Newnan News

The men aboard the destroyer USS Bearss had been told the war was over. But as they approached the harbor in Hokkaido, in northern Japan, nerves grew tense when a Japanese battleship was sighted.

The Northgate High School Vikings are turning up the heat as they celebrate Homecoming this week.

The Coweta County Fair starts Sept. 18. And this year, "it's probably going to be the biggest and best fair yet," said Brad Mantzell, fair chairman for the Coweta County Kiwanis Club, which hosts the annual ...

The decision on whether Atlanta Christian College will choose Newnan or Peachtree City for its new location will probably not be settled until sometime next month.

A teenager was allegedly shot in the foot by an unknown suspect while walking down Richard Allen Drive in Newnan the evening of Aug.

Two teenage suspects apprehended while stealing scrap metal from a downtown Newnan business said they were taking the material for gas money, according to Newnan Police incident reports.

Motorists in Newnan may have noticed the sudden appearance in recent days of solar-powered speed limit signs that digitally tell drivers what speed they're traveling.

West Central Technical College and West Georgia Technical College will merge -- under a proposal authorized by the state board that oversees technical schools.

During a local man's efforts to halt a burglary in progress at a Greenville Street auto service shop Aug.

By January, the Coweta County Water and Sewerage Authority will be buying so much water from Newnan Utilities and Griffin that the B.T. Brown Water Treatment Plant will be producing less than a million gallons ...

Peachtree City is throwing a party in less than two weeks. And Atlanta Christian College is the special guests.

The victim of an early morning shooting on Ishman Ballard Road Tuesday is in "very critical condition," authorities said late Tuesday.

The plan is taking shape. And on Monday, Sept. 15, Peachtree City will get the opportunity to show that plan to Atlanta Christian College trustees and task force members.

Because of the state budget crunch, Gov. Sonny Perdue has put the brakes on $428 million that is supposed to go to local governments as part of the Homeowners Tax Relief Grant.

Students from the Clayton County School System -- which has lost its accreditation, effective Monday -- are welcome in Coweta County, but they will have to live here and meet all the criteria other students ...

From sidewalk sales and Saturday morning's road race in downtown Newnan to the three-day Powers' Crossroads Country Fair and Art Festival in west Coweta, there is no shortage of things to do this holiday ...

Predictions that gas prices would rise as the Labor Day holiday approaches didn't come true in Newnan, at least not by Thursday afternoon.

Fifteen people were arrested by Newnan Police officers at three separate locations -- one, a make-shift "liquor house" -- on charges ranging from narcotics possession to disorderly conduct, authorities say.

Harold Alonzo Space, 45, who lived in the apartments at 151 Parkway North in Newnan, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in federal prison for a May child pornography conviction.

Main Street Newnan is encouraging "cheerleaders" for Saturday's Sunrise on the Square road race through the historic Greenville-LaGrange neighborhood.