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Window to the past: SPLOST would help complete history center
COVINGTON -- The renovation of the historic jail on Stallings Street got started with help from SPLOST 2005. Now, $1.2 million in SPLOST 2011 revenues will finish the job.
Code enforcement an opportunity to help
PORTERDALE -- Police Chief Geoff Jacobs is looking for a little help from area individuals and agencies to improve the quality of life in the historic mill village.
Vet believes in second chances
A graphic on the front of Tommy Clack's business card depicts a bald eagle in flight with his logo validating the obvious: Have Wheelchair Will Travel.
School board approves budget cuts
COVINGTON -- The Newton County Board of Education approved nearly $8.3 million in cuts to the general fund operating budget for the 2011-12 school year during its monthly work session Tuesday night.
3 Covington men arrested in double shooting at weekend party
COVINGTON -- Two men were shot at a party on Harville Road around 2:15 Saturday morning, according to the Newton County Sheriff's Office. Three men have been arrested in connection with the incident.
Oxford looks into privatizing sanitation services
COVINGTON -- It will be at least another month before the Oxford City Council will decide if the city will privatize its sanitation department.
Chamber says SKC kept promises
Despite grumbling in the community for years that SKC Inc. did not live up to promises to the community made before it located a manufacturing facility here in 1996, Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce President Hunter Hall told the City Council Monday night that the industry has made good on its investment commitment.
School board approves cuts
COVINGTON - The Newton County Board of Education approved nearly $8.3 million in cuts to the general fund operating budget for the 2011-12 school year during its monthly work session Tuesday night.
