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 ...

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 ...

Authorities are investigating a deadly shooting at Denny Dobbs Park in Newton County on Wednesday evening. Newton County ...

Law enforcement officials yesterday were in an eight-hour standoff with a 26-year-old Newton man, which ultimately ended in a ...

A second high school student has been arrested in the deadly shooting of another high schooler at a Newton County park during a “senior skip day” event last week, according to the sheriff’s office.

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

A second teenage suspect has been arrested and charged with murder related to the shooting death of a Salem High School student at a popular park in Newton County last week.

Arrief McKenzie will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being sentenced to life without parole plus 20 years for ...

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

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

A 16-year-old student at Newton High School was arrested Friday in the shooting death of a Salem High School student at a popular park during a large gathering, officials said.