Coweta County Stories
A list of the most recent stories about Coweta County.
Woman says judge abused power in bitter custody battle
A metro Atlanta woman is fighting back after losing her children and freedom in a bitter 10-year custody battle. A higher court ruled Elisa Lowe was wrongly punished, and now, she’s taking on the judge who sided against her. She believes he misused his authority, his connections and the public ...
Car crashes into pole; 2 killed
Georgia State Patrol investigators are looking into whether rain played a part in an accident that killed two people on Interstate 85 in South Fulton County. Crews shut down the northbound lanes near Senoia Road Sunday evening for about an hour after an SUV veered off the road and crashed ...
Man shot dead after bar dispute
Police say an altercation at a Newnan bar has left one man dead and another in jail. James Christopher Johnson, III died from a single gunshot wound to the chest. Police said Adam Lee Edmonson, of Hogansville, is accused of shooting the 25-year-old at the Corner Tavern on Saturday night. ...
Georgia Lotto players win big in $640 Mega Millions drawing
Three jackpot winning tickets for Friday's historic $640 million drawing were sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland. Georgia Lottery players also won big. Winning numbers from the drawing were: 2-4-23-38-46 and the Mega Ball number was 23, lottery officials announced Saturday afternoon. Six Georgia players won $250,000 prizes, and 48 ...
Georgians vie for Mega Millions
Six people in Georgia won $250,000, and another 48 won $10,000 --smaller prizes in the record Mega Millions jackpot, lottery officials said. The Mega Millions jackpot jumped from a world record of $540 million to $640 million for Friday night's drawing. The winning numbers are 46-23-38-4-2. The megaball is 23. ...
3 robbery suspects in custody after police chase
Police have arrested three robbery suspects for allegedly taking police on a chase across two counties Wednesday. All of the suspects are in custody following the armed robbery at an AT&T store on Highway 34 in Newnan. Police tell Channel 2 Action News the robbers were after cash and cellphones ...
Father of injured deputy speaks out after crash
The father of an injured Clayton County Sheriff's deputy said Amy Kemper is improving. Kemper was injured when she was hit head-on by a suspected drunk driver last weekend. Channel 2's Tony Thomas spoke to the family, joined by dozens of loved ones who have been coming by Atlanta Medical ...
Clayton deputy critical after wreck with drunk driver
A Clayton County Sheriff's deputy remains in critical condition after state troopers said a suspected drunken driver struck her in a head-on collision. Now 26-year-old Christopher Lynn Brown, of Hogansville, faces charges of DUI, leaving the scene of an accident causing serious injury, reckless driving and serious injury by vehicle ...
Mom wanted teen jailed before killing
The mother of a 15-year-old charged in a fatal shooting said she fought to keep her son behind bars. “I just feel like the juvenile system failed me,” Senoia Davis told Channel 2’s Mark Winne. Davis’ son, Quintavious, is the suspect in a triple shooting at a southwest Atlanta home ...
Mom wanted teen jailed before killing
The mother of a 15-year-old charged in a fatal shooting said she fought to keep her son behind bars. “I just feel like the juvenile system failed me,” Senoia Davis told Channel 2’s Mark Winne. Davis’ son, Quintavious, is the suspect in a triple shooting at a southwest Atlanta home ...
Teen disappears from Coweta
Authorities across two counties are looking for a teen who has been missing for nearly a week. Joshua James Norris, 19, was last seen in Coweta County on Friday, Kennesaw police said in a news release. The teen sent a text message to his father saying he was heading back ...
Newnan residents upset after KKK flyers left in driveways
A flyer claiming to be from the Ku Klux Klan is showing up in local driveways. Residents of at least three neighborhoods in Newnan said they woke up to find the flyers Sunday morning. "It was in the driveway, in a Ziploc bag. Had two rocks in it," said Matthew ...
Friends bid farewell to Newnan soldier killed overseas
Family and friends are gathering to pay their final respects to a local hero killed in a plane crash overseas last Saturday. The funeral of Capt. Nicholas Whitlock, a U.S. Air Force member, will be held Sunday, 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church in downtown Newnan. The body of the ...
Woman fights for veteran husband's pension to save home
The clock is ticking for the wife of a veteran to save her home from being sold at a foreclosure auction. Army Veteran Byron Womer died in 2009. Since then, his wife has been fighting the Department of Veterans Affairs to get his pension to help save their home. “I ...
Police investigate burglary ring in 11 counties
Police aren't sure why, but they said someone has been targeting the Fastenal Construction supply chain in a string of burglaries that now stretches across at least 11 metro counties. Investigators said at least 14 Fastenal stores in metro Atlanta and three others in the Augusta area have been burglarized ...
Coweta County woman fights to have headstones repaired after wreck
A Coweta County woman is fighting to get her relatives' gravesites restored after a teenage driver plowed into a cemetery two months ago. "My son said, 'They can't even rest in peace,'" Michelle Klinger told Channel 2's Linda Stouffer. Four generations of the Watts-McCollough family are buried in historic Oak ...
Metro Atlanta cleans up from Saturday's storms
Strong storms moved through Georgia on Saturday, causing damage across metro Atlanta. Georgia Power crews were still working on Sunday to restore power to about 1,000 customers statewide, about half of those in metro Atlanta. In southwest Atlanta, high winds knocked over several trees on Langhorn Street. A tree crashed ...
Damage reported after strong storms move through north Georgia
After several inches of rain fell throughout north Georgia and metro Atlanta on Saturday, the threat of severe weather has ended. "Thunderstorms brought damaging wind and hail to parts of the area as well," Channel 2 meteorologist Brad Nitz said. After spending part of the afternoon under a tornado warning, ...
Officials: Storms caused 3 tornadoes in north Georgia
David Sheriff returned home from the hospital Friday morning and surveyed what was left of his house for the first time in daylight. "I just don't see how we survived, but I guess the man upstairs helped us out a lot on that," said Sheriff. Sheriff, his pregnant wife, son ...
Body ID'd as missing teen
Newnan police have identified a body found earlier this week as a missing teenager, and they’re labeling his death a homicide. The body was found in a creek on Monday. A check of area missing persons reports turned up a report of a missing 17-year-old from Senoia made on Oct. ...
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