Coweta County News

With All-American gusto people all over metro Atlanta are celebrating the Fourth of July.

A bond hearing for Richard Jason Veitch, facing charges in the slaying of a worker at a construction site in south Coweta, will likely be held sometime next week.

Winston Dowdell boils down all issues facing the Coweta County Board of Education with one simple question -- How is this going to benefit the student? "If it doesn't help the student, we don't need to do it," ...

A subcontractor who had gone to a construction site in Newnan County to install drywall was shot to death, and the project's builder has been charged with murder.

Northbound traffic on I-85 in Coweta County was stopped for almost 3 1/2 hours Saturday because of a series of accidents that began with a six-vehicle wreck just a few minutes before 4 p.m. People trying to ...

No challengers qualified this week for Coweta's nonpartisan seats, which means the incumbents have secured re-election to their seats in November.

America will soon be celebrating its 232nd birthday, and Coweta County residents will have lots of options as they look for ways to celebrate July 4. With July 4 falling on a Friday this year, Independence Day ...

Coweta voters will be deciding in November whether to approve millions of dollars in bonds to help supplement the Coweta County Fire Department.

U.S. Rep. Lynn A. Westmoreland will be in his home county Monday, and area residents will have the opportunity to hear him speak and to ask him questions.

Industries continue to look at Coweta County as a potential site for their operations, local officials say, and the new industrial park in Grantville is only going to increase prospect-related activity.

An ex-police officer who had been arraigned in March on charges that he'd been taking money from Hispanic males during traffic stops was found dead at his home in Carroll County Thursday.

S.B. loves sharing flowers from the garden, and it seems the key to a great arrangement is an interesting composition - - tucking mint, sedum, lamb's ear or hosta leaves in with the roses, lilies or ...

The new Piedmont Newnan Hospital will be big, fancy and state of the art. But it won't quite comply with Coweta County's Quality Development Corridor Overlay District.

Maj. Michael Hulsey pulled into the long driveway at the house in Sharpsburg, wearing his Class A uniform and accompanied by a chaplain.

Michael E. Justice Mr. Michael E. Justice, of Tyrone GA, formerly of Sharpsburg GA, passed away on May 19, 2008 at the age of 60.

Liberty County School System will have a new superintendent in time for the next academic year after the Board of Education unanimously agreed to name Dr.

Posted By: Michael King The National Weather Service in Peachtree City has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Fayette and Coweta counties until 4:30 p.m. At 3:44 p.m., National Weather Service Doppler ...

There are now two candidates for the District 5 seat on the Coweta County Board of Commissioners. via The Times-Herald

“He confessed to Panera and being at the orthodontist.... it was him and several other locations which we're still investigating at this time. He admits that he has a problem.”

A Douglasville man who coaches kids in softball and baseball as well as morals and Christian values has been arrested for exposing himself to young children. via WSB-AM Atlanta

“Good Time". It will be the first one they've ever done together. Planning to make your way to Newnan this Tuesday? Or are you already there, and have known the Jacksons for years? Heard "Good Time”

It was already a big deal from the start: Country superstar Alan Jackson and his successful author wife, Denise, coming back to Newnan Tuesday to be given the first Richard Brooks Award - along with late writer ... via Atlanta Journal-Constitution