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BREMEN, Ga. — We first met Mayson McKinzie just weeks after he survived an explosion in 2019. He was in a wheelchair with bandages wrapped around his entire body. He suffered third-degrees burns to 90% of his body. After the horrific accident, doctors told Mayson McKinzie he may never...

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Newnan High School is under “code yellow” lockdown procedures after officials found an anonymous note threatening to shoot someone at the school. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks]. The school sent a letter to parents saying the threat was...

OPELIKA, Ga. (WTVM) - People in East Alabama who are deaf and or blind don’t have to go far away from home in order to become educated. The Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind - Opelika Regional Center is now open to serve Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell and Tallapoosa counties.

On Friday night, family and friends will witness the graduation of the Carrollton High School Class of 2022. The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Grisham Stadium. Guests will be permitted; no ticket required. Seating is available on both the home and visitor sides. Water and soft drinks will...

NEWNAN, Ga. - The principal of Newnan High School said students are in class with enhanced safety procedures while officials investigate a shooting threat found written on a bathroom wall on Wednesday morning. Principal Chase Puckett said, at around 8 a.m., Newnan High School administrators learned someone wrote on a...

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) - Newnan High School and local police are investigating a shooting threat that was found written on a bathroom wall. At this time, the school is operating normally but a code yellow alert is in effect and there is a police presence on both campuses as a precaution.

Former Congresswoman and current CEO of Carroll Tomorrow Karen Handel will speak to Villa Rica’s civic and business leaders on June 8, as her first year in Carroll County comes to a close. Handel, who represented Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District for two years, will be the guest for the...

Recently the Newnan-Coweta Chamber celebrated a ribbon cutting and grand opening of The Original Hot Dog Factory /Spice Wing! Owned by a brother and sister duo, The Original Hot Dog Factory serves 18 Different styles of hot dogs including Beef, Chicken, Polish, Bratwurst, Veggie. They are located at 214 Bullsboro Drive in Newnan. Please join the Newnan-Coweta Chamber in welcoming this delicious new restaurant to our community!

A man who tried to help police capture a suspected hit-and-run driver also found himself in the back of a police car. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning when police were called to the area of Cougar Way and Sewell road after a private property accident where the driver fled.

Authorities said two LaGrange College baseball players whose team had just won a conference tournament championship were among three people killed in a head-on crash in west Georgia.

An investigation into a shooting threat at Newnan High School continues, but school officials said the day closed out Wednesday without incident. Additional officers will remain assigned to both campuses as law enforcement continues working to identify the person who wrote the threat on a bathroom wall, causing the school to operate under Code Yellow protocol for the duration of the school day.

NEWNAN, Ga. — Writing on a bathroom wall at Newnan High School "threatening a shooting" spurred the school's Code Yellow safety response on Wednesday. School officials said in a letter to parents that administrators were made aware of the writing at 8 a.m. Newnan Police are investigating the incident...

A dear friend sent me a devotion written by Buddy Nelson with the above title. As I read this, I realized this man said exactly my thoughts. In so many words, he said that we sometimes say to a person in military service or in first responder service-thank you for your service. And then we go our way, not really knowing what “your service” really is. We don’t really take the time to know these people and their families, and as the devotion stated, their prayers are for peace and family.

Before the next class of Coweta County seniors walk across the field to claim their high school diplomas, the Coweta Association of Retired Educators is taking a look back at some of their recent scholarship recipients. Northgate High graduate Austin Bomar and Newnan High graduate Gabriel Bowles are finishing their...

Jennings White, (at left) and Rodney Riggs, both veterans of the United States Marine Corps participated in the Newnan High School “VetConnect” recently. The Marines were among a number of veterans from the military services who were available to share their. own experiences of military service and to...

Mercer University recently honored Newnan resident Joey Waldrop at its 2022 Honors Convocation. Waldrop received the outstanding graduate student award for the Criminal Justice and Public Safety Administration program of study. Waldrop maintained a 4.0 GPA while working full time as a communications officer for Coweta County 911. Waldrop is...

After decades of searching, an Alabama police department has now been able to connect a body found in 1997 to Jerome Morris, a 17-year-old who went missing just before Thanksgiving in 1991. In the video above, hear from the mother of Jerome Morris as her son's case turns from a...