Qualifying for local elected offices, which began earlier this week, came to a close today at noon for all but one local office. Qualifying for the District 2 Board of Education seat will be held over for two additional business days due to a recently passed election law. BOE Chairman Ernest Battle, who has held…
Over 60 community leaders, including elected and appointed officials, business owners, civic leaders and citizens travelled to the Georgia Capitol on Tuesday, February 24, 2014 to attend the first ever “Jackson-Butts County Day” at the Capitol and to receive a resolution from the Senate proclaiming the day and honoring Jackson and Butts County, its citizens…
Conditions in Butts County have remained stable throughout most of the day but ice accumulation is continuing to build on trees and power lines. Roadways have not become severely hazardous yet but are beginning to transition to frozen in places. According to state weather sources, more freezing rain, followed by snow is expected this evening.…
Conditions in Butts County are currently developing with ice starting to accumulate on power lines, trees and vehicles. Roads are currently clear of ice but formations are starting to occur on bridges. Public Works crews are treating bridges and problem areas. All county fire stations are staffed with additional personnel and operational. Central Georgia EMC…
Butts County and the surrounding areas have been placed under a winter storm warning beginning at 7PM this evening and continuing through Thursday at 7AM. The main impact from this storm is expected Wednesday and Wednesday night. A quarter-inch to one inch of ice is anticipated in this storm system. According to WSB meteorologist David…
Butts County and the region faces another bout of winter weather this week, possibly more severe than the previous system. Current storm center predictions are calling for ice rather than snow this time, although both may be a part of the system. Ice storms tend to be more dangerous than snow because it accumulates on…
Local officials from the Butts County government and Butts County School System participated in a briefing with state officials from the Governor’s Office and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency at 2PM today. The Governor’s Office has declared a State of Emergency. State offices in affected areas will be closed on Thursday. According to GEMA, melting…
Butts County business offices will close at 12:30 today due to anticipated sleet and snow issues. This will allow our employees to leave and be safely home before the weather conditions deteriorate. All essential services will continue to operate under winter storm condition protocols. A decision has not been made about Wednesday. County staff will…
Due to anticipated weather conditions, the Probate Court of Butts County has rescheduled Wednesday arraignment cases until Friday, February 7th. For more information, please call the Probate Court at 770-775-8204.
The National Weather Service in Peachtree city has issued a winter storm warning for snow, sleet and freezing rain which is in effect from 10 AM on Tuesday to 1 PM on Wednesday. This warning is in effect for much of Central Georgia, including Butts County, and replaces the winter storm watch that had been…
The recently formed Butts County Transportation Board held its first organizational meeting on Thursday, January 24, 2014. The meeting was opened by Board of Commissioners Chairman Roger McDaniel, who welcomed everyone to the meeting and made introductions of those in attendance. Chairman McDaniel explained that the purpose of the initial meeting was to introduce the…
We are very sad to report that Hilda James, who served from 1983-2004 as our Tax Commissioner, passed away peacefully this morning around 7:30 AM. She served the citizens of the County faithfully and discharged her duties with the utmost professionalism and after retirement, she continued to help the county during the busy tax season.…
