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Management of NHCC still undecided
Senior Services Board of Directors also in flux
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Gabriel Khouli
Updated: Feb 18, 2010, 1:39 PM
Published: Feb 18, 2010, 1:36 PM
After months of delays and conversations, little changed in the Nelson Heights Community Center situation as the Newton County Recreation Department remains the most likely management candidate.The Board of Commissioners held a work session Tuesday to review all possible options. The work session was pushed back to February in order to give the center’s 501(c)3 board of directors, formed in 2008, a chance to reorganize and make a management pitch.That didn’t happen Tuesday, and county officials were divided on why plans fell through. At the meeting Chairman Kathy Morgan said she thought the
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April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
Newton County Sheriff Car---WEB
Kate Verity
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 10:29 PM

NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.