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Houston County (/ ˈ h aʊ s t ən / HOW-stən) is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 163,633 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ] Its county seat is Perry ; the city of Warner Robins is substantially larger in both area and population.
Clayton County Prison Lovejoy: Medium 242 Adult males Colquitt County Prison: Moultrie: Medium 190 Adult males Coweta County Prison Newnan: Medium 232 Adult males Decatur County Prison Bainbridge: Minimum 135 Adult males Effingham County Prison Springfield: Medium 192 Adult males Floyd County Prison Rome: Medium 424 Adult males Gwinnett County ...
Waynesville was the county seat of Wayne County for several nonconsecutive periods in the mid-1800s; Three county seats have later become the county seats of other counties: Pond Town was the temporary county seat of Lee County, Georgia when the county was first established from Muscogee (Creek) Nation lands in 1826. The county was very large ...
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
When county seats have been moved, a new courthouse was typically constructed. Courthouses in Georgia have also been destroyed by disasters including fire, tornadoes, war, and arson. The most recent county courthouse to suffer a disaster was the burning of Hancock County, Georgia's courthouse in August 2014.
Unlike the Supreme Court, where one justice is specifically nominated to be chief, the office of chief judge rotates among the district court judges. To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge.
The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has filed a lawsuit against Houston County, Georgia, to challenge the county's at-large method of electing its board of commissioners, alleging the ...
The incident happened as deputies with the Onslow County Sheriff's Office tried to apprehend him in June 2024 for several pending charges in a different county. When they arrived at his location ...