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The Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said their investigators are pursuing all leads to find a woman who vanished in March 2021.

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - Coweta County deputies have filed multiple charges against a Sharpsburg man who allegedly thought he was meeting a 12-year-old girl to have sex, but instead was in an undercover police operation. Coweta County Sheriff’s investigators say Taylor Hannigan, 24, thought he was communicating online with a...

A Sharpsburg woman was charged with burglary after she left her flip-flops behind at a home she’s accused of robbing.

The Coweta County School System’s average composite SAT score for the graduating class of 2023 was 1068, placing participating Coweta students well above state and national averages on the college entrance exam. It was the sixth year in a row that Georgia students outscored the national average on the...

It is a new year for the East Coweta Bass Fishing team. Under the leadership of Head Coach Carmen Fife, the Fishing Indians kicked off the 2023 season with 13 anglers, which is up from four last year. The team will have five boats in each qualifier this year in...

At a meeting of the Coweta County Board of Commissioners, resident Linda Menk complained that she paid more than $1,500 for information she requested from the county and received “crap.”. “Let’s call it what it is,” she told the commissioners during their meeting. “This is a violation of the...

On Thursday, October 5, at the Coweta Fairgrounds, we will hold our 25th Public Safety Appreciation Lunch to show our gratitude to those men and women who keep us safe and well here in our wonderful county of Coweta. There is no earthly way we can express our deep appreciation...

A viral crime has been solved this week, thanks to a forgotten pair of flip-flops.Police Make Arrests In Connection with Philly Lululemon, Foot Locker Looting Following a first-degree burglary, Alexia Nichole Martin was arrested in Coweta County, Georgia on Sept. 21. The 44-year-old was apprehended upon leaving a pair of flip-flops at a couple’s home she robbed, according to the Newman Times-Herald. Martin’s crime was discovered when the aforementioned couple found Tide Pods on the floor, missing Hydrocodone pills and bags of food removed from the freezer on Sept. 10. One of the robber’s flip-flops was found in the home’s living room,...

Most 14 year olds in the U.S. are picking what classes to take as high school sophomores this time of year.  Walker Reese was picking the company where he wanted to launch his career. Reese, now 19, had a huge head start on his career through a groundbreaking program: The German-inspired Georgia Consortium for Advanced […]

As we all have experienced, disasters can and will occur at any time. The EF4 tornado that impacted our community on March 25, 2021, is an unforgettable reminder of the importance of individual and family emergency preparedness. When the threat is imminent and only moments away, it is the planning and preparations you make now that can protect you and your family.

All three Coweta County School System high schools are once again listed among the country’s “Best High Schools” by U.S. News and World Report. The publication’s 2023 rankings recognize 17,680 high-achieving public, magnet and charter schools across the U.S., including nearly 500 in Georgia. Schools with a national rank in the top 40 percent nationally were listed among the country’s best by U.S. News and World Report.

Auditions for local models to debut a new fashion brand will be held in Newnan on Saturday, Sept. 30, from noon-6 p.m. Aspiring models should be of African descent, African American and/or racially ambiguous, and preferably from the Coweta County area. Models will be featured in the Feb. 24, 2024...

A Coweta County Chick-fil-A team member is being hailed a hero after helping a young child who was choking in her restaurant’s parking lot.

Walker Jeffers, a recent graduate of Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia, has been selected to serve as an economic development project manager for the Development Authority of Coweta County in Newnan. The announcement was made by Sarah Jacobs, president and chief executive officer of the economic development organization. The Chason Group (TCG) led the executive search for Jeffers. TCG was also retained by the Development Authority to lead the executive search for Jacobs in 2022.

A first responder softball game raised more than $4,000 dedicated to providing bikes for kids this Christmas. Lt. Jennifer Reasor from the Coweta County Department of Corrections helped organize the inaugural Battle of the First Responders event and rounded up eight teams from local agencies to play ball. Members of...

FREYR Battery’s Senior VP of Business Development, Jason Peace, is set to speak at the last in the 2023 Talk of the Town series, organized by the Newnan-Coweta Chamber. Presented by Dry Cleaning Connection, the event aims to bring together industry experts, community members, and business leaders to discuss advancements and innovations as FREYR Battery becomes the soon-be-be newest arrival to the Coweta industrial ecosystem.