Canongate Road will be closed through early August at Persimmon Creek in northeast Coweta County. A faulty culvert will be replaced where Canongate Road crosses Persimmon Creek, just south of the entrance of Persimmon Creek subdivision.    

Official state reports for individual students from the April administration of this year’s Criterion Referenced Test (CRCT) have arrived in schools.

Summit Family YMCA will hold its first “Race for a Cause” 5K, 10K and 1-Mile Family Fun Run on June 20. The races will benefit Partner With Youth.

Unprepared Families Must Act Now to Be Ready for Digital Television on June 12th

Today, with only 11 days left until the digital television transition, DTV Assistance Centers and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF) are urging unprepared households to apply for a converter box coupon as soon as possible.  Households that fail to apply now risk receiving a coupon after June 12th and ultimately scrambling without television for weeks, left without a connection to emergency alert information. 

The Fayetteville Police Department would like to remind motorists that the ‘work zone’ speed limit of 35 mph remains in effect during the duration of construction on Jimmie Mayfield Boulevard. Scheduled completion date is September 2009.

Busted for pot, Post 1 commissioner declines to step down; ethics charges may follow.

Editorial column: Horgan violated county ethics code

Letters: readers call for resignation

View arrest report.

When people move from Fayette County, where do they move to?

The answers from the Atlanta Regional Commission might surprise you.

It is about 600 students and counting for the still-new Peachtree City campus of Clayton State University.

Dr. Kevin Demmitt, Clayton State’s administrator in Fayette County, said recently the growth in the number of students at the campus has been phenomenal. Demmitt said he expects that trend to continue, along with increased degree options.

When it comes to the Georgia High School Graduation Test, Fayette County students could hardly do better.

Countywide totals for students on the four individual test components showed a pass rate of 95 to 98 percent.

The graduation ceremony at Fayette County’s Whitewater High School Friday night was viewed by the customary mass of family and friends on hand for the once in a lifetime occasion.

The Fayette County School Board made a change in the school system’s organizational structure Monday night, approving an organizational chart that divides many of the duties of outgoing Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Lyn Wenzel between Deputy Superintendent Fred Oliver and Assistant Superintendent for Operations Sam Sweat. Wenzel’s position at central office will not be filled.

A Fayette County High School student just hours away from graduating Friday was charged with carrying a weapon on school grounds. Though arrested at a location on North Glynn Street, Jarmon Elder told officers the handgun had been in his vehicle while he had been at the school attending graduation practice.

The Fayetteville City Council June 4 will hear the second reading and vote on an annexation and rezoning request involving a 1-acre lot on North 85 Parkway. The property is currently zoned Highway Commercial (C-H) in the county. Applicant Charles Meadors is asking that, if annexed, the property be zoned M-1 (Light Manufacturing).

And then there were two.

A Peachtree City resident has announced he will seek election as the city’s mayor this November.

Off duty cop busts auto thief

A Fayetteville teenager was caught in the act Saturday while trying to make off with loot from an off duty police officer’s vehicle in unincorporated Fayette County, officials said.

County hopes to expand to other areas; decision up to DCA officials

Fayette County is working on a program to provide downpayment assistance to homebuyers purchasing foreclosed homes.

Sixteen "Most Improved Fifth Graders" were honored by the Metro Fayette Kiwanis at a reception held for their families and teachers.

Click the above headline to see all 10 photos, two from each school

A proposal to build 80 homes, an event center and 12 villas on a 37-acre site near Falcon Field Airport will be vetted by the Peachtree City Planning Commission Tuesday night.

What had become a temporary home for a peacock in the vicinity of businesses at 6000 Shakerag Hill in Peachtree City ended Thursday morning as Peachtree City firefighters corralled the large bird with the help of a citizen who then took the peacock home to care for it. It is not known where the peacock came from or how it ended up in the center of the city.

Visitors checked out the memorial pavers at Tyrone’s new Veterans’ Park Monday for the city’s Memorial Day ceremony. Guest speaker Ret. Col. Don Dickinson implored veterans to share their stories instead of remaining silent so others can appreciate the necessity of war. Photo/John Munford.

It’s about to get to number-crunching time once again in Peachtree City.

City staffers are working furiously to hammer out the final city-manager approved version of the budget that typically represents the recommendation to City Council. It is expected that version of the budget will be available by Wednesday, several days in advance of the city’s planned budget workshop meetings.

Registration for participants in Peachtree City’s July 4th parade starts Monday at 8 a.m. for city residents, churches, service organizations and businesses.

Preliminary figures for April released by Georgia Department of Labor (DOL) earlier this week showed Fayette County’s estimated unemployment rate at 7.6 percent, up from the March revised figures of 7.4 percent. Unemployment across the 10-county Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) area rose from 8.8 percent in March to 8.9 percent in April.

Peachtree City’s high median income is again hitting the city in its pocketbook.

The city is basically ineligible for many grants and other federal funding because the median income is so high. While that’s not the case for transportation funding from the federal stimulus package, the city is likely to see pennies compared to other jurisdictions.

Employees can ditch city phone, be reimbursed instead

Peachtree City employees who remain on call when off duty now have the option of using their own personal cellphone instead of a city-issued one.

Social Studies students at Starr’s Mill High were determined to send more World War II veterans this year on a one-day trip to see their memorial in Washington, D.C.

Public calls for resignation; Horgan apologizes for 'incident': click here to view arrest report.

Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan has decided not to resign despite his arrest Saturday for smoking marijuana in his truck, which also had an expired tag.

Horgan, who had not spoken publicly about the incident, broke his silence Thursday night as he briefly addressed citizens attending Thursday night’s commission meeting.

Homeowner in path of road disputes chairman's account of postponement

UPDATED FRIDAY 2:18 p.m.

With no advance warning, the Fayette County Commission again postponed a vote on the proposed alignment of the second phase of the West Fayetteville Bypass Thursday night.

Commission Chairman Jack Smith said the county was unable to get some information for a homeowner whose house would be eliminated as part of the alignment. Also, that homeowner, Randy Blount, was unable to provide some information to the county as well, Smith said.

Senoia Police officers involved in a March 3 incident where two people were shot at a Stallings Road residence have been cleared of any wrongdoing, with Assistant District Attorney Raymond Mayer saying May 22 that the injuries were not the result of excessive force and that the officers actions were lawful.