Understanding the 2016 Local Primary Elections by Party

Updated April 29th: There has been some confusion about voting in the upcoming May 24th Primary Election such as who you can vote for and what the significance is of the election. This article will hopefully clear up some confusion regarding the elections for local offices where persons are running by political parties such as[...]
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Butts Mutt Strut Event!

The Butts County Humane Society, in conjunction with Butts County Leisure Services will bring the Butts Mutt Strut, a dog-friendly 5K fun run on May 21st from 9AM-2PM at the Daughtry Park Football Field. This event benefits the Humane Society, which in turn supports efforts at our Animal Shelter as well many other areas concerning[...]
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Upcoming Community Events!

Butts County Surplus Yard Sale & Adopt a Pet Beginning at 8AM on April 9th, Butts County will be holding a yard sale of surplus furniture and equipment adjacent to the Animal Control Shelter on Bibb Station Road and this will run until 11:30 AM. In conjunction with the yard sale, Butts County Animal Control,[...]
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Board of Commissioners to Meet April 11th

The Board of Commissioners will hold a workshop on April 11th at 5PM and a regular meeting following at 6PM in the C. Wayne King Auditorium at 625 W. Third Street, Jackson, GA.  The public is invited to attend. The Commission meets on the 2nd  Monday of each month at the above location unless otherwise posted.  For[...]
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Magistrate Court to Close Temporarily for Carpet Replacement

Butts County Magistrate Court will close at noon on Thursday, April 7th and all day on Friday, April 8th to have their carpet that was saturated during the roof leaks replaced. It should take only one day to complete the job; therefore, the Magistrate Court will open for business as usual the following Monday, April[...]
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Flovilla Water Advisory Lifted

Flovilla’s boil-water advisory was lifted Tuesday afternoon, according to Mayor Beth Ogletree. The Georgia EPD has cleared the water quality following a water main break that caused dangerously low pressures in parts of the system.
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Novak Finalist for National 911 Award

Sabrina Novak, a 9-1-1 telecommunicator for Butts County E-911 is among a select group of national finalists in the Smart Telecommunicator Awards, a program that recognizes and rewards 9-1-1 telecommunicators for their contributions to their 9-1-1 agency and community. Over the past several weeks, colleagues and citizens have nominated 9-1-1 call-takers and dispatchers (telecommunicators) across[...]
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Flovilla Water Service Message

At the request of the City of Flovilla, we are posting the following announcement to residents served by the City of Flovilla Water System: BOIL WATER NOTICE Due to a water main break in the City of Flovilla, water pressure in parts of the water system dropped to dangerously low levels. When this occurs a[...]
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Butts County Office Closings for Good Friday

The following offices will be closed on Friday, March 25th for Good Friday: Clerk of Superior Court Probate Court Tax Commissioner’s Office (tag office) Magistrate Court Elections All other business offices will close early at 2PM.
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