On Feb. 9 at their annual Gala, the Newnan Theatre Company formally accepted the script for “Flies at the Well,” to be performed in Newnan’s historic courthouse. In June of 2010, Caroline Abbey, then chair of the Newnan Theatre Company Board of Directors, spearheaded a project that for years had been only a dream: re-enacting the 1948 John Wallace murder trial in the Coweta County courthouse where the original trial took place. Read More»

The Southern Ground Social Club in Senoia was the setting for the unveiling Feb. 11 of the 2013 edition of the Georgia Travel Guide. Presented as a pair this year, one cover features the hit television series “The Walking Dead” being filmed in and around the city while the other features country music artist Zac Brown. Showing off the new travel guide is, from left, Newnan Coweta Chamber of Commerce board member Dean Jackson, Senoia City Councilman Maurice Grover, Ga. Dept. Read More»

Mrs. Pat Pealor of Sharpsburg, Ga. passed away Feb. 13, 2013.

She is survived by her daughter, Vickie Turner and her husband Richard of Mt. Airy, Ga.; sons, Mike Pealor and his wife Diane of St. Augustine, Fla.; Terry Pealor and his wife Sandi of Newnan; sister, Flossie Dooley of Cornelia, Ga.; 8 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 at 1 p.m. at First Christian Church of Tyrone with remains placed in state at 12 p.m.

Ministers Billy Rowe, Ralph Warren, Dan Roberts and Howard Taylor officiated. Read More»

The increasing number of movie and television productions has led to the need for a set of guidelines for production companies wanting to use county property for filming and related activities. To that end, the Coweta County Commission approved the new guidelines at the Feb. 5 meeting.

Coweta County Convention and Visitors Bureau Director of Event Services Tray Baggarly in a recent letter said research on how other counties handle film projects led to the Film/Video Production Guidelines and the Film Location Agreement. Read More»