Ernest Burgess says it was his faith that got him through 12 years of leading Rutherford County through rapid growth. On Friday, Burgess will complete his third and final four-year term as the ...

Mayor Ernest Burgess will offer up to $1.2 million to obtain a building for the Rutherford County Sheriff's Narcotics Division, a committee decided Thursday. Burgess, Sheriff Mike Fitzhugh and ...

Six out of 166 females also were sleeping on the floor. County Mayor Ernest Burgess said Friday that county officials have not completed a study of the long-term needs of the jail to determine ...

Rutherford County Mayor Ernest Burgess is now calling Arnold’s operation a conflict of interest. According to Georgia court documents, the sheriff’s family started JailCigs in October 2013.