Newton County Sheriff Shannon Cothran is warning the public about recent scams. “The scams keep rolling so we do, too,” he said in the scam alert video March 21. The tollbooth scam is still popular ...

Law enforcement officials yesterday were in an eight-hour standoff with a 26-year-old Newton man, which ultimately ended in a peaceful surrender. Newton Police Department responded to a home in the ...

It happened on Wednesday, March 19, around 5 p.m. Justin Etienne, who was a student in the area, was a bystander when a fight ...

An 18-year-old was shot in a wooded area near Denny Dobbs Park and pronounced dead at a hospital. The incident is considered ...

A 16-year-old Newton High School student has been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting that took place during a ...

The shooting occurred when a large group of students from Newton and Rockdale County schools to celebrate Senior Skip Day.

NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — Channel 2 Action News has learned that there has been an arrest in the shooting death of an 18-year-old ...

NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies in Newton County are investigating a shooting at a park on Wednesday afternoon that killed an ...

NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — Another teen is now behind bars after a student was shot and killed at a Newton County park on Senior Skip Day last week. The Newton County Sheriff's Office announced the ...

NEWTON COUNTY, GA — A 16-year-old was arrested on Friday, March 21 in connection with a deadly shooting this week that left ...

Deputies say 16-year-old Jarvis Hinton Jr. has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Justin Etienne ...

Brieonna Cassell survived broken bones and being pinned in her wrecked car for six days and seven nights before anyone noticed her.