Don’t bring in tuition-paying out-of-county students to Fayette County schools, a plurality of survey takers told the Board of Education. Close to half the online survey respondents said the system […]
Fayette County public schools are known for their quality education and high student test scores. Those high scores continued in 2011 with Fayette students scoring even higher in the SAT
For Fayetteville Police Chief Steve Heaton it was a matter of slowing motorists down on three city roadways. The City Council at the Sept. 15 generally agreed, though Councilman Al
A traffic accident Sept. 20 involving a pickup truck (left background) and a Fayetteville fire truck at the intersection of North Glynn Street and Ga. Highway 92 in Fayetteville turned
Shakerag Knoll in Peachtree City on Sept. 17 and 18 was transformed into a large retail venue with enough shopping opportunities to rival the businesses in a small city. That
It is always good to receive an honor that is deserved and in the case of Peachtree City Elementary School the honor was one of national significance. The school was
Thirty-three-year-old Sharpsburg resident Eric Waters was found dead on the CSX railroad tracks near downtown Senoia during the nighttime hours of Sept. 6. Though he was apparently hit by the
Participants in the first Senoia Citizens’ Police Academy attended the recent graduation ceremony that marked the end of the six-week course. From left are (front row) Jacob Lowery, Susan Lowery,
A South Carolina woman was charged by Fayetteville Police with making false statements in a Sept. 10 incident that occurred at the home of her boyfriend in Fayetteville. The woman
It was like a preemptive strike based on the potential that the operation of a long-time local institution might be coming to a close. The Tyrone Town Council Sept. 15
The Centre for Performing and Visual Arts on Lower Fayetteville Road in Newnan is about to get a new neighbor. The Sept. 9 groundbreaking ceremony for the 16,000 square-foot Newnan
The Coweta County 2012 General Fund budget expected to be adopted later this month by county commissioners totals $59.1 million. County Finance Director Hans Wilson in a presentation to the
It was not the usual type of topic to surface during the public comments portion of a meeting of the Coweta County Commission. But that was the venue chosen by
The Central Educational Center’s Broadcast Video program is getting a boost thanks to Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). GPB has donated studio set pieces from its Atlanta production studios to CEC’s
A Sept. 13 report to the Coweta County Board of Education indicated that the recent downward trend in the school system’s collections of 1-cent sales tax (ESPLOST) revenues may have
The Fayetteville City Council on Sept. 15 will hear a proposal that would reduce the speed limit on Beauregard Avenue and South Jeff Davis Drive. The council will also hear
The average sales price of a home sold this year in Fayette County is slightly less than $230,000. If that’s a surprise, read on. There’s a reason the Fayette County
A Fayetteville man was one of four people killed Sept. 9 in a traffic collision on Interstate 10 in southern Arizona when his tractor-trailer rig crossed the median and struck
Fayetteville Main Street is known for sponsoring “Lunch on the Lawn” on the grounds of the old courthouse in downtown Fayetteville during the spring and summer months. But the Sept.
Peachtree City Police are searching for an armed robber that held up the Pit Stop convenience store on Ga. Highway 54 and Petrol Point in Peachtree City during the nighttime
James Waldrop Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution representative Bebe Moore is presented a Constitution Week proclamation by Tyrone Mayor Don Rehwaldt at the Sept. 1 Town Council
The state and national economies continue to languish, but the same cannot always be said of Coweta County. At its September meeting, Coweta County Development Authority President Greg Wright told
A retired teacher who once taught in Coweta and Fayette counties was sentenced on Sept. 2 to five years in prison after entering a guilty plea related to his arrest
Qualifying is over and up next for voters in Senoia and Palmetto is choosing who will represent them for the next four years. Voters in Senoia’s contested races will decide
It was a busy day for emergency responders around Coweta County. But Sept. 5 would have been much busier if the thunderstorms that barreled through the county Monday afternoon had
The attacks of September 11, 2001 are unique in American history. Like few other events, nearly everyone can remember where they were as the planes fell from the sky on
The Fayetteville City Council as expected at the Aug. 18 meeting approved a combined general fund and capital projects rollback millage rate of 3.441 mills, a two-hundredths of 1 percent
There is a new landscape beginning to emerge along the initial section of Phase 2 of the West Fayetteville Bypass. Virtually all the trees along the right-of-way and easement are
A Sept. 1 attempted robbery outside a Swanbrook Drive residence in Fayetteville was foiled when the husband fired shots in the air after a man ran into his yard and
UPDATED FOR PRINT, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011 — A female student at Fayette County High School faces charges relating to the forcible body piercing of a 13-year-old female during the
Fayette County’s economic picture developed some new shadows in recent weeks. June saw the worst jobless numbers on record while, last week, the county’s tax digest figures for 2011 were
Most popular schools for illegal out-of-county students: Fayette County and Sandy Creek high schools, Flat Rock Middle School, North Fayette and Burch elementary schools The Fayette County School System has
The events of Sept. 11, 2001 will be recalled across Fayette County this weekend in a variety of venues. Rising Starr Middle School near Peachtree City will hold a “10th
Fayetteville Police reported Sept. 2 that a Fayette County High School student was arrested on Aug. 26 on charges related to the forcible body piercing of a 13 year-old girl
