Coweta News

Kroger's Atlanta Division will donate a total of $168,300 in grants to 79 Atlanta city, metro-Atlanta and surrounding area schools as part of its 2012-2013 "Earning Plus Learning" program.

Looking forward to this week's graduation ceremonies are, from left, East Coweta High's salutatorian Rachael Ana and valedictorian Saeyun Lee, Newnan High's salutatorian Abigail Palmer Gordon and valedictorian Jonathan Kelly Swenson and Northgate's salutatorian Bharath Ramanathan Shankar and valedictorian Clint Russell Garn.

Construction at the Coweta Toll Plaza will be shifted to the southbound lanes. Drivers can still use their PikePass , but they'll have to go through the cash lane and wait in line with the rest of the turnpike traffic.

This ball normally stays in this basket atop the microwave in Jan Stout's north Coweta home.

A July 1995 letter from then-Tulsa County Commissioner Bob Dick to then-Tulsa Mayor Susan Savage appears to support Savage's claim that the city would not have to pay to house municipal inmates in the Tulsa Jail if voters approved a sales tax to construct and maintain a new jail - at least not for three years after the Sept.

Members of the St. Smyrna Baptist Church Prayer Team sing with passion during the community prayer breakfast.

Drivers using the Pikepass lane at the Coweta Toll Plaza on the Muskogee Turnpike can expect delays due to construction until early June.

The annual observance is a time to remember those who help keep Coweta County safe law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical personnel and 911 staff.

"Heaven better get ready for some great country music," said country star Alan Jackson, who is from Newnan.

Kimberly Poole used the information, including the name, date of birth and Social Security number, on a lease for her daughter's apartment in Statesboro, according to Coweta County Sheriff's Office Investigator Chad McDonald.

We would suggest heading to the Coweta County Fairgrounds. Bring some money for a donation so you can light a luminaria.

Drivers who use Pikepass through the Newcastle Toll Plaza on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike and the Coweta Toll Plaza on the Muskogee Turnpike will soon be seeing construction-related delays.

Police say Christopher Lange was behind the wheel when Robert Pitcher was hit and killed along 91st Street in Broken Arrow in November.

Several agencies raided "Secret Cavern" on Saturday and targeted a back room the owners used to run an alleged prostitution ring.

Stunkard left cell phone at her residence on April 19 and has not returned since.

East Coweta Middle School students who attended the recent Technology Student Association conference included Anderson Thomas, Andrew Parten, Brandon Anander, Caleb Jackson, Christian Devlin, Dakota Still, Davis Cover, Heather Dayton, Jessica Exley, Jordan West, Jordin Reed, Kayla Sims, Laine Futral, Landon Hicks, Lauryn Jennings, Madison ... (more)

Cheryl Mybro, AHSAE Project Manager, is pictured with East Coweta High School student Tylor Hepner and his family in front of Hepner's award-winning work "Fantasy Landscape." Teacher Patrice Newell and East Coweta High School have been honored by the Atlanta High School Art Exhibition with the Best Art Department Award.