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Teenager’s sentence includes recording Public Service Video • One year after a tragic accident that occurred when a young driver drove through a red light, resulting in the untimely death of a young girl, Taylor Long, now 19, has been charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter. The teen’s 12-month sentence for the death of 9-year-old Abby Bacho includes working with the Bacho family to create a Public Service Video. • Second-grader Megan Winters falls 50 feet to the bottom of a well at the home of her grandparents. Brooks Elementary students and parents rally around the injured child, donating money and gifts.
• The first exhibit at the Newnan-Coweta H istor ica l Societ y ’s McR itch ie-Hol l is Museum offers “Victory at All Costs,” interpreting life on the Coweta home front during World War II. • Four men are indicted in New York City for hundreds of counts of identity fraud, including more than 70 people in Coweta County. The men installed a skimming device inside gas station pumps that recorded credit card and other personal information.
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• The 27th annual MLK Parade is delayed for a short time by rain. The parade was organized by Newnan Chapter 483, Order of the Eastern Star, with the year’s theme being “Illuminating the Star through Rededication, Reclamation and Education for the Growth of the Future.” The grand marshal is Councilwoman Cynthia Jenkins, who is the first African-American woman to be elected to the council.
• Former chairman and CEO donate $400,000 to the Piedmont Healthcare Foundation, which results in the creation of a facility for Cancer Wellness.
• A train rams into a tractor-trailer stuck at an intersection in Moreland, sending hay flying and sparking a threat of dangerous materials exposure. The driver was able to exit the truck and the accident resulted in no injuries.
• Yvonne C. Nash, 60, is killed in a car accident in Senoia, due to icy roads. Nash was travelling down a hill, lost control of the vehicle, which then skidded off the road and overturned in a nearby ditch.
19-year-old Taylor Long is charged with vehicular manslaughter. His sentence includes recording a Public Service Video with the family of victim, Abby Bacho.
• Katie McBride is sworn in as a new member of the Newnan Convention Center Authority.
• Business Women of the Year 2013 present a $12,500 check to the community Welcome • A man suspected of beating his 79-yearHouse. old mother was arrested after investigators • $70,000 in guns are stolen during a robrespond to a family violence call. The suspect, Joseph Allan Buchanan, 39, broke the elderly bery of the AR Bunker gun store, which woman’s wrists before ripping the phone from included smashing in the store’s large front window, the wall and leaving the home.
Or-Rin Stinson and Marquel Jould lead the parade carrying the banner, followed by Terry Allen Jr. post 910, carrying the flags (Alvin White, Michael Hall and Connie Reese).
Wrecker crews restore order on roads
• Local wrecker services reported a surge in calls the first week of January, as residents coped with suddenly dropping temperatures and ice that sent some cars into a tailspin and left others stranded – sometimes on the interstate. • Six people are nominated for the 2014 Coweta Citizen of the Year – Frank Barron, Candace Boothby, Ruby E. Hines, Earlene Strickland Scott, Walter Thompson and Alison Wallace. • Monica Lovett, a mother and special education teacher at Northside Elementary School, runs in a 5/10K as she battles breast cancer. • Central Educational Center awards Rebecca Crocker with the Hammer Award. She’s the first female to win this carpentry award. • “Pasta for Megan” is held on Feb. 9 as a fund raiser for Megan Winters and her family. Megan fell down a 50-foot well and underwent several surgeries to repair broken bones in her leg, hip and face. • Rodolfo Reyes is charged with involuntary manslaughter of his girlfriend and concealment of the corpse. He’s sentenced to 20 years.
A car that skidded of f the road in Coweta Count y is spotted by a wrecker crew. Angie McCullough of Stephens W r e c ke r s a i d h e r c o m p a n y answered 20-30 calls a day during the cold weather.
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From burn survivor to firefighter Photo by Sarah Campbell
Burn survivor Laura Bates hopes to become a firefighter some day.
At the age of 3, Laura Bates was rescued from a fire in her Newnan home. Suffering burns spanning 45 percent of her body, little Bates was given a 20 percent chance of survival. Bates not only survived, but thrived. Now 16, Bates is an inspirational young woman with hopes to become a firefighter.
• Mother of two children, Rebecca Lynn Shelton, passes out while driving after taking non-prescribed Xanax pills. Her 6-year-old and 13-year-old were both in the vehicle when the incident occurs. • Assistant Chief Jimmy Gantt is named fire inspector of the year by the Georgia Fire Inspectors Association. • The Coweta County Sports Hall of Fame welcomes four new members – Louis Brown, Jerome Coleman, Tim Cash and Scott Camp. • Kristen Moore, 26, shares highlights of her mission trip to Uganda. • School principals from Hangzhou, China, visit Coweta County and tour schools and classrooms. • Four years after The Factory closes, Steven Porrello begins a group and organizes a petition to open a new skatepark in Coweta County. • University of West Georgia Pres. Kyle Marrero pledges to make tuition more affordable for students. Newnan, East Coweta, and Northgate high schools are all recognized as 2014 AP Honor Schools.