Gabriel C. Stovall

The tragic death of former Covington assistant police chief and Newton County school board representative Almond Turner in 2019 left a lasting void in the community he faithfully served for decades, but for those who were closest to him, his indelible legacy endures through the countless lives he touched.

A year to the day after Almond Turner’s death, it felt no less surreal for those closest to him. No less heartbreaking. No less like an awful nightmare from which one tries to wake. That was h

Oxford College tennis coach Pernilla Hardin was given weeks to live in August 2020. She believes her decision to ‘trust the Lord completely’ resulted in a supernatural turnaround during a second battle with ovarian cancer.

August 3, 2020 was supposed to be the beginning of the end. That was the day Oxford College at Emory University tennis coach Pernilla Hardin settled in at her home with the caregivers from Longleaf Hospice in Covington. She was immediately struck by a tangible sense of what i

COVINGTON, Ga. — Two Tuesdays ago, safety in the park nestled inside the Fairview Estates subdivision was one of the top topics of discussion during the Newton County Board of Commissioners public meeting.

So much so that Chairman Marcello Banes promised to call in some reinforcement in the personage of Newton County Sheriff Ezell Brown to discuss ways to assuage safety concerns in the subdivision’s park.

Brown showed up to Tuesday’s meeting armed with statistics that corroborated those concer

COVINGTON, Ga. — When it comes to high school bands in metro Atlanta, not many can compete with The Sound Factory at Newton High School.

And Newton High band director Jason Smith and his program now have a check for $10,000 and a top three finish in the Great Atlanta Band Challenge to back that claim up.

The competition, sponsored by Witherite Law Group and Atlanta radio station Majic 107.5 FM, gave 10 qualifying high school bands in the metro Atlanta area an opportunity to win $10,000 for the

COVINGTON, Ga. — The final scene was split almost perfectly in half.

As Parkview football players, coaches, parents, students and fans rushed to one side of the field to celebrate a first-round, overtime playoff win against a Newton squad that devolved from dark horse state title contender to an injury-plagued bunch with a wet-behind-the-ears sophomore quarterback, the other side of the field told a different tale.

Newton players hugged each other. Some collapsed in the arms of coaches, staff,