I retired from the Fire Dept., and my wife and I live in Newton County, about 5 miles from the Covington square and the Historic Courthouse that was filmed and featured in shows such as the Dukes of Hazard, and In the Heat of the Night. I worked after retirement for awhile in the sign shop in public works. One day an older gentleman came into the shop asking for directions to the square. He was a tourist and said he owns one of the original General Lee cars used in filming the D.O.H. He claimed to have paperwork on the car. He said he always wanted to drive his car around the square. He told us that the car was outside of the shop. We went outside to see it, and it looked like it could have been, but who knows. On Friday night a complete square block of the square burned, and affected some of the business owners. Mutual aid was called from several Fire Dept.'s. My old Dept, (Dekalb County) was one that responded. Requesting prayers for the business owners affected by this fire. Some of these buildings were nearly 200 years old. Luckily, there were no injuries reported. The old Court House was not affected by the fire.
