U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson was in Fayetteville Tuesday to address the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce. He shared the lunch meeting with a room full of business people, centering his […]
More than 400 Fayette County residents have given their lives in the wars fought by the United States. And a project is underway to pay respect to those who gave
Peachtree City Councilwoman Vanessa Fleisch was just one of the two dozen celebrity servers from around Fayette County taking orders and delivering meals on April 24 at the 4th Annual
The Cruisin’ Thru the CRCT’s Car Show held April 21 at Willis Road Elementary School in east Coweta County was nothing short of a hit for kids and parents wanting
The Coweta County Development Authority earlier this month signed a resolution expected to lead to bond funding that would help with an expansion project at the Trinity Christian School on
Some Tyrone residents don’t want a gun range near residential areas, and they filed a lawsuit to stop it. Tyrone began its defense of the zoning with a Planning Commission
Senoia councilmen Maurice Grover and Jeff Fisher made a short presentation at the April 17 meeting of the Coweta County Commission to request that the city and county form a
A new assessment of health status and economic factors in Georgia ranks Coweta County number 16 of the state’s 159 counties. A report released April 24 by the Partner Up!
Coweta County Development Authority member Weyman Jenkins resigned last week after more than 20 years of service on the organization’s board of directors. “On behalf of both the Coweta County
The owner of the Fayette Gift Shop in Fayetteville raided April 17 for suspected illegal gambling has been arrested on commercial gambling charges. Sameer Syed, 32, of Hyacinth Lane in
Proposed revisions to Fayetteville’s gas station and sign ordinances were approved April 19. Both approvals came with the same split vote, 3 to 2. The key feature of the revision
When it comes to health status and economic factors among Georgia counties Fayette County is tied in first place with Oconee County for top honors. A report released April 24
Fayette County-based Integrated Science and Engineering will be responsible for program management duties and design phase services for the upcoming Ga. Highway 92/Hood Avenue alignment project in Fayetteville. ISE was
The Fayette County Board of Education will hold a workshop on Wednesday, May 2 at 9 a.m. to hear from Superintendent Jeff Bearden on proposed school closures. Questions by some
Fayette BoE urged to retain medical, dental pay for system workers McIntosh High School history teacher Joseph Jarrell is a mainstay at meetings of the Fayette County Board of Education.
What now? That’s the question many are asking after a federal judge vacated his own order last week — an order that had upended the longstanding method of electing members
Fayette Middle School student Brinison Perkins made her mark on the Fayetteville City Council April 16 when she was recognized as this year’s winner of the “If I Were Mayor,
Twelve-year-old Caroline Statzer is clearly on a mission. It is one aimed at providing needed items for girls in Cambodia after they are rescued from that nation’s notorious sex trade.
Whitewater High School math teacher Jacqueline Mullen took top honors April 19 when she was named the 2012 Fayette County Teacher of the Year (TOTY) at a ceremony held at
The weather was perfect and so was the setting on April 14 for the 5th Annual Fayette County Earth Day Festival held a Shakerag Knoll in Peachtree City. The festival
Shamrock Park in Tyrone was packed with canine contestants on April 14 at the 4th Annual Paws for a Purpose Charity Dog Walk sponsored by the Rotary Club of Fayette
The setting was the Veranda Historic Bed and Breakfast Inn on Seavy Street in Senoia. And the event was a culinary delight as more than 300 people dined under the
In an unusual case of high level legal backpedaling that throws at least four Fayette County Board of Education elections into disarray, a federal district judge last week in effect
The upcoming season of the “Walking Dead” television show begins filming near the end of May and will feature an expanded presence in Coweta County this year. Coweta County commissioners
The Coweta County Board of Education on April 17 named new principals who will assume their posts on July 1. Dr. Schwanda Jackson was appointed to serve as principal of
The 60-acre area in east Coweta County that has been the home to the longstanding Powers’ Crossroads Festival in east Coweta County was cleared on April 17 to become the
A request to display the company’s rental trucks in lieu of store-front signage at the U-Haul center proposed for the south side of Ga. Highway 34 at Aces Circle near
When it comes to outdoor events like a 5K Run/Walk or bike rides through a landscape of rolling hills there is nothing like the annual Race for Riley fundraiser. Now
The mold problem in the inmate shower areas at the Fayette County Jail should soon be a thing of the past. Fayette County commissioners on April 12 approved a bid
Two weeks ago the members of Holly Grove A.M.E Church in Peachtree City found an assortment of garbage and debris that had been dumped in the parking lot near the
Fayette County Sheriff’s Office investigators have arrested two people in connection with a burglary on Mann Road and two others in connection with an attempt to steal telephone lines on
Nearly 100 residents of Fayette and Coweta counties made their way to the gazebo in downtown Fayetteville on April 16 for the “Tax Day Gathering” sponsored by the Fayette County
If there is to be another sales tax vote for education this fall, conspicuously missing will be any mention of synthetic turf for the five high school stadiums. The turf
t looks like more and bigger signs will be coming to Fayetteville, but gas stations inside the city still can’t have more than six double-sided pumps. The Fayetteville City Council
