Sharpsburg News

The Sharpsburg post office is once again extending a helping hand to Coweta County's "angels." Ann Kerlin, a mail carrier and an event organizer, said that for nearly the past decade, the post office has decided to head up a community project that culminates in an annual Angel Ride to spread holiday cheer to the less fortunate.

Supporters of the Mary Ray Schoolhouse will kick off the Christmas season with a bazaar on Saturday.

Michelle Garner Hall returned to Coweta Superior Court Thursday and once again went before Judge Jack Kirby for the first time since she was convicted in September of killing her husband, 37-year-old John "Britt" Hall, on July 30, 2008, at their Sharpsburg home.

A Better Way Ministries has been making big changes in men's lives for four years now; a move to Senoia is hoped to help even more people.

Sen. Mitch Seabaugh will be talking to educators Thursday evening about the state budget, and what the future holds for education.

Rezoning decisions for two Turin/ Sharpsburg proposed developments are on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting of the Coweta County Board of Commissioners.

A large crowd filled the Coweta County Commission chambers Thursday night for the public hearings on two Turin/ Sharpsburg area rezoning proposals.

The decorations have gone up in downtown Newnan and Main Street is kicking off the Thanksgiving/Christmas holiday season with its annual Holiday Open House on Sunday.

Today is election day in Grantville, Senoia and Sharpsburg. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for voters in those municipal elections.

Downtown Newnan will play host to tiny witches and princesses and pint-sized soldiers, ghosts and firefighters this morning.

Eugene Andrew Murphy, 21, entered a plea of guilty, but mentally ill, Thursday morning in Coweta Superior Court.

A Coweta County State Court jury deliberated five-and-a-half hours Thursday before awarding a $7.5 million verdict to Gary Stevenson and his wife, Vicky, for injuries and damages Gary Stevenson suffered in a December 2006 traffic accident on Sharpsburg-McCollum Road/ Highway 154 near Hammock Road, according to Stevenson's attorney, Randy Ebersbach, ...

There was a welcomed chill in the air this morning as I prepared for work. I put warm coats on my two Boston terriers before letting them out for their morning visit to their grassy haven.

An unidentified 14-year-old male from Sharpsburg is being treated for severe burns at the Grady Hospital Burn Center in Atlanta after an aerosol paint can tossed into a small outdoor fire exploded.

Longtime Sharpsburg resident and mayoral candidate Polly Garlington taught school for 22 years before beginning a real estate career.

Former Sharpsburg mayor and current mayoral candidate Wendell Staley was appointed mayor of Sharpsburg in 2003 when then Mayor David Mullins moved away.

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Early voting began Tuesday for the Nov. 3 municipal elections, and absentee ballots are now available.

Do you like the idea of two 'major shopping center developments' possibly getting approved in the Sharpsburg area at the Nov.

Plans for a major commercial and residential development near the intersection of Highways 16 and 54 near Sharpsburg and Turin have been submitted to the Coweta County Planning Department.