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Kia is now hiring for its second production line at its new West Point plant. That's good news for Coweta County, even if the county hasn't attracted the spin-off industries it had hoped to land, Coweta County Development Authority officials said.

Mr. Thomas Allen Carroll, age 86, of Moreland, died November 5, 2009 at WellStar Douglas Hospital.

The Grantville City Council will welcome a new member in January, with Selma Coty defeating incumbent Nick Sasso Tuesday by a vote of 146 to 73.

There was a packed house at the Sunday dedication ceremony of the Willie L. Clements/ John A. Malcolm Community Center in Grantville at 97 Brown School Drive.

Exit 47 ramps at Bullsboro Drive will be temporarily closed at night next week as the Georgia Department of Transportation contractor continues work on the widening of Interstate 85 through Coweta County The Exit 47 ramps to and from Interstate 85 will be temporarily closed in order for crews to pave the remaining lanes of the mainline and the ramp ...

Downtown Newnan welcomed Coweta's youngest trick-or-treaters Friday morning, but the official day -- Halloween is today -- has plenty of activities for celebrants of all ages.

Contractors for the Georgia Department of Transportation are performing major reconstruction of Interstate 85 at different locations in Coweta County between mile marker 34 and mile marker 41 .

Early voting began Tuesday for the Nov. 3 municipal elections, and absentee ballots are now available.

The Grantville City Council is looking for a new city manager, and council members will talk about that process when they meet for their session Monday.

The city of Grantville is once again without a city manager. City Manager Scott Starnes, who has been on the job less than a year, resigned Saturday, following his Friday evening arrest for buying marijuana.

Coweta County Tax Commissioner Tommy Ferrell says that the 2009 state, county and school tax bills have been mailed and are due Dec.

Autumn has arrived in Coweta County. With the heavy rains of the past week gone, cooler days and nights are in our forecast.

The Grantville Crosstie Festival, the former weekend Grantville Days event, is only one day this year -- returning Saturday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. along Main Street.

Annexations into the city of Grantville dating all the way back to 1973 were apparently not done correctly, City Manager Scott Starnes said at this week's city council meeting.

Coweta County got some pork from the Obama administration's stimulus package, but it's all gone now.

Two city council races will be on the elections ballot in Grantville on Nov. 3. On Friday, the last day of municipal elections qualifying, Councilman Nick Sasso qualified for his seat, and Marion Cieslik qualified to challenge Councilwoman Rochelle Jabaley.

Today's the last day to qualify for municipal offices in Newnan, Moreland, Turin and Sharpsburg.

The municipal election season starts Monday, which is the first day of qualifying for city elective offices in Newnan, Senoia, Grantville, Sharpsburg, Turin and Moreland.

Second District Commissioner Tim Lassetter and representatives from various county departments were in the Welcome Community Thursday night for a town hall meeting.