Coweta News

Northgate High School's graduation will be held Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at Henry Seldon Field.

Newnan High School's Class of 2013, some 480 strong, graduated Thursday night, leading off commencements for Coweta's three public high schools.

Coweta Police say the chase began in their community, when a police officer attempted to stop a van for having what they said was a "bogus license plate." Just after 3:30 a.m., the van sped off, leading police out of Wagoner County into Rogers County and the community of Inola.

Approval of a new inmate labor agreement with the Coweta County School System was delayed at Tuesday's Coweta Commission meeting.

Kroger's Atlanta Division will donate a total of $168,300 in grants to 79 Atlanta city, metro-Atlanta and surrounding area schools as part of its 2012-2013 "Earning Plus Learning" program.

Looking forward to this week's graduation ceremonies are, from left, East Coweta High's salutatorian Rachael Ana and valedictorian Saeyun Lee, Newnan High's salutatorian Abigail Palmer Gordon and valedictorian Jonathan Kelly Swenson and Northgate's salutatorian Bharath Ramanathan Shankar and valedictorian Clint Russell Garn.

Construction at the Coweta Toll Plaza will be shifted to the southbound lanes. Drivers can still use their PikePass , but they'll have to go through the cash lane and wait in line with the rest of the turnpike traffic.

This ball normally stays in this basket atop the microwave in Jan Stout's north Coweta home.

A July 1995 letter from then-Tulsa County Commissioner Bob Dick to then-Tulsa Mayor Susan Savage appears to support Savage's claim that the city would not have to pay to house municipal inmates in the Tulsa Jail if voters approved a sales tax to construct and maintain a new jail - at least not for three years after the Sept.

Members of the St. Smyrna Baptist Church Prayer Team sing with passion during the community prayer breakfast.

Drivers using the Pikepass lane at the Coweta Toll Plaza on the Muskogee Turnpike can expect delays due to construction until early June.

The annual observance is a time to remember those who help keep Coweta County safe law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel and 911 staff.

"Heaven better get ready for some great country music," said country star Alan Jackson, who is from Newnan.

Kimberly Poole used the information, including the name, date of birth and Social Security number, on a lease for her daughter's apartment in Statesboro, according to Coweta County Sheriff's Office Investigator Chad McDonald.

We would suggest heading to the Coweta County Fairgrounds. Bring some money for a donation so you can light a luminaria.

Drivers who use Pikepass through the Newcastle Toll Plaza on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike and the Coweta Toll Plaza on the Muskogee Turnpike will soon be seeing construction-related delays.