Social Circle City Schools returned to digital learning this week after an increase in COVID-19 cases left the school system struggling to meet needs of students in a face-to-face learning situation.

Local schools, hospitals and more were adapting this week as COVID-19 continued to spread through Georgia.

Charlie Akin will resign from the Social Circle City Council, effective Thursday.

The return to class will be digital in Social Circle, due to the increase of cases of COVID-19.

Changes are coming to Zone 5, but Social Circle City Schools Superintendent Robbie Hooker assured parents children there would continue to enjoy access to the city school system in the year to come.

A Social Circle man threatened to infect people in a bank with COVID-19 in a botched holdup last month, the sheriff in Clayton County said.

Transportation and federal dollars top the agenda for this week’s Social Circle City Council meeting.

A national transportation research group has rated six Newton County bridges among the 20 most deficient in northeast Georgia based on condition and usage.

Gov. Brian Kemp appointed three men to state boards this week.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is awaiting the doctor’s report after an autopsy of a man who was found dead in Social Circle last weekend.

Walton County voters returned Rep. Bruce Williamson to the state legislature in a landslide.

Local governments received federal funding this week to help them with major projects.

 The battle over “Redskin” continues to rage in Social Circle.

A Walton County homeowner killed a python in his backyard last week.

A Walton County middle school reported 10 cases of COVID-19 over the past week.

The Social Circle City Council split on racial lines in an attempt to rename a bridge in honor of a local civil rights worker.

The list of candidates to serve as a Superior Court judge has been narrowed to six.

Walton County attorney Jeffrey L. “Jeff” Foster was elected to the Superior Court bench in a runoff Tuesday.

A Morgan County sheriff’s deputy responded to a call regarding a missing teen and found two juvenile girls and a 22-year-old man hiding on the outskirts of the Rutledge town park.

Three people accused of murder in Social Circle will get their first appearance in court this week.

 One person was flown to Atlanta after crews from multiple agencies responded Thursday morning to an explosion at a plant in Social Circle.

Road projects around Walton County are on the agenda — if voters approve a 1 cent-per-dollar sales tax in the fall.

A proposed 1% sales tax would raise about $60 million for transportation projects in Walton County, officials said Wednesday.

A movement in Alabama is brewing to remove the monument to Social Circle native Emma Sansom, a Confederate heroine.

The judge saw a “very troubled young man” in the 16-year-old who killed two men and stole the dirt bike he lured them to Walton County to sell.

The man who killed two people who thought he was trying to buy their dirt bike will learn his sentence Thursday.

State troopers said a crash in Monroe involved a truck that had been stolen minutes earlier at a gas station in Social Circle.

An Athens man was charged with murder in connection with the shooting deaths of two people found on a roadway last month.

The lawyer for a teen who killed two men wants his client to receive the minimum sentence, but prosecutors are seeking the maximum — life without the chance of parole.

The man and woman found fatally shot on Thurman Baccus Road were transient and hadn’t been in Walton County long.

The nation’s health crisis has led to an economic crisis, and Social Circle’s upcoming budget reflects that.

State investigators said a local man has been charged with having child pornography.

Athens-Clarke County police Capt. Will Brinkley will lead the Social Circle Police Department starting May 4.

City Manager Adele Schirmer said she remains committed to Social Circle despite a vote not to allow her contract to roll over for another year.

Police Chief Jeff Fuesting has resigned, and the Social Circle City Council voted Friday night not to allow the city manager’s contract to renew automatically.

A Social Circle man was charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon after an incident at a Covington store on Monday.

City declares emergency, urges people to limit events

The Social Circle City Council is expected to declare an emergency related to the coronavirus outbreak during a special called meeting Monday night.

Jeff Foster is going all-in on the judicial seat he qualified to run for this week.

Newly appointed Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler stopped by Stanton Springs Industrial Park on Monday, her first trip to this region of Georgia.

Charlie Akin, a former vice chairman of the city school board, is running for the Social Circle City Council.