Newton Fire Department has a special guest tonight, Georgia veteran John Ring as he walks across America to raise awareness for veterans’ issues.
Newton County’s government will have several new faces come January 1 after new leaders were elected during the November 5 general election.
At the top, Republican Joedy Pennington was elected to be the new sheriff, replacing retiring Sheriff Jackie Knight. He soundly defeated independent challenger Randy Patrick.
The Newton United Givers Fund fundraising drive is officially underway for the 2019-2020 fiscal year, and organization officials are hoping to raise $50,000 to be distributed to its more than 30 organizations.
This year’s chairman is Bob Beckley and the drive chairman is Don Vares.
An insurance company has denied a claim by Newton County on a fire truck housed at the Decatur Fire Department that recently had its computer programming fail.
American Legion Post 89 is inviting all veterans and their families to attend Monday as the Legion hosts a short ceremony recognizing Veterans Day.
Note: Absentee ballot totals are included in the precinct races in the final totals published by the Newton County Circuit Clerk's Office. This report was created by the Appeal to show how many absentee votes a candidate received.
| Candidate | Union 3 |
| Governor |
| Candidate | Union 2 |
| Governor |
| Candidate | Union 1 |
| Governor |
| Candidate | Scanlan |
| Governor |
