School district officials say damages are about $40,000.

A local pro-life group will show a movie that follows the people behind the landmark legal decision that legalized abortion.

Three people were shot Friday night in an incident in the Tanglewood neighborhood in north Monroe.

Atlanta police are looking for a Monroe man in connection with a shooting death in the fall.

Several utility poles were knocked down overnight during a police chase in Monroe.

Printer, cutter gives 121-year-old business new edge

A Detroit woman was charged with drunken driving in the crash that injured three people and shut down a part of Highway 11 Thursday night.

State Route 11 was reopened Thursday night after a crash that sent three people to hospitals.

The two public school districts in Walton County and the Boys & Girls Club received thousands of dollars each in grants from the Facebook Newton Data Center.

After not quite three full months on the job, Kevin Little has gotten a promotion in Barrow County.

City and county firefighters stopped the spread of a fire that started in a shed and threatened to spread to woods and nearby homes.

City leaders say medians have cut traffic speeds

and improved safety

Monroe police continue to investigate a case of child cruelty, resulting in a child being flown to an Atlanta hospital for care.

One person sustained minor injuries when a dump truck full of asphalt overturned on Unisia Drive.

A family was displaced by a fire at their home late Tuesday afternoon.

The Monroe City Council will have a public information meeting to discuss potential new traffic calming features.

State Rep. Bruce Williamson of Monroe will play a role in helping Republicans expand their majority in state legislatures over the next two years.

A small airplane made an emergency landing in the yard of a home off Bold Springs Road on Monday afternoon.

A Monroe man was booked into the Gwinnett County jail early Saturday on armed robbery charges.

Logan Propes will remain on the job as the city administrator for at least five more years.

City officials and the developer said any doubts about the Monroe Pavilion should be laid to rest.

Monroe businessman Michael John Cash Sr. has been paroled from state prison, 3 1/2 years after his conviction for racketeering.

A Monroe man was arrested after allegedly having sexual contact with a juvenile in Athens.

The man accused in a fatal shooting on Christmas Day is in custody.

Four area counties are poised to see good economic news over the next few months.

A Covington man remained in jail Thursday after a police chase that ended in a crash between Monroe and Social Circle.

Windstream customers in Walton County were back online Wednesday after more than a day of disruption.

The quick thinking of two nearby workers made quick work of a house fire Wednesday afternoon in Monroe.

The owner of a home that caught fire Wednesday morning has been charged with arson.

A fire Wednesday morning may have been set intentionally, and a charge of arson is being filed.

A Monroe man died early Sunday in an Athens hospital, after he was injured in a car crash.

The driver of a car that hit a tree Saturday night was seriously injured. State troopers think alcohol was a factor.

The campaign to build a YMCA in Walton County is ready to start.

A Verizon tower proposed for the Gratis area will be delayed at least a month — if it’s built at all.

State Rep. Bruce Williamson of Monroe notified city officials earlier this week that the Georgia Department of Transportation would begin work on the proposed state Route 83 Connector the summer of 2022. GDOT estimates the project will take 24-36 months to complete, confirmed Monroe City Adm…

Two property owners heard from neighbors and adjusted their plans for new developments, but county commissioners rejected both this week.

Three separate crashes Monday morning caused the closure of Georgia 11 between Campton and the Barrow County line.

The Walton County tag office will be closed Monday and until further notice due to employee quarantines related to COVID-19.

Robert Hawk Jr., a Walton County native and longtime area Realtor, died Wednesday. He was 68.

Graveside services for local civil rights icon Robert “Bobby” Howard will begin at noon Thursday in the Social Circle City Cemetery.

A collision involving a dump truck blocked both lanes of U.S. 78 on Wednesday.

State troopers said a Walton County man sustained serious injury in a crash last week.

More than 1,000 people have signed a petition urging George Walton Academy to keep its head football coach.

Jessie Henderson asked if he could spend the holidays with his family. But less than three weeks later, he allegedly stole a car in Monroe.

A proposed 75-acre neighborhood is on the agenda for the Walton County Planning Commission this week.

A local woman died Thursday night in a crash that shut down a Monroe highway.

A son of a Newton County commissioner was arrested Saturday night after allegedly wrecking a car stolen from a man leaving work in Monroe.