Covington Section
|
New juvenile court judge appointed The judges of the Superior Court of Newton County announce the appointment of Sheri Capes Roberts as the Judge of the Juvenile Court of Newton County to succeed Judge Billy J. Waters, beginning Jan. 1. |
|
|
Man poses as teenage girl online A 65-year-old Mansfield man was arrested Friday and charged with sexual exploitation of children and computer pornography after posing as a 17-year-old girl on several Web sites. |
|
|
Downtown civic center/hotel project postponed again The already much prolonged hotel/civic center has once again been postponed as the result of the Wall Street financial meltdown, which has made acquiring financing for the $37 million project all but impossible. |
|
|
City, Charter partner for PEG channels After many months of work the city of Covington has finalized its polices and procedures for the operation of three Public Education and Government cable channels provided by Charter Communications. |
|
|
YMCA Volunteer of the year named Sam B. Hay III was named the Covington YMCA's 2008 Volunteer of the Year. For nearly two decades, Hay has volunteered at the Covington Family YMCA. He became involved 17 years ago when his wife, Loucy, a past Covington YMCA volunteer of the year, dragged him to fundraising events. Currently, he is the task force chairman for the Covington YMCA Outdoor Center. "There is nothing we do at the Y that Sam isn't a part ... |
 |
Local scientist says climate change worse than we think At a special Covington work session on climate change Monday evening local scientist Dr. David Simons painted in very dire terms the future of the planet if there is not quick and decisive action taken to dramatically lower greenhouse gas emissions. 
|
|
|
Deputy fires on man attempting to strike him with vehicle An erratic driver struck a patrol car and narrowly missed a deputy while trying to elude the Newton County Sheriff's office early Saturday morning. |
|
|
Covington fighting urban blight In an effort to revitalize the city’s blighted and impoverished areas, Covington officials are researching various state programs that would provide some funding and tax breaks for improvement efforts. |
