Coweta County News

A Newnan woman was airlifted to an Atlanta hospital Friday with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest, according to Major James Yarbrough of the Coweta County Sheriff's Office.

Coweta County, GA Focus COWETA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY The Coweta County, Georgia Democratic Party's regular monthly meeting is the first Saturday of every month at 10:00 am at the Westside Restaurant on Temple Avenue in downtown Newnan.

Veterans Day is a special time in our community. Usually from early November until the holiday itself -- Nov.

Coweta County soon will be cutting the tall grass in the median of Ga. Hwy. 34 East between Thomas Crossroads and the Fayette County line, and it may elect to cut the grass in the future.

With all of his former co-defendants "poised to testify against him," Jimmy Lee Rosser Jr.

Many creatures prowl the streets of Newnan during Halloween, but perhaps none carries quite the cachet as a true Newnan classic, the "Belt Road Booger." Although it's been 30 years since the Booger's initial appearance, some insist he/ she/ it -- whatever it is -- still prowls the local roads.

Dennis Hammond had never really thought much about becoming a firefighter, but in the spring of 1977, a friend mentioned to him that Coweta County was looking for members for its new fire department.

Eugene Andrew Murphy, 21, entered a plea of guilty, but mentally ill, Thursday morning in Coweta Superior Court.

Saturday voting starts today at the Coweta County Voter Registration Office. The office, at 22 East Broad Street in downtown Newnan, will be open today and next Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon for absentee voters to cast their ballots in the Senoia, Sharpsburg and Grantville city elections.

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 .

The youth minister of Alexander Medina's church in Newnan recalled the young man Saturday as a dedicated and inspiring young man.

United Bank announced Monday that former Bank of Coweta President Steve Stripling will join the organization as president of United Bank in Newnan.

The Georgia Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction and sentencing of former school teacher and state legislative candidate Craig Steven Bowen on four counts of child molestation.

The Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation's development organization is regrouping after two board members were removed because of a business deal involving the previous chairman and vice chairman.

Elizabeth Redwine Fowler of Scottsboro died Wednesday, October 14, 2009. She was a native of Coweta County, Georgia and was the daughter of the late Dr.

Monday's heavy rains have forced metro-Atlanta area rivers and creeks to rise, but officials at the National Weather Service in Peachtree City aren't expecting levels to rise as high as they had predicted on Monday.

Do you like the idea of two 'major shopping center developments' possibly getting approved in the Sharpsburg area at the Nov.

The town of Moreland is looking at ways to bring tourists to town. Mayor Josh Evans talked about the efforts at the Tuesday meeting of the Moreland Town Council in the Moreland Mill.

The H1N1 Vaccine has arrived in the metro area. Most health departments will start administrating the vaccnine on Thursday.

The undead are back in Newnan this weekend with the premiere of the film, "Zombieland." The film -- portions of which were filmed in and around Newnan this spring -- has generated positive buzz all summer and was registering an 89 percent "tomatometer" rating late Thursday afternoon on the "Rotten Tomatoes" movie review aggregator website.