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District 3A Newnan voters will return to the polls on Dec. 5 for a runoff election between Jim Thomasson and Jocelyn Blackwood Palmer. Neither of them received the more than

Qatar played the delicate role of negotiator this weekend in the release of two US hostages held by Hamas.  But an estimated 200 hostages remain in captivity. Now, many in the region are looking to the tiny, energy-rich Gulf kingdom to reach out to Hamas and press for more releases, as Greg Gause of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University

Early voting for the Nov. 7 general election begins on Monday, Oct. 16, and the voting will be held at a new location – the new Election and Voter Registration

Newnan Council Member Cynthia Jenkins will face competition for the District 3 Post B seat she has represented since 2004.

After qualifying ended on Wednesday afternoon, it appears many of the seats up for election on the November ballot will be unchallenged.