Newnan News

Memorial Day will be Monday, and there will be a program at Veterans Memorial Plaza in the Newnan city park at Jackson Street and Temple Avenue on Monday at 11 a.m. Senoia will hold its annual Memorial Day festival Monday from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. with entertainment, a food court, antiques, arts and crafts vendors and a children's area.

Gasoline prices aren't expected to jump for Memorial Day weekend travel. Prices have risen in Georgia by about 15 cents over the past month, said Gregg Laskoski, petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.

HealthSouth Corporation announced Thursday that its state certificate of need has been approved and plans will move forward to build a 50-bed comprehensive inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Newnan.

The city of Newnan's public safety and public works departments have switched over to a new enhanced digital radio system.

The city of Newnan is reaching out to its citizens with a new capability to send text messages to mobile devices through its "Notify Newnan" program.

A rezoning and variance for property on Hwy. 34 East near Ruth Drive was approved Tuesday by the Coweta County Board of Commissioners.

Mr. Ian L. Cross, 56, of Newnan, Georgia and a native of Louisville, unexpectedly passed away May 8, 2013 at Piedmont-Newnan Hospital in Newnan, Georgia.

The Salvation Army, 806 Murphy Ave., provides emergency food assistance 9 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m. Picture ID and Social Security card are needed.

A fund has been set up to help pay the medical expenses of Dylan Young, who was seriously injured in an accident Saturday.

From left are Greg Wallace and Samantha Brazie of Progressive, program emcee Steve Mader, and Dr.

Nearing 400 construction machinery and industrial equipment lots already set to go under the hammer on June 26th, the first U.S. auction for Euro Auctions at its recently acquired site in Newnan, Ga., is on course.

"Marriage in Motion," Liberty University Press' newest book release, offers marriage advice from a counselor who believes that biblical principles can help solve the day-to-day marriage issues couples often face.

The Salvation Army, 806 Murphy Ave., provides emergency food assistance 9 a.m. to noon and 12:30 to 3 p.m. Picture ID and Social Security card are needed.

The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled in favor of WellStar and one of its local doctors and against a Newnan man who lost his wife to ovarian cancer in 2010.

As the Coweta County school year heads towards a close on Friday, May 24, Coweta County high schools are preparing for their major year-end events.

A public hearing on the rezoning of property near the intersection of Hwy. 34 East and Ruth Drive is on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the Coweta County Board of Commissioners.

'I just want to help other artists out,' said Kendall Mack, left. Currently he is helping to shepherd the new careers of several local rappers as well as his own brother, Marquez Mack, seated, who is performing under the name 'Quez.' 'I just want to help other artists out,' said Kendall Mack, left.

Odyssey Charter School PTO is hosting a Touch-A-Truck event to be held at Ashley Park Mall in Newnan on June 15 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the parking lot near Firehouse Subs.

The city department is working to make the city a better place for its citizens and has held a number of cleanup and recycling efforts.

The manager of the Main Street Newnan program, JoAnn Gentry, has left the city's employ, according to an email sent out at 4:45 p.m Monday afternoon by Newnan Business Development Director Hasco Craver IV.