East Metro News Podcast

Covington sues Newton County over stormwater fees, restaurant fails health inspection, scammers target Morgan County residents, MCHS principal announces retirement, man who was stabbed by co-worker also facing charges

Tempers flare at Covington meeting, Madison planning for challenging budget season, Conyers man sentenced for selling deadly drug, Buckhead OKs land transfer for fire station, Historic Newton County Jail renovations nearly complete

Former band director sentenced on child molestation charge, Madison planning for new fire station, GBI investigating officer-involved shooting in Conyers.

Newton School System lawsuit, Rockdale County School superintendent search, moratorium extended on convenience stores and data centers, cell phone tower denied, Covington cuts off disconnection fee for electricity

Detention Facility on hold pending review, Rivian closer to vertical construction, Cousins Community Center opens after renovations, student arrested for bring knife to school, guilty plea in shooting

No Kings protests planned, DHS defends $128M cost of warehouse, man found guilty of murder in Morgan County,

Community mourns loss of "Officer Henry", Social Circle takes stand against ICE facility, student arrested, Madison state of the city, murder suspect arrested

Trial delayed again for suspended Newton commissioners, ICE inmate escapes, groundbreaking for new primary and elementary school campus in Morgan County, new principal at Morgan County Elementary School, Madison County passes transportation plan

Covington says no to marijuana decriminalization, elementary student assaults school officials, elderly man pleads guilty to assaulting girlfriend who later died

This week, we unpack major developments across Social Circle and Newton County — including newly released details about the controversial $128 million ICE detention facility. We also hear from Conyers residents pushing for additional support in the mayor’s office, break down what decertification means after Social Circle’s annexation into Newton County, spotlight a historic landmark now listed among Georgia’s “Places in Peril,” and take a turn toward the arts with MAGallery’s latest exhibit, Nature Mirrored in Silk by award-winning artist Margaret Agner. Big projects, civic tension, and community culture — it’s all in this episode.

ICE detention facility in Social Circle, data center moratorium in Newton County, financial problems in city of Madison

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