Newnan News

The city of Newnan owns the building but wants all needed renovations and upgrades to be funded by the organizations that would use the building.

The one-year-old, 362,000-square-foot hospital was designed to improve patient access, flexibility, operational efficiencies and have an abundance of green spaces and natural areas available to patients throughout the campus.

A very busy and often dangerous intersection in McDonough will soon be much safer.

Mr. Bob Hall, age 69 of Riverdale, Georgia passed away on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at Regency Hospital in East Point, Georgia.

He no longer tinkers with his bright red '67 Camaro or his ivory '68 Mustang. Nor does he fish in Coweta's watering holes or plant rows of corn, beans and okra on his 16 acres like he once did.

The Housing Authority of Newnan, through its Breakaway Childcare Center, is offering a free summer food program with sites in Newnan and Senoia.

The owner said he will replace the roof on the front building to make it look better.

New employees are busy getting the new Newnan East Goodwill store and career center ready for its grand opening on Thursday.

Newnan city officials are inviting the public to the dedication and ribbon cutting of the meeting and events facility, located at 1515 Lower Fayetteville Road adjacent to the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts.

Seven area students crossed the stage to receive their degrees during Jacksonville State University's spring 2013 commencement exercises on April 26 at JSU Stadium.

The American Architectural Foundation Board of Regents met at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America hospital in Newnan this week to discuss the future architectural developments of the hospital.

Gamaliel Walker, third from left, poses with members of the Terry Allen Jr. American Veterans Post 910, 'The Buffalo Soldiers.'

The Newnan Times-Herald win 11 awards in Georgia Press Association's 2013 Better Newspaper Contest, including four first places, are, front, Will Blair, John Winters, Winston Skinner Sarah Fay Campbell; back, Chris Goltermann, Doug Gorman and Jeffrey Leo.

It is time for the next stop on the Peach Pundit BBQ Tour . This month, we will be visiting Georgia's 3rd Congressional District and be hosted by Congressman Lynn Westmoreland at the original Sprayberry's Barbecue in Newnan .

Three local artists currently have their works on display at the Coweta Centre for the Performing Arts in Newnan as part of the 8th annual Performing Juried Art Show.

The event runs 5 to 9 p.m., according to city Business Development Director Hasco Craver.

Members of The Clean Air Campaign were stationed at the Coweta County Administration Building on East Broad Street in downtown Newnan and at the Justice Center on Greenville Street from 7:15 to 8:15 a.m. to honor "green commuters."

He was critically injured in a wreck on May 18, but is now home. A fundraiser will be held June 22. Coweta's Dylan Young has made great strides since he was critically injured in a motor vehicle crash on May 18. Young, 17, is no longer in the hospital - he went home Wednesday after spending three-and-a-half weeks at Grady Hospital in Atlanta.

In Wednesday's Newnan Times-Herald article, "Business leaders gather in Coweta," it was reported that Georgia Chamber of Commerce President Chris Clark continued his call for "civil justice reform" in the upcoming legislative session.

Soon after taking Exit 41 off Interstate 85 just south of Atlanta, I saw the harsh reality of nearly 12 years at war in Afghanistan.