...resegregation, it seemed to have more to do with the size of the district or proportion of minority children enrolled.After Butts County achieved unitary status in 2005, Board of Education Chair man Earnest Battle said little changed. Many residents and...

...and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with the Butts County Superior Court.Both the board and the court denied...attorney general's office on Friday filed a motion in Butts County Superior Court asking the judge to dismiss Hill's...

...proceedJACKSON, GA. - A state court has declined to halt the execution of a Georgia death row inmate set to die Monday.A Butts County Superior Court judge Thursday denied requests filed by Warren Lee Hill's lawyer. Lawyer Brian Kammer argued Hill is...

...Court. Hill's execution is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday.Kammer had filed a motion earlier this week asking a Butts County Superior Court judge to reconsider the case. The judge ruled Thursday that the evidence indicates beyond a reasonable...

...00 a.m., August 04, 2011 at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Rev. Tim Ferrell will officiate. Mr. Tanner was born in Butts County, Georgia but lived most of his life in Augusta, Georgia before moving to Thomson seven years ago. He was a retired...

...dies in shooting accidentJACKSON, GA. - A probation officer has been killed in a training accident at a prison in Butts County.A Georgia Department of Corrections spokeswoman said the officer was killed Wednesday at the Georgia Diagnostic and...

...he was clocked at over 100 mph on his motorcycle in Butts County."He thought he was being followed" by someone other than police, Butts County Sheriff Gene Pope told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution...

...of a woman and her 3-year-old daughter, acting after the inmate signaled he would file a new round of appeals.Butts County Superior Court Judge Thomas Wilson postponed Nicholas Co dy Tate's execution until further notice about 45 minutes...

...first known video recording of a U.S. execution since 1992.State prosecutors on Thursday asked a state judge in Butts County for permission to appeal her ruling allowing the video recording to the Georgia Supreme Court.The state's top court...

...among five new appointees to the nine-member council. Others include Athens public defender Donna Avans Seagraves, Butts County Commissioner G.S. Hodges, Union County Commissioner Lamar Paris and Atlanta attorney David Sims.The county is...