After more than 90 minutes of a sometimes heated discussion, the Tyrone Planning Commission decided to table a rezoning request from Joel Cowan Jr. for a new 169-home subdivision in the town.

PTC's 'delima': How to spend tax surplus

Thanks to an accounting adjustment in the city's favor, Peachtree City officials must decide whether to reduce the millage rate or put a substantial amount of unbudgeted funds into some deserving project.

Prove you live in Fayettem BOE orders parents

In an effort crackdown on non-Fayette County residents attending Fayette County schools, students have been asked to provide their school with an original copy of a gas or electric bill between Oct. 1 and Oct. 15. “The Board of Education wants to ensure that as taxpayers, you are only providing an education for students who are legitimate residents of Fayette County,” Superintendent John DeCotis wrote in a letter sent home with students last week.

Changes in graduation requirements to be aired

A community roundtable discussion on the latest changes in state-mandated graduation requirements for Georgia high school students will be held Thursday evening at 7 p.m. at the Lafayette Education Complex (old Fayette County High School) in Fayetteville.

F'ville sets jail monitor committee; seeks 'input'

Wanting to keep a close eye on county developments as they pertain to the proposed new jail, the Fayetteville City Council Monday night announced that a jail committee would be formed by the city to monitor the situation.

Big rig parkers get grandfathered in F'ville P&Z decision

New residents who move into Fayetteville will have to leave their tractor trailers parked somewhere else.

Fire strikes convenience store

Monday morning commuters on Ga. Highway 54 at Robinson Road in Peachtree City got an unexpected fireworks show, as flames shot from the roof of the Village Store on the southwest corner of that intersection.

Trash truck, van collision kills man

A Fayetteville man is dead after a head-on collision Monday morning on Tyrone Road between a trash truck and a van.

3 face drug charges after seatbelt stop

Three men face drug charges after a traffic stop for a seatbelt violation Sunday morning in Fayetteville.

Georgia's Y2K Task Force: Some agencies still not ready

The Georgia Citizens Y2K Task Force told Governor Roy Barnes that Georgians should have little or no worries about possible year-end computer failures impacting their essential services.

Fruit of vine at peak of perfection at local vineyard

Just outside Brooks on Ga. Highway 16, there is a modest fruit stand fronting the Ison's family vineyard of muscadine grapes. Every season, Leola Ison Hugeley sells between 300 and 400 boxes a week to motorists passing by who want fresh fruit or culls, the overripe grapes or those stung by bees, to make wine.

Juries rule on court cases

A pair of convictions were handed down by juries Tuesday in two separate criminal trials in Fayette County Superior Court.

New batteries needed for smoke detector

An average of three children a day — approximately 1,100 children under the age of 15 — die each year in house fires in the United States.

Flat Creek Nature Center in Peachtree City is flourishing just three years after it was created

Three years ago, the Flat Creek Nature Center was just a dream. Today, Marcia Brown, founder and environmental educator of the center, welcomes about 6,000 visitors annually.

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