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Starr's
Mill gets retail center, 41
After repeatedly
stating that they didn't want it, members of the Fayette County Board
of Commissioners voted Thursday night to allow a commercial development
across from the Starr's Mill school complex because they said they simply
had no choice.
2
face charges of child molesting
Two local residents
have been arrested and charged with molesting children in separate incidents
that were recently reported to the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.
Restaurant
liquor by the drink in F'ville not likely until February
It will probably
be February before Fayetteville restaurants can start serving liquor.
Fayette's
'Gift of the Magi'
Getting a haircut
is no big deal.
Snowfall
comes a little early for Fayette this year; cold continues
The snowfall recorded
in Peachtree City early Tuesday morning nearly equalled the average
yearly snowfall for the area, according to the National Weather Service
in Peachtree City.
County
wells drying up
Dry weather over
the last three years has taken its toll on local wells.
Local
day care center under scrutiny for allegedly hurting 8-year-old child
A local day care
center is being investigated by a state licensing agency after two employees,
including the owner, have been arrested and accused of injuring an 8-year-old
girl.
Recent
rains refilling county's reservoirs
It's too soon to
start dancing in the streets to celebrate the end of the drought, but
recent rains have Fayette County's public water supplies in pretty good
shape.
Domestic
violence victims trying to hold on for the holiday season
December is usually
a slow month for the staff of the Fayette County Council on Domestic
Violence.
Daughter
can't move onto parent's land
A Fayette County
man seeking permission to build a house for his daughter on his land
was turned away last week by the Board of Commissioners.
PTC
robbery suspect lured back, caught
Peachtree City Police
have apprehended a former city resident accused of robbing two people
at gunpoint at the night deposit area of the Bank of America on Crosstown
Drive Nov. 16.
GSP
predicts 15 deaths this holiday
The Georgia State
Patrol is predicting that 15 people will die in automobile accidents
over the Christmas holiday period.
School
land purchase nears
Ongoing negotiations
on the purchase price of land for new school development could net the
Fayette County Board of Education a property purchase by the next work
session Jan. 8, according to Dr. John DeCotis, county school superintendent
Fayetteville
finance reports rated tops
The city of Fayetteville's
Finance Department is doing an excellent job, according to the Government
Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.
Reed
leaves Main Street post
Fayetteville is
looking for a new Main Street director.
Peeples
jugglers prepare to thrill
It's only 7:30 a.m.,
but the balls are already flying in the gym at Peeples Elementary.
The
Gift of the Magi
Editor's Note: Our
feature about two young girls who cut off their long, beautiful hair
as a donation for children who can't grow any (front page and opposite)
reminded us so much of the classic O. Henry tale "The Gift of the
Magi" that we just had to print it for you this week before Christmas.
Police
Blotter
Local
author to be on Fox
Fayetteville psychiatric
consultant and newly published author Gregory K. Moffatt is scheduled
to be on "Good Day Atlanta" on the Fox network Thursday, Dec.
21 to discuss his book, "Blindsided Homicide Where it is Least
Expected."
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