The Covington Digital News Digital Edition February 20, 2015 | Page 2

Friday, Feb. 20, 2015

newswrap

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board of commissioners

Craig: No way to
control legal costs

John Middleton:
in memoriam
John Middleton passed away around 7:30 a.m.
Monday morning while at Wake Forest hospital.
Middleton was first hired as finance director by
Chairman Davis Morgan in 2000 and promoted
to administrative officer in 2001 under Chairman
Aaron Varner. Then in 2012 he was appointed
county manager by the Board of Commissioners.
He worked for 16 different commissioners and 16
different commission chairmen.
“He was instrumental in ...
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County Attorney Tommy Craig
brushed off concerns over the
county’s high legal fees at Tuesday’s
Board of Commissioners meeting,
after the financial report revealed
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sports

Newton upsets Tift
Newton won over defending
champion Tift 52-49 Wednesday.
The Rams’ leading scorer was
Newton’s JaNaud (J.D.) Notae with 22
points. Tift got 20 from T. Jackson.
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local

City to pay $30,000 overrun
on Clark St project
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Church 213’s worship center
suffers total loss
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