The Coweta County Board of Education on Monday gave tentative approval to a $168.5 million General Fund budget for the 2012-2013 school year that begins July 1. Final approval is […]
The upcoming race for the Post 1 seat on the Fayette County Board of Education will be a race after all. Ga. Tech’s Dr. Barry Marchman at a meeting of
Coweta County Board of Education At-large member April Parker resigned her post on the school board earlier this week. Parker cited personal and family reasons as the motivation for her
East Coweta High School Assistant Principal Evan Horton is about to make a move. He has been appointed to become the school principal with the retirement of ECHS principal and
There is a new farmers’ market coming to east Coweta County. This one specializes in products from local vendors in Coweta, Fayette and surrounding counties. The Our Community Farmers’ Market
The Southern Living 2012 Idea House is set to open in Senoia on June 2. And a portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Camp Southern
The Fayetteville City Council on May 17 will take a look at the possible sale of the city’s water system to Fayette County. The idea for the potential sale came
Fayette County Sheriff’s investigators between April 29 and May 9 arrested five people in connection to various crimes including burglary, theft, illegal dumping and fraud. Sheriff’s investigators in one of
The landmark Main Street Building on the west side of Ga. Highway 54 near downtown Fayetteville is being advertised for foreclosure. The large two-story building built by 320 W. Lanier,
Slots to be eliminated: 63 teachers, 18 custodians, one secretary; adding 1 parapro The Fayette County School System’s proposed 2012-2013 budget set to be adopted in mid-June shows estimated revenues
She has made it known in various public venues in the past few months, but south Fayette County resident Dr. Mary Kay Bacallao made it official on May 14: she
A recent suit brought by eight Southampton subdivision residents and one business owner in the adjacent Southampton Village shopping center has received a response from Tyrone over a rezoning that
Fayette County Sheriff’s investigators between April 29 and May 9 arrested five people in connection to various crimes including burglary, theft, illegal dumping and fraud. Sheriff’s investigators in one of
The new Piedmont Newnan Hospital had not opened and already preparations were being made for other healthcare providers to locate in the Poplar Road area near Interstate 85. Ground has
Long-time Tyrone spa, pool and whirlpool supplier Custom Molded Products (CMP) will soon be transitioning its distribution facility to the Shenandoah Industrial Park in Newnan. The new facility will more
A sixth grade student from Sharpsburg took home the honors recently when she was selected as the overall state winner of the 12th Annual “If I Were Mayor, I Would…”
Get ready for intersection improvement work and road construction activity across portions of Coweta County beginning May 14. And already underway is railroad maintenance work along the CSX line. The
he Fayette County Board of Education late this summer will consider closing up to four elementary schools and a middle school to help offset falling tax revenues. The school board
Preliminary talks underway to see if county might take over city firefighting, water service, inspections Discussions are underway between Fayetteville and Fayette County to potentially merge city and county services
A Fayetteville Army captain and an accomplice embezzled over $2.7 million in U.S. government funds to finance “luxurious lifestyles” for him and his Fayette family back home, according to U.S.
The project approved by the Fayetteville City Council last year that would establish a tax-credit-funded senior residential development in Fayetteville received a unanimous vote by council members May 6 in
A Fayetteville man was arrested May 4 on charges of sexual battery after he grabbed a female employee at the Walmart at the Fayette Pavilion. Timmie Jay Jackson, 29, of
“It’s an exciting morning,” said Serenbe founder Steve Nygren with a smile to the large number of Serenbe and Chattahoochee Hills residents who attended the May 4 community opening of
‘It looks like we’ll use up all the fund balance’ — Comptroller Laura Brock The Fayette County Board of Education on May 7 got a look at the school system’s
The vote at the May 3 meeting of the Tyrone Town Council over zoning changes that included guns shops as a conditional use of C-2 (Highway Commercial) zoning came with
Now Brooks and Tyrone schools may be on the block A workshop held May 2 by the Fayette County Board of Education was scheduled to hear the details behind Superintendent
Fayette County Sheriff’s Office investigators have obtained warrants relating to two identity fraud cases that occurred in February and April. Sheriff’s spokesman Brent Rowan said investigators obtained a criminal arrest
The time is approaching for the opening of the Cancer Treatment Centers of America Hospital in Newnan’s Ashley Park. The hospital’s economic impact to Coweta County is expected to be
The last time Coweta County saw the unemployment rate below 8 percent was in December 2008. History repeated itself in March when the county’s jobless rate fell to 7.9 percent.
A kennel specializing in training hunting dogs received unanimous approval from the Coweta Commission April 17. The owners of Gold-Plated GunDogs located near Moreland were requesting a conditional use permit
An initiative that will place an economic redevelopment measure on the November ballot received unanimous approval April 19 from the Fayetteville City Council. The city is expected to begin an
The Fayetteville City Council on May 3 will consider a resolution supporting the Lafayette Village Senior Community development for which a preliminary concept plan was approved last year. The council
The look of the intersection at Grady Avenue and Ga. Highway 54 in Fayetteville is about to undergo a dramatic change. The Shoppes at Grady retail center, built a few
It was a preliminary look at what could become a nature area in Fayetteville on the 308-acre P.K. Dixon property south of Ga. Highway 54 at the end of Burch
