Coweta County News

Coweta County Board of Education member Sue Brown has been selected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Georgia School Boards Association.

The storm system that swept through Georgia late Thursday left behind a fair amount of damage in Coweta County and most likely caused a house fire.

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

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.

A group of six citizens, consisting of parents, grandparents and former students, presented their concerns about the Common Core Standards being implemented in Coweta County schools.

The Coweta County Water and Sewerage Authority will be running a sewer line to serve Poplar Road Elementary School and East Coweta High School, thereby opening large swaths of commercial and industrial property to sewer service.

Grantville City Council tabled a discussion on awarding a bid for restroom additions at the Clements/Malcolm Recreation Center at its meeting on Monday.

RAVE: After nearly two decades, Tom Little retired as Coweta County's public buildings chief.

Officials at Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corp. say they've opened a second assembly plant in Newnan and will hire 100 employees to work on a new utility vehicle.

Two video broadcast students at the Central Educational Center have been awarded a 2013 High School Student Production Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences , Southeast.

Coweta County Warden Bill McKenzie was re-elected to the post of secretary-treasurer for the Georgia Prison Wardens' Association at its recent convention in Young Harris, GA.

Originally from Virginia, Shortt has lived in the Coweta County area just over a year and a half.

The new owners of the former Adesa auto auction property, Euro Auctions USA, have been working on the property between Raymond Hill Road and I-85, and bringing in heavy equipment the company will auction.

Visiting at Thursday's celebration of the redevelopment project to turn the old Newnan hospital into a UWG-Newnan campus are, from left, assistant Coweta County administrator Michael Fouts, Newnan Mayor Keith brady and Newnan City Councilman Bob Coggin.

Heavy rains accompanied by lightning occurred across much of the county Wednesday evening.

Gay, who is retiring in July, served as a trustee for two different retirement systems for county employees.

The road - which leads from Bullsboro Drive next to SouthTowne to Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern hospital - will be getting stormwater drainage, new lanes, a narrower median, and a sidewalk on one side.

The Coweta County Board of Zoning Appeals voted unanimously Tuesday to recommend approval of a recycling transfer business near the intersection of Ga.

Roy Davis recently announced his retirement as principal of the school and as head of the math department in the upper school.