Senoia News

The final plans for the replacement of the Greentop Road bridge are being completed, and Coweta County officials are "hoping very desperately that the DOT will give us stimulus money for the project," said Wayne Kennedy, Coweta's director of development and engineering.

From the Annals of 1909 Miss May Woodward and Miss Annie B. Carmichael, of McDonough, were visiting the family of J.A. Woodward on South Hill Street.

My long-time friend Col. Beauregard T. "Stonewall "Jackson left a message on my voice mail the other day, telling me to call him "immediately, I've got important news." As luck would have it my trusty cell had enough signal strength to get through the voice mail application, then the "bars" just went away like homemade ice cream at a Fourth of July ...

Coweta County is gearing up for a patriotic red, white and blue celebration for the Fourth of July.

Thursday's town hall meeting in Senoia included much more than a chance to speak with First District Commissioner Paul Poole.

While filming for "Drop Dead Diva" continues around the Atlanta metro area, Lifetime Television crews will not be filming scenes this week near downtown Newnan as originally planned.

Senoia and Newnan are "standing on their own" when it comes to attracting new movie and TV shows to the area, RiverWood Studios President Scott Tigchelaar said.

A "boutique hotel" may be part of the residential development on the old McKnight gin property, says developer and RiverWood Studios President Scott Tigchelaar.

Sharon Ragan was only 10 years old when her father died from cancer. She grew up with no father to hug on Father's Day.

The director of the Reese Witherspoon film "Legally Blonde" is in Senoia through the first week of July shooting "Five Killers," a Lionsgate-distributed film starring Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Mull and Tom Selleck.

Charles B. Pyke, Sr. Mr. Charles B. Pyke, Sr. of Fayetteville passed away June 13, 2009.

A cold, wet winter slowed Coweta growers' crops a bit, but buyers were out in force Monday morning looking to grab some home-grown goodness from more than a dozen Coweta gardeners peddling their surplus vegetables at the Asa Powell Sr.

So far, the month of June has been a quiet month for the Pro All Stars Series South super late models with just one event marking the 2009 calendar; however, that one event on June 20th donning the name Dixie 150 at New Senoia Raceway located just south of Atlanta, Georgia may be the turning point for many this 2009 racing season.

It's safe to break out those sprinklers, Slip 'n Slides and sponges -- the water restrictions have been eased.

Do you like the new policy adopted by the Coweta County Board of Education that states after a student's 6th unexcused absence, the parent will have to go to Juvenile Court? Yes: 27 Not Sure: 6 No: 28 Total Votes: Photo by Alex McRae It was a sight out of the past as rail cars made their way along a long-unused section of track in Senoia Thursday.

The Sharpsburg Town Council has approved a first reading of an ordinance that would outline the rules and regulations for restaurants serving alcohol.

City officials in Sharpsburg are looking at the town's alcohol ordinances, streamlining them and putting rules and regulations in place.

More than 100 people attended a Senoia Town Hall meeting Thursday evening. Sponsored by the Senoia Downtown Development Authority, the meeting was an opportunity for residents to talk about what they would like to see in their city in the future.

If a package liquor referendum gets on the election ballot in Senoia, it won't be the city government's doing.

The transformation of the S.C. Travis House in Senoia has caught the eye of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, and the project has been awarded the state "excellence in rehabilitation" award.