Palmetto News

A metro Atlanta man is in jail charged with raping a girl he was in the process of adopting.

An employee of the Georgia Baptist Children's Home in Palmetto was arrested Friday and charged with two counts of raping a child he was in the process of adopting, according to Major James Yarbrough of the Coweta County Sheriff's office.

At Palmetto Health Council's seven clinics for the underprivileged in metro Atlanta, the number of patients seen by doctors has swelled by more than 1,200 in the last three months alone because of the recession and high unemployment.

Main Street Newnan's inaugural Cookie Walk is Friday from 5-8 p.m. Come downtown to do your Christmas shopping and to stop in participating stores to receive a homemade cookie, along with the recipe for you to take home and share.

A future water source for the city of Palmetto is in jeopardy following a Friday ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Thrash that effectively halts land acquisition and construction of a major south Fulton County reservoir designed to supply water to Palmetto, Fairburn and Union City.

The Interstate 85 project through Coweta County is in the home stretch -- but don't expect barrel-free, 70-mph commutes come Jan.

Rushing water closed Cochran Mill Road where it meets Cascade Palmetto Highway in Fairburn.

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At a time when home building has ground to a virtual halt, the eco-conscious Serenbe community in south Fulton County has a new offering - lower-priced cottages that offer a smaller footprint and an easier entry into the popular, rural-urban neighborhood.

November 8, 2009 - The Atlanta Chapter of Les Dames d'Escoffier is hosting the 9th annual "Afternoon in the Country ". Chefs from Atlanta's top restaurants, paired with Georgia's top Organic Farms, and select caterers and retailers will be set up in a tasting format alongside fine wine and premium micro-brews - all under festive big-top tents in ...

All door proceeds benefit Children's Home. more info: www.gbchfm.org Peachtree Doll Cluba TMs 5th Annual Doll Show and Sale, will be held at the Palmetto Campus of the Georgia Baptist Childrena TMs Home - 9250 Hutcheson Ferry Road in Palmetto, Georgia on Saturday, October 17, 2009 10:00 a.m. a ' 4:00 p.m. This yeara TMs Show and Sale will offer the ...

Metro Atlantans can enjoy a relatively dry rush-hour commute Wednesday morning, following several days of weather and flooding that broke nine records for river and creek crests, the National Weather Service is reporting.

Tower Gallery owner and artist, Marc Lucas, stands next to a painting that is a replica of the building that the gallery is in.

Variance requests for churches in Sharpsburg and Palmetto were approved by the Coweta County Board of Commissioners this week.

For more than 70 years, trees have sustained the Thompson family in south Fulton County.

PALMETTO, Ga. -- One person has been killed and a Palmetto police officer has been airlifted to the hospital after a car crash in south Fulton County Saturday night.

A City of Palmetto police officer was hit by a vehicle Saturday night while conducting traffic stops in south Fulton County.

Through the years I have been affected by hurricanes and tornadoes several times.

A mother was shot in the face, and her 1-year-old toddler beaten at a home in the Palmetto area of South Fulton County Monday night.

Canongate Road will re-open to traffic Friday, a week ahead of schedule. The road was closed at Persimmon Creek on June 1 for the replacement of a deteriorating culvert pipe.