The Coweta County Commission last week voted to support annexation requests from Senoia for an 88-acre commercial and residential development along Ga. Highway 16 and for Peachtree Baptist Church, home of the Coweta Charter Academy, also on Hwy. 16. The Senoia City Council had previously agreed to both annexations.

The proposed 88-acre Village West commercial and residential development is situated along the north and south sides of Ga. Highway 16 adjacent to Senoia’s west side. Read More»

The Senoia City Council last week voted unanimously to accept an application for the annexation of Peachtree Baptist Church on Ga. Highway 16 just west of the city, the site of the new Coweta Charter Academy. The resolution adopted by the council is being forwarded for review to the Coweta County Commission. Read More»

Schools provide needy kids with no-fee breakfasts and lunches during the five-day school week, but what happens to the kids on the other two days during the weekends?

Members at the Vineyard Community Church near Senoia are stepping up to fill that gap. They intend to provide those same children with meals during the weekends.

The new initiative, “Backpack Buddies,” has targeted two of Coweta’s elementary schools with hopes of expanding the effort across Coweta County and the region for income-eligible children. Read More»

Mrs. Reba Ann Pate, 58, of Senoia, died February 4, 2011.

She was preceded in death by her father Howard Felton Whitlock, step-father Jessie Banks, sister Patsy Adcock, and brother Stanley Whitlock.

She is survived by her husband of 42 years Ray Pate; son Anthony Ray Pate of Senoia and daughter Amanda Leigh Pate of Newnan; grandsons Tony Pate and Billy Pate, both of Newnan; mother Betty Banks of Senoia and brother Johnny Whitlock of Senoia. Read More»