In collaboration with the Nancy Guinn Memorial Library, the Conyers Garden Club celebrated National Garden Week with a virtual program.

Construction of a new E-911 communications system got underway Thursday with a groundbreaking ceremony at Fire Station No. 9 for the first of three new communications towers.

A New Jersey school district has voted to eliminate "the names of all religious and secular holidays from the school calendar ... opting for the more generic description 'Day Off.'" You can guess the reason. They used those increasingly popular words -- "inclusive" and "equitable."

On a rolling hillside, overlooking the Potomac River and in the distance the great Mall of Monuments, the U.S. Capitol, and even the White House lie more than 1,100 acres of some of the most hallowed and consecrated grounds in these United States, Arlington National Cemetery.

A controversial convenience store permit stalled Tuesday night after the developer introduced changes not previously discussed and could not guarantee that a lawsuit related to development of a truck stop on adjacent property would be dropped.

This is a native species of Southern bottomland forests, and it’s one of the showiest wildflowers a swamp can offer.

President Joe Biden’s trip to Europe provides positive confirmation of collaboration and stability among nations on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. This contrasts markedly with the history of the 20th century. Total wars of unprecedented destructiveness characterized that bloody era.

Incumbent Probate Court Judge Gary W. Washington won election to the seat in a special election Tuesday with 59.41% of the vote.

TOCCOA — Georgia River Network recently designated the Tugaloo River Water Trail as an established part of the organization’s Georgia Water Trails Network during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Broken Bridges, the water trail’s end point within Stephens County Park. The ceremony was attended by local dignitaries, leaders and stakeholders and capped off close to three years of work by the Tugaloo River Water Trail Stakeholder Committee to meet Georgia River Network’s criteria for established water trails within the statewide network.

Public school system officials from metro area counties joined Sen. Jon Ossoff Monday at a press conference where they pledged to reopen their classrooms to full-time in-person learning this fall with the help of more than $4 billion in federal funding for Georgia schools.

Cover-ups of sexual misconduct, allegations of racism and intimidation of those who wish to speak their minds but can't for fear of losing their jobs. It sounds like the dysfunctional ways of the world, doesn't it?

For several years, Sugar Hill resident Tony Rissley operated an auction business that kept him quite engaged and fulfilled. But when the pandemic hit last spring, the need for an auction-management expert was considerably diminished.

The Conyers Police Department is looking for a suspect in connection with a Saturday home invasion in the Forest Villas subdivision.

COVINGTON – TrueRate Services, a debt placement marketplace that optimizes the commercial real estate lending experience, today announced that Thorofare Capital will provide a $9.3 million refinancing loan for the final phase of Covington Town Center, a 180-acre mixed-use development. TrueRa…

The Newton County Library System is celebrating literacy and its 2021 “Tails and Tales” Summer Reading Program with a StoryWalk around the Covington Square.

COVINGTON — The Georgia Department of Transportation is in the process of installing cable barrier along various sections of Interstate 20 as part of a project to reduce highway crossover crashes that typically result in severe injuries or fatalities.

Elder abuse and neglect have gained worldwide recognition and are serious crimes against some of the nation’s most vulnerable citizens. In the United States, it is estimated that over 10% of seniors experience some form of elder abuse or neglect.

Texting is replacing talking as the preferred form of communication?

Growing up in California, I am familiar with the mustard plant. Yet, that familiarity always makes me wonder how different the mustard plant must have been in Galilee.

Maybe it’s a good time for politicians and pundits from both sides of the aisle to quit pointing fingers at each other for a day and start thinking about what marking the date June 6, 1944 is all about.

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 June 1-7, 2021:

The Canada goose thrives in a variety of habitats, often near areas close to people, such as neighborhood ponds, office complexes, parks and other developed areas. This closeness can become a frustration for homeowners and landowners when geese begin to molt in the summer, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division.

The 83rd annual meeting of Snapping Shoals EMC will emulate last year’s meeting by being held as a drive-through event at the Georgia International Horse Park.

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.

CONYERS — The Georgia Department of Driver Services (DDS) is now offering Georgians who are 64 and older the option to renew their non-commercial drivers license online. While mail-in and fax options have been available since August 2020, this new online service gives this group another choi…

The Newton County Board of Education has approved the appointment of Dr. LaMoyne Brunson as incoming principal of Newton County Theme School and Shundreia Neely as the new Newton County School System director of Secondary Schools and Professional Learning.

Trucks on the Tracks, a summer series of food truck gatherings with live music and children’s activities sponsored by Hargray, will take place in Olde Town Conyers on the fourth Thursday evenings of the month during the summer starting in June through August.

COVINGTON — The Newton County Sheriff’s Office has now identified three victims in the shooting at Denny Dobbs Park on Friday, June 4.

During the summer growing season, the love many have for a homegrown tomato approaches obsession. In fact, some people love tomatoes so much that they struggle to grow them — because they give their plants too much care.

In an era of political correctness, virtue signaling and woke-ness, wisdom is in such short supply that when discovered it stands out like a beacon in a storm.

For outdoorsy dads, fresh air and adventure are often the best gift of all.

The new Conyers City Hall will be enhanced by the recent donation of a charcoal on paper drawing of the city’s founder, Dr. William Denson Conyers, that includes a nod to the railroad that is so much a part of the city’s history.

Members of the Porterdale City Council held a public hearing on proposed rezonings for redevelopment of The Oaks golf course Monday night but delayed a decision pending completion of a review by the Northeast Georgia Regional Commission.

Within days of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis Police Officer, as well as the preceding death of Breona Taylor and other Black and brown Americans who were victims of unjustified force by local law enforcement officers, the racial justice protest movement began all across the country.

Oh, how our lives have changed during the past thirty years. We’ve had great medical advances. Once-fatal diseases are being cured, and hope exists where once there was none.

ATLANTA -- Candidates for state offices next year will have a lot more cash at their disposal thanks to a law that promises to fundamentally alter the nature of campaigning in Georgia.

The second of four virtual Wellness Expos presented by the Rockdale Citizen, Newton Citizen and Southern Regional Medical Center, along with supporting sponsors and preferred vendors, will be held June 17, providing the community with a venue for health and medical information and insight.

Eastside High School’s Class of 2021 celebrated its final "Great Day to be an Eagle” Friday night as graduates accepted their diplomas, turned their tassels and headed toward the future.

Two parcels of land owned by the city of Conyers but lying outside the city limits will be sold following a vote last week by the City Council.

In the 1964 presidential campaign, Republican candidate Barry Goldwater had a slogan: "In your heart you know he's right."

COVINGTON — The Newton County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding suspects who shot two teenagers Friday night at Denny Dobbs Park on Ga. Highway 212.