Newton County Board of Supervisors is putting a July 1 deadline on school districts requesting turnarounds for school buses for the 2019-20 school year.
In a meeting Thursday, supervisors agreed not to accept turn-around requests after the deadline unless it was an emergency situation.
Newton County supervisors are looking forward to 2020 for future road and bridge repairs throughout their five beats.
Police, fire and other first responders participated in a training drill Friday and Saturday at Newton Airport to learn what to do should a helicopter crash or have an emergency landing in the area.
State and local representatives joined with members of the community Thursday to rename a section of Highway 15 in honor of Rep. Raymond Comans, a Decatur resident and longtime public servant.
Newton County Emergency Management Agency is offering free smoke alarms to residents to help increase fire safety and reduce the number of fire deaths in Mississippi.
Brian Taylor, EMA director for Newton County, said Mississippi had 80 fire deaths in 2018, and working smoke alarms can go a long way to prevent loss of life.
