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Cougars roll through fog for 5th-straight shutout

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In what was more a warm-up than a first round playoff test, the Newnan Cougars rolled over Johnson of Savannah in fog-shrouded Drake Stadium Friday night, 55-0.

Newnan Police work to find 15 year-old runaway

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The whereabouts of a local teenager missing since Thursday remained a mystery Friday evening as the Newnan Police Department continued to search for the endangered 15-year-old runaway.

Arrest Log for 11/14/2008

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Peachtree City Police Arrests:

56-year-old man last seen two months ago

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Coweta County authorities are looking for 56-year-old Edward Charles Adams -- a man with two active warrants out of Coweta County for his arrest -- who hasn't been seen in approximately two months.

Carjacker kills man, car found in Coweta

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Fairburn law enforcement officials continue the manhunt for a carjacker who fatally shot a 41-year-old Ohio man who was in the Atlanta area for his father's funeral.

Mr. Jason Keith James

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Mr. Jason Keith James

Ex-officer's trial now postponed

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The trial scheduled to begin Monday for Gregory Graham -- a Coweta County resident and former law enforcement officer with the Fulton County Police Department -- has been postponed.

Slow start haunts Indians in loss

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HINESVILLE --The look on the face of East Coweta Indians head coach Clint Wade told the story of Friday night's 19-7 loss to the Bradwell Tigers in their Class AAAAA first round playoff game at Olvey Field.

Residents opposed Lower Fayetteville rezoning

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Several nearby residents spoke in opposition to a commercial rezoning on Lower Fayetteville Road at a public hearing Thursday night before the Coweta County Board of Commissioners.

Mr. William Irvin Tillery

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Mr. William Irvin Tillery

No. 3 Marist too much for Vikings

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ATLANTA -- Northgate's winning season came to a close here on Friday night as the Vikings fell to Marist 42-0 in the opening round of the Class AAAA state playoffs.

Deaths published on 11/14/2008

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Ellie B. Bishop, 76, of Grantville, Ga., died at his residence Nov. 13, 2008. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Higgins Hillcrest Chapel Funeral Home, Newnan, Ga. Burial will be at College Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Saturday 4-7 p.m.

Newnan Utilities step closer to raising dams

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Newnan Utilities is another step closer to raising two of its dams in order to increase the city's water storage capacity.

Now is your chance to speak out on school calendar

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Often at the end and beginning of the new school year, we hear people complaining about how early the new school year begins. When classes start in early August, they claim summer is cut short for parents, students and teachers.

Socialism the American way

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Obama won. So who lost?

Four added to Polio Hall of Fame at Warm Springs

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The Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation celebrated the near eradication of polio on Friday with ceremonies inducting four organizations into the Polio Hall of Fame.

County property taxes are due Dec. 1

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Coweta Tax Commissioner Tommy Ferrell reminds taxpayers that 2008 state, county and school property taxes are due Dec. 1.

Changes heard for county zoning ordinance

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A public hearing was held on multiple proposed changes to Coweta County's zoning ordinance Thursday night.

Vallo, Edwards close with final round 69

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Ted Vallo and Charlie Edwards saved their best golf for the final day of the Georgia Senior Four-Ball Championship at Hampton Club in St. Simons.

A change in culture?

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The past week has seen new revelations in the ongoing saga of Gena Evans, nee Abraham, the woman whom Gov. Sonny Perdue put in charge of the state Department of Transportation. Perdue pushed Evans for the job supposedly to clean up a deeply troubled agency, which is facing a staggering funding shortfall in excess of $7 billion over the next six years for needed road construction and improvements. According to DOT's own estimate, its expected funding shortfall over the next 25 to 30 years is an almost incomprehensible $51 billion.

Holiday events scheduled for today

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The Coweta Shopping Bazaar, sponsored by Coweta Special Olympics, is today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Asa Powell Expo Building, 197 Temple Ave. in Newnan.

Coweta's Schmieg praised by Thurmond

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Greg Schmieg, the Coweta County resident who is executive director of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation, was singled out for praise by his boss on Friday.

Sound Off

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WHY THE RELIGIOUS HATE? Aren't we over in Iraq fighting for Muslims? Aren't we fighting side by side with Muslims? Why are all of these so-called Christians hating on other people based on religion?