COVINGTON - The Newton County Sheriff's Office is seeking information in the Wednesday night shooting death of a 32-year-old Conyers woman at a home in southeastern Newton County.

CONYERS - The Rockdale County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's assistance in gathering information regarding an incident that occurred during the early morning hours of July 5.

CONYERS — Rockdale County citizens turned out Monday morning to pay their respects as a processional for Rockdale County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven A. Minor proceeded through the county, ending at Springfield Baptist Church.

CONYERS — Hundreds of people turned out at 10 p.m. on June 30 to watch the Confederate monument that stood for 107 years at the corner of the Rockdale County Courthouse on Main Street in Conyers come down. The monument will be put into a safe place at an undisclosed location in the county un…

COVINGTON — The Newton County Sheriff’s Office held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning for $2.9 million expansion of the Sheriff’s Office.

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 16-22, 2020:

COVINGTON — A Newton County couple is being treated for burns at Grady Hospital from a fire that destroyed their home on June 24.

CONYERS – A Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office deputy who reported on his own Facebook page that he had tested positive for COVID-19 on June 19 and was in quarantine, died five days later at Piedmont Rockdale Hospital.

CONYERS – The Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office is in mourning following the death of Sheriff’s Deputy Steven A. Minor on Wednesday, June 24, at Piedmont Rockdale Hospital.

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 Conyers Police Department (CPD) is searching for a third suspect in the June 15 shooting death of Money White Jr., 23, at the Brookfield Apartments on Briar Creek Court.

CONYERS — A Covington man has been arrested and charged with murder in the shooting death of a man at the Brandon Glen Apartments in Conyers on June 3.

CONYERS — The Conyers City Council approved the fiscal year 2021 budget by a unanimous vote at their June 17 virtual meeting. The new budget of $19,466,101 is just under a million dollars more than the current year budget of $18.5 million.

CONYERS — Two suspects have been arrested and charged in connection with the June 15 shooting death of Money White Jr., 23, at the Brookfield Apartments on Briar Creek Court.

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 9-15, 2020:

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.

COVINGTON — The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) is continuing to investigate a fatal accident on Flat Shoals Road on June 12. Kimberly Mann, 51, of Covington, died at Grady Hospital in Atlanta on June 13 from injuries sustained in the accident.

CONYERS - The Conyers Police Department is investigating the shooting death of a man at the Brookfield Apartments on Briar Creek Court on June 15.

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 2-8, 2020:

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 — A Conyers man is charged with murder in the shooting death of his brother on May 29.

The Covington City Council has approved a request for the Covington Fire Department to seek bids on a new 100-foot aerial platform truck. Fire Chief Jeremy Holmes estimates the apparatus could cost around $1.6 million and take 18-24 months to build and deliver.

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 May 26-June 1, 2020:

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.

COVINGTON — Vandals spray-painted symbols and obscenities on the East Haven subdivision brick sign entrance sometime during overnight Wednesday. The subdivision is located on East Haven Drive off Williams Street, near the YMCA.

OXFORD — A retired Lifeflight helicopter pilot and his wife died in a three-car accident about 10:45 a.m. Sunday, May 31.

CONYERS — An inmate who was transferred from the Rockdale County Jail to the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) in Jackson on May 19 was tested for COVID-19 during the GDCP intake process and has been confirmed positive for the virus. The inmate has been determined to be asy…

COVINGTON — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources are investigating the death of a Covington man who died after he jumped into Jackson Lake Thursday night while trying to escape from police.

COVINGTON — The Covington City Council is expected to approve the purchase of a Flock Camera System for photographing tags of cars as they come into the city. Covington Police Chief Stacey Cotton had proposed purchasing the system in the fiscal year 2020-2021 budget, which begins July 1, but…

JACKSON — Butts County Sheriff’s deputies and the Butts County Dive Team continued to search a portion of Jackson Lake Friday for a car chase suspect who stopped on Hickory Point Drive, jumped into Jackson Lake to try to get away, and went under about 75 yards out. The incident occurred Thur…

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:

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.

COVINGTON — The American Red Cross is assisting 12 families following a fire on Sunday, May 24, at the Magnolia Heights Apartments in Covington, near the intersection of Ga. Highway 36 and Bypass Road. No one was injured in the blaze.

CONYERS – The Rockdale County Board of Commissioners and leadership are preparing to initiate a phased-in return to work program to begin moving county employees back to the office on Monday, June 1. The implementation of this program will end the remote work plan the county temporarily impl…

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:

CONYERS — The Rockdale County Fire Department held a traditional washing down and pushing of a new fire engine into its station Thursday morning.

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.

COVINGTON — Out of an abundance of caution, the Covington City Council unanimously approved moving the city’s annual Stars and Stripes Fest from July 4 to Sunday, Sept. 6, during Labor Day Weekend.

CONYERS — Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levett was the surprised recipient of a framed photo and signatures of former U.S. Senator Max Cleland of Georgia and former President Barack Obama at a reception Tuesday morning, May 19. Television personality Monica Kaufman Pearson presented the award…

COVINGTON — From that fateful day 21 months ago, Covington Police Officer Matt Cooper has fought to not only recover, but to return to the job he loves. Monday, May 18, Cooper did just that, returning to work for the first time.

CONYERS — Four children were ejected from a vehicle during a rollover accident on Interstate 20 east just past Sigman Road Monday afternoon. A total of one adult and six children were transported to a local hospital for treatment. Their conditions were not immediately available.

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:

CONYERS — Rockdale County is taking several measures to ensure the safety of its residents, especially seniors and youths, during the current health crisis. In an abundance of caution and to continue to protect residents, Rockdale County Parks and Recreation is adding fencing and barricades …

CONYERS — City of Conyers officials and staff have determined that city offices will reopen to the public on Monday, May 18, after reviewing information provided by the Georgia Department of Health and seeing a positive trend in the decline of cases of COVID-19 locally.

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 — Motorists should expect delays in the coming weeks as a $1.8 million repaving project on portions of 27 streets and roads within the city limits is set to begin on May 11.

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:

COVINGTON — At the Covington City Council’s May 4 teleconference meeting, City Manager Scott Andrews announced that current plans are to reopen City Hall to the public on May 18.

COVINGTON — A Covington man has been arrested and charged with trafficking multiple firearms from Georgia to Jersey City, N.J., which were subsequently used in acts of violence, according to U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito of the District of New Jersey.