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

The four-county Joint Development Authority voted to approve a new bond issuance, signaling another large business project at Stanton Springs.

Newton County commissioners heard from both sides of a travel center plan for a site south of Social Circle before quickly voting to deny it Tuesday night.

Former Social Circle Mayor Frank Sherrill died Thursday morning.

The GBI said a South Carolina man shot at a sheriff's deputy, leading a state trooper to return fire after a chase ended on I-20 in Morgan County on Saturday.

The pandemic has delayed a public hearing on a large development that’s been in the works in Social Circle for nearly two decades.

Monday is the deadline for people interested in serving on the Social Circle City Council to ask for the appointment.

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

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.