Piedmont Rockdale Hospital and the American Red Cross will hold a blood drive on Tuesday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the hospital’s Building A classrooms.

It's often a challenge on cold, dreary days to pull yourself out from under the warm covers. Even though you know the importance of a satisfying breakfast before heading to work or dropping the kids off at school, that cool chill may keep you hitting snooze.

The death of composer Stephen Sondheim at 91 is more than the end of an era. It is the end of a chain of great Broadway musicals dating back to the 1920s when Jerome Kern's "Showboat" first dazzled theater audiences.

The other day, I ran into someone who was too discouraged to give thanks for much of anything. He’s convinced the world is going to end and the USA — led by what the politicians running California are doing to ruin this once great state — is going to hell in a handbasket.

COVINGTON — Still smarting over the backlash she and other Covington City Council members received after the Covington Housing Authority provided $75,000 to fund a developer’s renderings of a proposed renovation of the Conyers Street Gym and Baker Field for multi-family residential without t…

An inmate who escaped from the Rockdale County Jail on Saturday, Nov. 27 was recaptured a few hours later without incident.

The Conyers City Council approved changes to the city’s Comprehensive Land Use Plan and zoning ordinance to allow construction of a self-storage development at 2101 East View Pkwy.

A number of events celebrating the holiday season is scheduled for this coming weekend.

Newton County has signed off on an updated revenue sharing agreement that will provide Social Circle with a portion of the revenue generated by Stanton Springs North, where it has been speculated that electric vehicle maker Rivian may develop a massive assembly plant.

Southern Belle Farm in McDonough and Miller Veterinary Services in Conyers are included in the University of Georgia Alumni Association’s 2022 Bulldog 100, a list of the 100 fastest-growing businesses owned or operated by UGA alumni. UGA received 367 nominations for the 2022 list.

What can I say? It’s that time of the year again! Thanksgiving! A time we gather around the table with family to share a meal, to share love, to share hugs and sometime even tears. To share all that we can give of ourselves to the people we love.

When my sons were teenagers, my wife worked an early morning shift for a period of time, so I was responsible for getting them ready for school. This included breakfast duty, so I prepared a nutritious daily feast of Graham crackers, covered with peanut butter and chocolate chips. (That’s me, Mr. Health Food.)

When Jack Fantauzzi opened Jacks’s Auto Repair on Main Street in Olde Town Conyers 40 years ago, he wondered if he’d made a big mistake.

The following charges and arrests were reported by the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, Conyers Police Department, Georgia State Patrol, and Georgia Pardon and Parole for the period of Nov.16-22, 2021:

Big Haynes Nature Center (BHCNC), a community wetlands and recreational site at the Georgia International Horse Park, has partnered with the Georgia Forestry Commission and Georgia Prescribed Fire Council to complete its first controlled burn designed to have long-lasting ecological benefits for the conservation site.

While a disbelieving nation is focused on the endless border crisis, more immigration sleight of hand is ongoing in Washington. Cloaked in Congress-speak, the troubling details of the Build Back Better Act are being hidden from a bad-news weary public.

Officers with the Covington Police Department are confident they have solved several drive-by shootings that occurred in the city since Nov. 18.

You will, I hope, pardon me if I brag on a bit of scenery in my neighborhood here in Columbia S.C.

The Conyers City Council has denied a special use permit request to operate a personal care home in the Woodbridge subdivision, while acknowledging it was a difficult decision.

Despite legal advice that a vote to hire an interim county manager would not be allowed under Newton County’s charter, two commissioners voted Tuesday night to hire a former county employee who left amid controversy more than a year ago.

The following charges and arrests were reported by the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, Covington Police Department, Oxford Police Department, Porterdale Police Department, the Georgia State Patrol and Georgia Pardons and Parole:

The University System of Georgia has decided not to pursue plans to rename dozens of buildings and colleges named for historical figures associated with racism.

The Annual Christmas Tour of Homes returns to Conyers in December for the 23rd year, this time with an extra dash of Southern hospitality.

One of my frequent topics is customer service. I am old enough to remember when that term was mandatory, not optional.

Before the right to keep and bear arms is stated in the Second Amendment, the Founders wrote why they believed it necessary for people to arm themselves as part of a "militia." They said it is a "necessity to the security of a free state." The Founders knew that liberty is not the natural state of humanity and must be defended against government authorities and lawbreakers who try to limit or abolish it.

I have never purposefully littered. I pick up trash frequently along sidewalks, roads and trails. We’ve switched out all light bulbs at homes for LEDs, conserve water and energy whenever practically possible, and generally try to live a life of reducing, reusing and recycling.

Wide, sun-dappled, leafy trails are wending their way from one side of the county to another and through the heart of Covington. Walkers, runners and bicyclists make their way at their own pace, most of whom know nothing of the battles and struggles it took to make trails in this community a…

CONYERS – The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners is hosting the second Vaccine Gift Card Giveaway on Saturday, Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rockdale County Health Department, 985 Taylor St. SW, Conyers. This event is to encourage Rockdale County residents to be vaccinated and prot…

Remember those "shovel-ready jobs" promised by the Obama-Biden administration in 2011? When many failed to appear after passage of this spending boondoggle, President Obama joked, "Shovel-ready was not as shovel-ready as we expected."

Speculation is growing on the potential for Rivian Automotive to build a facility east of Covington in the vicinity of the Newton, Walton and Morgan county lines.

SOCIAL CIRCLE — We asked and, thankfully, you delivered.

ATHENS -- The Trial Gardens at the University of Georgia have announced the 2021 Classic City Award winners from the hundreds of varieties tested over the long, hot summer.

TIFTON — Sixteen students at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College have been selected to participate in one of the most prestigious organizations on campus, the ABAC Ambassadors.

There are few things better than festive holiday celebrations. Everyone is gathered around the table, ready to eat and enjoy the company. The atmosphere is joyful, the decorations are beautiful and the food is absolute perfection.

After two weeks of negotiations, leaders from around the globe gathered in Glasgow for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change announced an agreement. Critics immediately pounced, complaining the accord amounts to diplomatic good intentions, not guaranteed action.

Because life is mostly made up of little experiences, occasionally interrupted by big events, it’s easy to take the little things for granted.

I do not think that I had ever noticed the end of Hebrews 10 before. I love Hebrews 11. It recounts story after story from Scripture about examples of faith, each one illustrating the theme that the chapter begins with: “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”

SOCIAL CIRCLE – Georgia waterfowl hunters can now head to their favorite wetland locations with duck season now open, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division.

The following charges and arrests were reported by the Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, Conyers Police Department, Georgia State Patrol, and Georgia Pardon and Parole for the period of Nov.9-15, 2021: