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.

Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a Gwinnett County judge.

Hal Dally presided over his final meeting as mayor of Social Circle this month, capping a decades long run as a civic leader in his hometown.

State energy regulators approved a rate increase for Georgia Power Co. on Tuesday that will raise its basic service fee for residential customers during the next three years by $168 a year.

Kenneth Malcom, who was convicted of murder in the death of Jonathan Gresham, was sentenced to life without parole plus 25 years.

Social Circle voters were choosing their mayor, a City Council representative and two members of the school board Tuesday.

A Covington man has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run that killed a Social Circle woman in early October.

New Social Circle police Chief Jeff Fuesting has been, to some degree or another, involved in law enforcement his entire life.

Monroe attorney Jeffrey L. Foster has announced he is running for a position as a Superior Court judge in the Alcovy Circuit.

Two Social Circle residents were among five people arrested as Morgan County deputies say they've taken down a major player in east metro meth sales.

Two women were hit by a driver who fled the scene Monday night in Covington.

Chevada McCamy, who grew up in Covington but graduated from Social Circle High School, said this week she is running for a seat as a Superior Court judge.

Candidates for mayor and City Council faced off Monday night in Social Circle.

If Walton County to avoid becoming like Gwinnett County, it will take planning. Because much of the inertia, the private development, and the pressure, is to become like Gwinnett.