decision on the table. » Read More

Newton County School System’s county offices (the Board of Education Building and Service Center) will begin summer hours next week. » Read More

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. » Read More

Newton High School assistant principal Sandra Owens has been named principal of Alcovy High School, and the educator said she is honored to be named the school’s new leader. » Read More

The city of Covington will have several road closures around the square this summer as the events schedules ramps up along with the heat. » Read More

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Tasked with paring down an additional $5.47 million worth of budget requests in fiscal year 2014, County Manager John Middleton is leaning on department heads to tell him what they most need to move the county forward. » Read More

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. » Read More

The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.52 at Shell, located at 10700 Covington Road and Flat Shoals Road. » Read More

A fox bit two students at Rocky Plains Elementary School on Wednesday, and according to Newton County Animal Control Director Teri Key-Hoosen, the animal hasn’t been caught. » Read More

The lowest price for regular fuel is $3.42 at Marathon, located at Ga. Highway 142 and Dixie Road. » Read More

The Newton County Board of Commissioners didn’t make any major budget decisions Monday night, but asked the county manager and finance director to propose cuts and prepare two budgets for commissioners to study in two weeks. » Read More

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The new Covington-Newton County Office of Economic Development had its grand opening Tuesday, unveiling a conference room with state-of-the-art technology that will play a role in the recruitment and retention of industries and efforts to improve the local workforce. » Read More

A vision that started more than two years ago came to fruition with the official grand opening Tuesday of the Newton County Sheriff’s Office’s western precinct. » Read More

A $1.2 million HVAC/roofing project for Fairview Elementary School has been approved, and Newton County Schools’ contract with its natural gas supplier has been renewed. » Read More

A new face will be promoting Newton County to the rest of the world, as the chamber has hired local resident Jenny McDonald as its new tourism director. » Read More

Newton High School Assistant Principal Sandra Owens has been named the new principal of Alcovy High School. » Read More

Newton County has new laws on where people are allowed to fire guns recreationally. » Read More

Data released by the Georgia Department of Education Tuesday show that cohort graduation rates have increased across the board for Newton County Schools. » Read More

Mayor Ronnie Johnston continues to push for more active recruitment of retail businesses, including restaurants, movie theaters and the like, and he’s hoping the city of Covington and the Newton County Industrial Authority may be able to bring some major companies to the area. » Read More

Triple Horse officials continue to work on putting together their planned $38 million studio complex, and the Newton County Industrial Development Authority continues to discuss a potential land deal for the company. » Read More

Twenty three miles northwest of Hanoi, the tiny North Vietnamese village of Son Tay had been undisturbed for decades, if not centuries. Peasants harvested their rice crops and survived as best they could in Third-World conditions. On Nov. 21, 1970, the peaceful little village of Son Tay entered military history. » Read More

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