Social Circle News

After listening to nearly a dozen people speak for and against a possible zoning action, the Social Circle City Council sent the project back to the Planning and Zoning Commission for further review.

How many of you have been to Shawnee, Kan.? Not many members of the Rotary Club in Monroe had, either, but a project that increased awareness of that town could have a big impact on Walton County.

Walton County Sheriff's Office officials said preliminary autopsy results revealed Robert 'Drew' Nichols was shot multiple times, with one shot proving to be fatal.

George Hearn is a superstar for the children of Walton County. Hearn, a retired juvenile court judge, was recognized recently with the Superstar Award presented by the local Boys & Girls Club.

State Rep. John Yates, R-Griffin, stands to speak at the Eggs and Issues conference Thursday morning at the Griffin Regional Welcome Center while state Rep.

Walton County Sheriff's Office investigators are suspecting foul play after a body was found by a hunter off Clegg Farm Road northwest of Social Circle.

A body found in Walton County is being investigated as a homicide. Police said a deer hunter discovered the body of an adult Sunday afternoon on Clegg Farm Road near the town of Social Circle.

Mrs. Amy Jo Godwin Mrs. Amy Jo Godwin, 87, wife of Mr. Hubert Godwin, Sr., entered into rest on Wednesday, Nov.

The Griffin Regional Welcome Center will host the local legislative delegation for breakfast and discussion of important issues Thursday morning.

With her son, Sgt. Jermaine Webb, serving in Afghanistan, Targie McGuire lived with the fear something could happen to her son at any time.

A 67-year-old Georgia man faces up to 30 years in prison for having sex with his 16-year-old lover at a Virginia hotel as the couple drove through the state.

With the economy still struggling and unemployment at historic highs, Georgia Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond knows what people expect from him.

With the ballot boxes still warm from the 2009 municipal elections in Walton County, state Sen.

A complaint to the City Council has sparked a controversy on the behavior of officers of the Social Circle Department of Public Safety.

Although the annual results of the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test is the ultimate test of Georgia schools' progress and one of the primary benchmarks students must meet for promotion to the next grade, it is not the only major standardized test Walton schools use to measure educational gains.

While the goal is the same as last year, the help might not stretch as far as it did in years past.

All across Walton County, students, military personnel and the community gathered together in events to celebrate this nation's veterans.

A recent act of vandalism has caused the Jefferson City Schools Board of Education to make an unexpected purchase.

Slightly more than a year after ground was broken, law enforcement officials gathered Tuesday to officially open the new Georgia State Patrol Post 46 on Highway 11 north of Social Circle.

Ms. Erin Woodward of Atlanta announces the engagement of her daughter, Brittnay Nicole Woodward, to Edgar J. a Treya Alverson III of Fayetteville.