A suspicious package was reported outside the United States Post Office on Monroe Highway in Barrow County. Someone reported it to 911, resulting in a swift response from the Barrow County Sheriff’s ...

The Barrow County Board of Education will be hiring additional school police officers following a mass shooting at Apalachee High School. Sheriff Jud Smith has recommended increasing the total number ...

A metro Atlanta sheriff has been named the sheriff of the year in Georgia for his “unmatched” dedication and to the community. The Georgia Sheriff’s Association selected Barrow County Sheriff Jud ...

BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — The soft lockdown at five Barrow County schools has been lifted Friday morning after law enforcement investigated a series of "threatening calls" to several schools. According to ...

WINDER, Ga. — Months after a deadly shooting at Apalachee High School prompted a pledge to increase campus security, a funding dispute between Barrow County's Board of Education and the Board of ...

The teen accused of gunning down two students and two teachers inside Apalachee High School in September is asking to have his trial moved out of Barrow County. The move comes a little over a week ...

Colin Gray, the father of the Apalachee High School shooting suspect, won’t face a jury from Barrow County, where the shooting took place, a judge ruled on Thursday. Gray, through his attorneys, had ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Concerns continue to mount over student safety could be compromised in a district still trying to process the horrific and deadly school shooting that happened ...

BARROW COUNTY, GA — Barrow County commissioners are trying to figure out how to make changes to the way school resource officers are paid after recently saying they would not help the school board ...

BARROW COUNTY, Ga. — The Barrow County Board of Education took a step closer Tuesday to securing funding for school resource officers. The board approved a budget proposal that would fund 24 SROs in ...

Barrow County Fire Chief Alan Shuman, with nearly 50 years in public safety, has retired. Shuman's retirement is effective June 30, and Deputy Chief Brett Skinner will serve as interim chief. He ...