Social Circle News

With the ballot boxes still warm from the 2009 municipal elections in Walton County, state Sen.

A complaint to the City Council has sparked a controversy on the behavior of officers of the Social Circle Department of Public Safety.

Although the annual results of the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test is the ultimate test of Georgia schools' progress and one of the primary benchmarks students must meet for promotion to the next grade, it is not the only major standardized test Walton schools use to measure educational gains.

While the goal is the same as last year, the help might not stretch as far as it did in years past.

All across Walton County, students, military personnel and the community gathered together in events to celebrate this nation's veterans.

A recent act of vandalism has caused the Jefferson City Schools Board of Education to make an unexpected purchase.

Slightly more than a year after ground was broken, law enforcement officials gathered Tuesday to officially open the new Georgia State Patrol Post 46 on Highway 11 north of Social Circle.

Ms. Erin Woodward of Atlanta announces the engagement of her daughter, Brittnay Nicole Woodward, to Edgar J. a Treya Alverson III of Fayetteville.

Antonius Reterink, right, takes a moment to smile the afternoon of Oct. 21 while cutting a board for the new shed he is building behind his business, A.N.T. Signs, in Colbert.

The merger of All Saints Day and Samhain is upon us . This was the first year we shopped for a Halloween costume for our son, Noah.

Celebrating the origins of Halloween as a festival of the dead, the Social Circle Better Hometown Association will be presenting its annual Cemetery Tour Friday and Saturday nights.

Three days of in the field criminal interdiction training for the Social Circle Department of Public Safety netted six arrests and more than 23 pounds of marijuana, $22,000 and three guns seized.

Sometimes, it's important to know when to eat the right bread. With more than 100 teenagers assembled together with local business leaders and school officials, the Prepared and Polished Professional dinner sent that message loud and clear, as State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox spoke to the high school seniors about preparing for the real ...

The gathering, held Aug. 13-15 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, was designed to re-energize designers with a spirit of enthusiasm to make their businesses successful.

There may still be reading, writing and arithmetic, but the alphabet soup used to grade it all will change a bit.

Sidney Ray Brown Sidney Ray Brown, of Social Circle, died Oct. 15, 2009, at Abbey Hospice, at the age of 63.

When Tammy Murphy became the newest member of the Social Circle Board of Education, she was just keeping up the family legacy.

University student Matt Daniel was leaving class on Oct. 2 when he got a call saying he and his three roommates were being evicted and had 30 days to move.

Prince Avenue Christian pitcher Lyndey McCurry threw a perfect game Friday as the Wolverines, ranked third in Class A, closed out their regular season with a 3-0 Region 8-A victory over Social Circle.

Fun, food and friendship were all on display over the weekend at Social Circle's 15th annual Friendship Festival.