Rockdale County News

These playgrounds feature ramp access to all levels of the structure, adaptive swing sets and smooth surfaces for wheelchair access.

A private home was burglarized after a forced entry last Thursday, Jan. 26, and numerous items were taken, according to an incident report by the Jasper County Sheriff's Office .

A school resource officer at Heritage High School in Conyers has been placed on administrative leave and the GBI has been called in to investigate a possible inappropriate relationship between the officer and a student, the Rockdale County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.

NORCROSS, Ga. -- A fugitive wanted in two counties was captured Monday night, the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday.

Samuel King unexpectedly rose to the top of the heap in East Baton Rouge Parish's search for a new superintendent of schools, emerging as the lone finalist from a field of six semifinalists.

East Baton Rouge Parish School Board member Jerry Arbour shows his frustration Wednesday at the board's inability to choose superintendent finalists from among five semifinalists.

UPDATE: The would-be robber shot and killed on Saturday had rotated in and out of Rockdale County jail for nearly a decade on charges ranging from simple battery to posession and selling of drugs.