Palmetto News

Work is progressing swiftly on the culvert replacement project on Canongate Road that is detouring traffic.

The brutal beating of a popular 87-year-old pastor at his North Columbia house during an apparent home invasion has stunned his family and friends.

ABATE of Georgia, Inc. -- or American Bikers Active Toward Education -- rallied Saturday in Coweta County to protect and promote the rights of bikers while advocating for their safety.

Both are opposing plans to build a new drinking water reservoir in the Chattahoochee River basin in south Fulton County .

Reviewing restaurants is a tricky game. We want to be fair, to give credit where it's due, and to be respectful of the heart and hard work someone has put into a business.

Firefighters are battling a huge fire at a junkyard in south Fulton County. Investigators say dozens of junked cars are burning at Best Auto Salvage on Gullat Road in Palmetto.

There have already been lots of eggs hidden and hunted in Coweta County this year, but the big day for Easter egg hunts in the area will be Saturday.

The city of Atlanta is fighting a bill that would allow three south Fulton cities to build a drinking water reservoir in the Chattahoochee River basin.

Traffic was shut down on Interstate 85 southbound for a couple of hours Monday night following a tractor-trailer accident just north of Exit 56/Collinsworth Road, Palmetto.

Palmetto unearths first community garden By By LaTria Garnigan lgarnigan@neighbornewspapers.com Staff/Danielle Hutlas Hill Country Montessori seventh-grader Anna Smith, 12, daughter of Jodi Henderson and Paul Sonderman of Newnan, helps dig into the garden at the Wayside Park Community Garden.

WALKIN' ON SUNSHINE: Serenbe Farms' farm manager Paige Witherington got a great write up in Sunday's NYT If you missed Sunday's NYT, I'll briefly catch you up on a delightful travel piece, heavy on dining, of ...

EACH morning, as the breakfast dishes are cleared, Nick Melvin escapes the kitchen at the Inn at Serenbe , where he is the executive chef, and drives five minutes down a country road to a sumptuous 25-acre ...

A fierce storm passed through northern Coweta County Wednesday evening, dropping massive amounts of hail -- some the size of small baseballs.

February in the South can be fickle, cold one day and mild the next. But those who venture out into the garden will discover a host of winter delights, including early daffodils, Winter Sweet, Chimonanthus ...

A south Fulton County home was destroyed by fire early Tuesday after apparent confusion over the location of the blaze delayed firefighters' response.

A large brush fire had a portion of Hwy. 74 in Fairburn shut down on Friday. The fire covered about 15 acres.

Coweta County Fire Chief Johnny Teeters was feted Friday at a drop-in luncheon held at the Coweta County Fairgrounds.

The mayor and council of Palmetto rezoned and annexed four land parcels totaling 38.83 acres located on U.S. Highway 29 and Tommy Lee Cook Road at the January council meeting.

Dad came for Christmas. It was a big deal. There are four hours between us, as the highway runs from Savannah to Palmetto, Ga., and I've made that trek many times.

If you're ready to haul the Christmas tree out of the house, wait until Saturday's "Bring One for the Chipper" program so you can do something green.