Butts County couple killed in crash on way to son’s game

Family says the Sims have been "building" with one another since high school, most recently through football coaching and volunteer work.

Georgia woman praised for honesty after finding over $500 in KFC order

The Georgia woman was shocked when she found over $500 tucked underneath her KFC sandwich when she got back from the drive-thru. What she did with the money had police praising her character and honesty.

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.

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.

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 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.