Men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery moved to Georgia prison
The three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery have been moved from a federal prison to a state facility in Butts County.
Savannah man drowns in Lake Jackson, boater charged with BUI
A boat trip over Labor Day weekend on a Georgia lake ended with a 72-year-old Savannah man dead and another person charged with boating under the influence.
Georgia sex offender arrested for contacting minor after receiving parole, sheriff says
Nearly a month after he was let out of prison on parole, deputies say they arrested the convicted Butts County sex offender for contacting and out-of-state minor and trying to get inappropriate pictures of her.
DNR reports at least 9 Memorial Day Weekend waterway deaths
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources reported there were at least nine waterway deaths during Memorial Day weekend, plus a 10-year-old girl was seriously injured by a boat propeller in Butts County.
Proctor & Gamble bringing hundreds of jobs to Georgia with new distribution facility
Proctor & Gamble will be hiring hundreds of people and investing millions of dollars in Georgia through its new state-of-the-art automated facility.
House bill would keep cop killers only in maximum-security prisons in Georgia
Georgia lawmakers seeking to have those convicted of killing a police officer to serve their sentences in the state’s highest security prisons. This after a convicted cop killer was accused of using his privileges at a medium security facility to taunt the officer’s family on social media.
Possible contraband drop drone found following police chase
Sheriff Gary Long said the $8,000 drone was left abandoned after a car chase on Interstate 75 this week.
Court rules on sign placement in yards of sex offenders
A federal appeals court has ruled signs placed by the Butts County Sheriff's Office in front of sex offenders' homes violated their First Amendment rights.
Newton County deputies locate pair of missing teens
The two teens, one from Butts County, the other from Newton County, who had been missing since Christmas Eve have been located, the Newton County Sheriff's Office announced Saturday.
Missing teens from Butts, Newton counties believed to together
Fifteen-year-old Alasia Vaughn and 16-year-old John Sharpe were last seen on Christmas Eve near a Butts County Dollar General, Alasia's mother says.
Butts County man sentenced for deadly shooting at Waffle House sparked by racial slurs
Robert Lewis Henderson Jr. was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault in connection to the death of Nicholas Phinazee Bryan, of Milner in 2019.
Sheriff released dashcam video of high-speed chase with suspected drug dealer
Butts County law enforcement has released the dashcam video of a high-speed chase investigators said involved a suspect drug dealer that came to a crashing end.
Surveillance video shows man attacking clerk, customer at Butts County truck stop
Butts County authorities are looking for a man who started a fight at a truck stop. Surveillance video shows the shirtless man enter the business and begin fighting with another customer.
Butts County seeing increase in opioid drug overdoses
The Butts County Sheriff's Office says opiate overdoses continue to rise.
Woman arrested after evading deputies with small child inside her car
Butts County Sheriff's Office deputies said Kimberly Dye faces a litany of charges after leading police on a chase.
Community mourns the loss of a man who was shot and killed in Jackson
Family and friends gathered to remember the life of Keyon Watts on Wednesday in Jackson.
Butts County man wanted on family violence charges, deputies say
Joseph Antoine Lane was last seen on May 9, the Butts County Sheriff’s Office said. The 31-year-old man wanted on family violence charges, deputies said.
Stepson charged in stepfather's killing outside supermarket
Authorities arrested 22-year-old Jackson man Justin Tyler Davenport and charged him with murder in connection to a Tuesday evening shooting.
Deadly shooting at Jackson supermarket, 'armed and dangerous' suspect in custody
Law enforcement officials in Butts County spent Tuesday evening searching for a person of interest who investigators said was "armed and dangerous." This after a man was found shot to death in the parking lot of a supermarket, the Jackson police said.
Enjoy a spring trip to Indian Springs State Park
Why does one of the oldest state parks in the country have people lining up just for a taste of its water?