In a couple weeks, Newton County's public safety communications will join the digital age as the long-awaited, multi-million dollar radio conversion project comes to fruition July 29. The county and all its first responder agencies - the Covington-Newton County 911 Communications Center, Newton County Sheriff's Office, Newton County Fire Department, Covington Police Department, Covington Fire Department, the police and fire departments of the cities of Oxford and Porterdale, Emergency Medical Services and public works departments - will finally be on the same wavelength, so to speak. They'll