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Two BOE members seeking re-election
COVINGTON - Two of the five seats on the Newton County Board of Education are up for election this year and both members are planning to seek re-election.
Students get home after dark Bus mishaps cause delay
COVINGTON - Buses delivered approximately 40 Indian Creek Middle School students home after dark Monday evening due to a series of transportation mishaps.
Bright smile
Staff Photo: Sue Ann Kuhn-Smith
Elementary students to take reading tests this week
COVINGTON - Newton County elementary school students are scheduled to be tested on their reading prowess sometime this week or next.
Teen to serve 10 years for molestation Defendant enters plea of guilty but mentally ill
CONYERS - A teenager who inappropriately touched two young boys was ordered to serve 10 years in prison after he entered a plea Friday that he was guilty but mentally ill.
CPD: Thief tries to sell stolen scrap metal back
COVINGTON - Covington Police Department officers have arrested a man they say was stealing scrap metal from Oconee Metal and then trying to sell it back to them.
Earnhardt feeling the pressure of new Hendrick ride
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Dale Earnhardt Jr. is already feeling the pressure, and the season hasn't even started.
Hawks top Nuggets in 104-93 win
ATLANTA - Joe Johnson scored 22 points and the Atlanta Hawks held off a late rally by the Denver Nuggets for a 104-93 victory on Tuesday night.
Events 1-16-08
Wednesday
Portrait of a pioneer Friends, family remember life of arts advocate
Rebekah Vaughn recalls as a teenager in the early 1990s driving to the old Conyers Rockdale Council for the Arts offices on Ga. 138 to help her mother, Paula Vaughn, stuff envelopes with brochures and memberships for the upcoming arts season.
GM plans to stick to his roots Dimitroff wants to bring Patriot formula to Falcons
ATLANTA - Thomas Dimitroff knows how he wants the Atlanta Falcons to operate: just like his previous employer.
A winning heritage Patriots' program produces top local talent
Heritage's Shuaib Winters spent his final cross country season adding to his already impressive list of running accomplishments.
Seminole swimmers take fourth in Athens
ATHENS - The Salem swim team had a solid showing Saturday at the Clarke Central High School Swimming and Diving Invitational, placing fourth in a field of 16 teams.
Federer has a very g'day with first-round victory
MELBOURNE, Australia - Sick and tired of talk about his stomach bug, Roger Federer wanted to show he was in Grand Slam form.