Covington News

Jane Sherwood Osborne of Douglasville passed away Thursday, May 23. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, at the West Metro Church of God .

A five hundred dollar reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for vandalism committed at the Turtle Cove Clubhouse early last Tuesday morning, May 15.

Two Georgia men were arrested here on drug charges Tuesday night following an undercover investigation by the TBI.

The Peach State, armed with a roughly $100 million "deal closing" fund, hands out discretionary incentives to just 7.25 percent of all prospects, Chris Cummiskey , Georgia's economic development commissioner said at a meeting Thursday.

Two students were bitten by a fox at an elementary school today which has sparked a "fox hunt" in the area for the animal.

Newton County Animal Control Director Teri Key-Hoosen says the fox came onto the playground at Rocky Plains Elementary School in Covington and bit two 6-year-old boys Wednesday morning.

Lucille Frances Love Fowler, 85, passed away on Monday May 20, 2013. She was born in Hall County, the daughter of the late Charlie and Mary Sanders Love.

Last Friday, May 10, it was reported to the Jasper County Sheriff's Office that a 16 GB Fourth Generation Apple I-pod had been stolen from an individual at Jasper County High School.

Indorama Ventures will open a plant in Rayong for fibre and yarn made from a special polyester in the second quarter of 2015.

Authorities have arrested a Rockdale County Sheriff's Deputy after an early morning crash.

A baby and a teenage passenger were killed when the child's mother was racing another car and crashed on Interstate 20 east of Atlanta early Friday, the Georgia State Patrol said.

The last four Middle Georgia electric cooperatives that were part of Power4Georgians are no longer partners in the venture to build a coal-fired power plant near Sandersville.

CBS Atlanta viewer Sandra Gartner sent us a picture of what was on the ground outside of her home on Smith Store Road.

Charles E. Johnson, 64, Covington, Ga., was charged by state police with introducing contraband to a prison at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.

If you'd lost a dog six months ago, chances are you would have given up finding it by now and moved on.