WASHINGTON: Why sports journalism and Covington gets my sportswriter blood pumping

My name is Evan Washington, and I am so excited to cover the Covington/Newton County sports community.

BREAKING: BOC Chairman Marcello Banes, incoming District 3 rep Stephanie Lindsey face federal grand jury indictment

Marcello Banes, Chairman of the Newton County Board of Commissioners, and Stephanie Lindsey, incumbent District 3 commissioner, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiring to money laundering through a wire fraud.