Watson
Trial Begins
Before
she died Beverley Watson reportedly once told a close friend that if
she ever disappeared without her children it was because her husband
would have killed her, it was revealed in court Thursday morning.
Marijuana
suspect charged with attempting to run over undercover Fayette officer
A
College Park man has been arrested after deputies say he attempted to
run over an undercover agent who was trying to keep him from fleeing
the scene of a drug bust.
Last
minute maneuvers mark PTC bond pact negotiations
To
stave off a last-minute problem with a plan for Peachtree City to pay
off debt owed on Falcon Field, the Peachtree City Airport Authority
called an emergency meeting for late Tuesday night to ratify a special
agreement with Peachtree City.
With
deal in place, PTC's bond sale allowed to proceed
Questions
over the legality of Peachtree City's hotel-motel tax contracts with
the Peachtree City Airport Authority almost cost the city "well
over $100,000."
Deal
pending for new restaurant at Peachtree City tennis center
The
signing of a company to lease restaurant space on the second floor of
the new building at Peachtree City's tennis center is almost a done
deal.
PTC
Running Club
The
Peachtree City Running Club will conduct their annual summer track series.
The series will take place at the Peachtree City track adjacent to Peachtree
City Elementary School on Wisdom Road every Tuesday evening starting
June 4. Registration for events begins at 6 p.m. and the first race
starts at 6:30 p.m. The series is open to all runners of all ages and
abilities. There are no field events.
Not
simply for the birds!
Michael Forsyth,
14, of Peachtree City, has been awarded the 2002 Ed Barnsley Scholarship
from the Atlanta Audubon Society. Each year, the Society awards one
scholarship to a youth in the metro Atlanta area to attend an Audubon
camp in the coastal area of Maine. The week-long camp is located on
Hog Island, Maine. Participants will help Puffin Project biologists
count breeding gulls, tens and Atlantic puffins. Nationally-known ornithologists
also will teach field identification tips, bird song recognition, and
conservation practices.
Movies
Senoia
looking for new police chief
Senoia is looking
for a new police chief.
Watson
trial begins
Over five years
ago, James Lamar Watson Jr. reported his wife missing, telling police
she walked away from their home following a late-night argument between
the couple.
Board
gives first approval to school budget
Coweta County school
board officials gave approval Tuesday night to a tentative $126 million
general fund budget.
Bank
robbers part of Grantville's big celebration this weekend
Tomorrow's Grantville
Day 2002 will include an unusual activity -- a re-enactment of the famous
robbery of the Bank of Grantville which occurred in 1932. There are
also some unusual matters concerning the robbery itself, which is one
of the most interesting heists I have ever heard of.
Volunteers
clean up Coweta
Over
350 volunteers set out to make Coweta County a cleaner place to live,
work, and play in the most successful cleanup ever.
School
system names new personnel director
Chris
Scott, principal of Eastside Elementary School, will take the position
of Director of Personnel for the Coweta County School System during
the 2003-2003 school year.
Tax
commissioner honored
Coweta
County Tax Commissioner Tommy Ferrell has been voted Tax Commissioner
of the Year by the Georgia Association of Tax Officials. The honor was
announced by association president Pat Hussey, Clayton County Tax Commissioner,
at the groups recent training and business seminar held at the University
of Georgia.
County
receives award
The
2000 Edition of the Coweta County Annual Report has been honored with
a national award.
Local
man helps war effort from remote post
The
son of a Newnan man serves his country on a watery edge in the war on
terror. His new albeit temporary, home is a narrow tropical jungle reef
in the Indian Ocean about 1,000 miles south of the southern India coast.
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