Grantville News

The families of the Newnan-based soldiers serving a year deployment in Afghanistan are not forgotten this holiday season.

The new Grantville library being constructed adjacent to the new ball field is taking shape, and Coweta County Library System officials shared some recent photos of the structure going up.

"We're all kids at Christmas," notes Newnan Main Street Program director Linda Kee -- and Sunday afternoon's "Magical Main Street Christmas" parade was a chance to do just that.

An old traffic ticket landed a Southwest Atlanta woman behind bars, despite the fact that she had been tied up and robbed at gunpoint.

The Coweta County Library Board of Trustees scheduled a called meeting this afternoon at 4:30 with the purpose of "reaching a resolution to the branch library services agreement between the Coweta County Library System and the city of Senoia." The meeting will be held at the Powell Library in Newnan.

Noah Scott Biorkman, the 5-year-old cancer patient whose request for Christmas cards touched hearts in Coweta County and around the world, has died.

Clint Eric Ozier voluntarily surrendered his forestry license at the Nov. 18 meeting of the Georgia State Board of Registration for Foresters.

Noah Biorkman's health is declining and his family has now asked people across the country to stop sending Christmas cards.

Noah Scott Biorkman lives in Michigan, but his Christmas wish has made it to Coweta County -- and around the world.

Coweta County Master Gardeners are getting ready to a oedeck your hallsa with handmade fresh evergreen wreaths, swags and custom bows.

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Kia is now hiring for its second production line at its new West Point plant. That's good news for Coweta County, even if the county hasn't attracted the spin-off industries it had hoped to land, Coweta County Development Authority officials said.

Mr. Thomas Allen Carroll, age 86, of Moreland, died November 5, 2009 at WellStar Douglas Hospital.

The Grantville City Council will welcome a new member in January, with Selma Coty defeating incumbent Nick Sasso Tuesday by a vote of 146 to 73.

There was a packed house at the Sunday dedication ceremony of the Willie L. Clements/ John A. Malcolm Community Center in Grantville at 97 Brown School Drive.

Exit 47 ramps at Bullsboro Drive will be temporarily closed at night next week as the Georgia Department of Transportation contractor continues work on the widening of Interstate 85 through Coweta County The Exit 47 ramps to and from Interstate 85 will be temporarily closed in order for crews to pave the remaining lanes of the mainline and the ramp ...

Downtown Newnan welcomed Coweta's youngest trick-or-treaters Friday morning, but the official day -- Halloween is today -- has plenty of activities for celebrants of all ages.

Contractors for the Georgia Department of Transportation are performing major reconstruction of Interstate 85 at different locations in Coweta County between mile marker 34 and mile marker 41 .

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

The Grantville City Council is looking for a new city manager, and council members will talk about that process when they meet for their session Monday.