Georgia Governor Kemp has appointed Mason Rountree and Melissa Poole to judicial roles in Paulding and Long County, ...

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — A judge sentenced a Paulding ... But before Bates could face a new judge, he went on the run for 18 months before being arrested again. Bates also received two years ...

Vincent Lemark Burrell was found guilty last month of more than 100 counts of dogfighting and animal cruelty after dozens of ...

In April 2024, Jonathan Bates decided to skip his trial for killing his wife in their Paulding County home. But this time, Bates couldn’t run away. On Tuesday, he was convicted of murder and sentenced ...