Senoia business owner and Fayette County resident Wendy Maguire has long been concerned about the over-population of dogs and cats. And recently the animal lover in her decided to put […]
Coweta County saw a significant drop in unemployment to 8.8 percent in November but it was Newnan that saw the jobless rate fall nearly a full percentage point to 10.2
It’s time for Coweta County’s after-Christmas tradition that makes good use of your Christmas tree. Now in its 21st year, the “Bring One for the Chipper” Christmas tree recycling event
It is an ambitious plan for parks and recreation in Senoia that would add substantially to the family-friendly landscape in coming years. The draft of the city’s 20-year Recreation Master
Where do most car break-ins happen in Fayette County? In Peachtree City and unincorporated areas of the county, thieves strike mostly vehicles parked at homes, while most Fayetteville cases occur
Officers check drivers on Rockaway Road just south of Ga. Highway 74, one of the late night locations where Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies and Peachtree City Police conducted road checks
Tyrone residents accustomed to using the Tyrone First Baptist Church as their voting location will begin using the Tyrone library instead beginning in 2012. The Tyrone Town Council on Dec.
Senoia Police are searching for three men responsible for the Dec. 23 armed robbery of a recycling business on Ga. Highway 16. No one was injured in the late night
Tyrone Police responded to an armed robbery Thursday morning at the AT&T store at Carriage Oaks Drive and Ga. Highway 74. The store manager was the only person in the
The new year will bring expanded services and a new name to the Meals on Wheels program in Coweta County. The re-named Meals on Wheels of Coweta, Inc. currently serves
Coweta County for more than two decades has provided a different type of after-Christmas tradition. And the tradition will continue this year as the “Bring One for the Chipper” Christmas
The Coweta County Schol System is reminding the parents of next year’s Pre-K children that they should mark March 12-23 on their 2012 calendar. That is because there will be
Fayetteville Police are looking for the person responsible for attempting to break open an ATM machine at the Heritage Bank on North Jeff Davis Drive just after midnight on Dec.
Student numbers are on a downhill slide at all of the county’s high schools and most of its elementary schools, according to figures from the Fayette County School System. Fewer
It was an exercise designed to provide another level of training in response to a shooter in a local school. State and local law enforcement officers arrived at Fayette County
It was something Willard Hair and the employees at Atlanta Trek Bicycles in Peachtree City thought would make a difference at Christmas. The bicycle store at Kedron Village Shopping Center
It looks like Fayette County might end the year with some of the lowest unemployment rates seen in quite some time. Fayette’s jobless rate fell to 8.1 percent in November
Maj. Stephen Waldrop is spending yet another Christmas on duty away from his family, this time an ocean away with the U.S. Army in Africa. “It’s the hardest thing of
It did not take State Sen. Mike Crane (R-Newnan) to start getting involved in the action under the Gold Dome. The new Dist. 28 Senator on Dec. 19 was named
The Kentucky-based Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC) on Jan. 9 will conduct a Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS)-certified course, AWR 147 Rail Car Incident Response, in Coweta County. The course
The Senoia City Council on Dec. 19 adopted the 2012 General Fund budget totaling $2.3 million. The budget represents an increase of nearly $200,000 over 2011 but is also nearly
Newnan Police on Thursday identified the body of a male found Dec. 19 by passers-by in a creek at the SummerGrove residential development as that of 17-year-old Senoia resident Blake
Fayetteville City Manager Joe Morton sat down last week for a non-political look back at 2011 and a look ahead at 2012. The look back included a large variety of
An Atlanta man and former Fayetteville resident has been charged with sexual battery after he fondled an elderly woman who considered him to be a family friend. Tony Cooper, 54,
Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three men Dec. 13 in connection with a residential burglary in unincorporated north Fayette County a day earlier. Fayette County Sheriff’s Investigators made three arrests
A 17-year-old Fayetteville resident sustained serious injuries early Sunday morning when he was struck while crossing Ga. Highway 74 in Tyrone. Tyrone Police Sgt. Eric DeLoose said the accident occurred
Who is that bearded guy? Santa Claus came to downtown Fayetteville recently to help the Fayette County Republican Party and their efforts to wrap Christmas presents for area residents. Closer
For Tyrone Mayor Don Rehwaldt it one was of his last official acts. Rehwaldt delivered is annual State-of-Tyrone address Thursday night at the last Town Council meeting of the year.
A Sharpsburg man faced multiple charges earlier this week when he damaged a vehicle while conducting a road test after the car had new tires installed at a Peachtree City
The time has come and the Senoia Welcome Center is open for business. The new facility located at 68 Main Street opened officially on Thursday and is set to provide
Unemployment figures for November will be out soon. And the news might be good for a change if the figures for October are any measure. Coweta County in October saw
The Chattahoochee Hills City Council last week voted to hire Fayetteville resident Jim Williams as the city’s new manager. Williams is no stranger to municipal government in Fayette and Fulton
Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three men Dec. 13 in connection with a residential burglary in unincorporated north Fayette County a day earlier. George Kshawn Hampton, 18, of Fayetteville, was
Another school system woe: Actual money collected from the education sales tax now is expected to fall nearly 17 percent short of original expectations, or $19.3 million less than projected.
