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State revenues continue to grow
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Associated Press
Published: Mar 8, 2011, 9:55 PM

ATLANTA - Georgia's revenues are continuing to show signs of life.

State money managers reported Tuesday that tax collections rose 26 percent in February from the same month one year ago.

Individual income tax collections rose more than 105 percent in February, but a large chunk of that increase came because of an accounting change in the federal filing date for submitting certain tax returns. That means more returns will be filed in March.

Still, other Georgia taxes also posted positive numbers. Sales tax collections rose 9.6 percent. Corporate income taxes jumped 190 percent. Motor fuel taxes rose 3.4 percent.

For the fiscal year that began July 1, revenues are up more than 9 percent.

Gov. Nathan Deal says "signs continue to suggest that our state economy is rebounding strongly."

 
April 3 crash kills two young adults, injures third
Newton County Sheriff Car---WEB
Kate Verity
Published: Apr 4, 2025, 10:29 PM

NEWTON COUNTY — Around 10 a.m. on Thursday, a head-on collision on Highway 212 left two young adults dead and a third hospitalized.

Joe Navarro, 21, was driving the vehicle and Breanna Smith, 18, was in the passenger seat. Katie New, 20, sat between them.

According to the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, the vehicle lost control while going around a curve and crossed the centerline, where it collided head-on with a box truck. The crash report shows that their vehicle traveled another hundred feet after impact before coming to a stop. It spun, ended up facing the opposite direction on the shoulder of the opposite lane.

Navarro and Smith were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. New was airlifted to Grady Hospital. Her current condition is not known. 

Navarro, Smith and New were not believed to be wearing seatbelts when the collision occurred.

The driver of the box truck was not reported to have suffered any injuries.

This is an ongoing story. The News will post updates as they are made available.