Newnan Police Department has issued a warning of another of the internet scams that continue to plague the worldwide web. The most recent scam showed up through the department’s email, said Newnan Public Information Officer Gina Snider.

Low bidder Terry Jackson and Associates, Inc. won approval Feb. 2 from Coweta County Commission for the installation of a traffic signal at Poplar Road and Newnan Bypass East.

“Piedmont Newnan Hospital Sleep Center and the Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting and open house at the Sleep Center’s new location in Sharpsburg on January 22.

Senoia Police Capt. Jason Edens is sworn in Feb. 2 as the city’s new Police Chief. The 14-year veteran was sworn in by city court Judge Sharon Pierce at a brief ceremony following the city council meeting.

Governor’s Honors – held each summer at Valdosta State University - is a highly competitive six-week summer instructional program designed to provide intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year.

Suspects ditched car off Redwine Road near church

A burglary in progress call led Fayette sheriff's deputies to quickly arrest two suspects early this afternoon.

One of the suspects got away on foot briefly but was found within minutes, according to radio traffic broadcast during the incident.

In the wake of numerous recent entering auto cases, the Peachtree City Police Department is asking the public to report suspicious activity both at home and elsewhere in the city, officials said.

By Ben Nelms and Cal Beverly

As the Fayette County School System grapples with an upcoming deficit of between $11.7 million and $14.5 million out of a $197 million yearly budget, personnel cuts are being considered.

For NAACP Fayette Branch Legal Redress Chair Geraldine Grant, it is about doing what is right.

And what she said was right was the Nov. 8 filing of a voter fraud complaint to the national NAACP office over the local branch election in November in which she and others ran for office. Her complaint has been dismissed by the national office, but Grant is appealing the decision.

The Peachtree City Council is expected to vote Thursday night on whether to apply for another traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West to serve a proposed shopping center.

A committee studying a defined benefits pension plan for Fayette County employees is recommending that all the plan proposals be rejected so it can continue looking at “multi-employer plan options.”

Peachtree City City Manager Bernie McMullen will propose a number of other areas to cut as the city tries to whittle down an anticipated $3.5 million shortfall in the coming fiscal year’s budget.

A Peachtree City woman has taken it upon herself to fight for the jobs of 23 landscaping and mowing employees who are facing layoffs and replacement by private contractors.

Atlanta Police are still investigating the case of a 29-year-old Peachtree City woman found dead of a gunshot wound in a sport-utility vehicle in northwest Atlanta Sunday. Investigators are also attempting to locate the woman’s next of kin.

The Fayette County Branch of NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) held a press conference Jan. 31 in Fayetteville to focus attention on two recent church shootings at Flat Rock A.M.E. Church in central Fayette and Bethlehem Baptist Church in Peachtree City. Gunshots struck the two churches while they were unoccupied. The FBI is investigating the mid-January shootings.

PTC may spend $14K to design connection, allow closing of problematic path

Drawing up a potential solution to cart path-related woes in the Cedarcroft subdivision will be up for a vote Thursday night by the Peachtree City Council.

Fayetteville City Council will have a short agenda Thursday night, but it will be one with an uplifting beginning. City employees Timothy Bolton and Karen Austin and E-911 operator Carmen Rivera will receive a proclamation for helping save a life.

For Fayetteville Water Department employees Timothy Bolton and Karen Austin, it was not work as usual.

But their efforts Jan. 26, and those of E-911 dispatcher Carmen Rivera, saved the life of a man who collapsed in his yard in full cardiac arrest.

Reading and memorizing a poem is one thing, but making it come alive in front of an audience is a real feat and that is exactly what Fayette’s elementary students did at the county’s annual Recitation Festival.

The Fayetteville Police Department is seeking local citizens to attend its third annual Citizens Police Academy.

The academy consists of two-hour classes on Tuesday nights starting at 6:30 p.m. March 17. Different areas of police work will be covered each week, taught by certified police officers, supervisors and civilian instructors with special expertise.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty:

The Quality Assurance Review Team of AdvanceED has recommended the Fayette County School System for District Accreditation as a quality school system.

The team has been undefeated in the past two seasons.  The McIntosh Academic Team competed in five Regional Academic Bowl events to finish first in the 8 county Griffin RESA area. The top 5 Varsity and Jr.

Fayette’s middle schools had the most placements at the Griffin RESA Regional Academic Bowl, resulting in the teams securing three of the top five.

Parents of students who are eligible to attend the Fayette County School System’s pre-K program can register their children for the 2009-2010 school year in February-March.

Increase needed to fund $15M for Lake McIntosh reservoir

Faced with borrowing an estimated $15 million to complete the Lake McIntosh reservoir, Fayette County officials will be considering an increase in water rates this year and next.

***Update-4:52 p.m.*** Atlanta Police have confirmed that they are working with Peachtree City Police in an attempt to locate relatives of the 29-year-old woman found dead Sunday in a vehicle in northwest Atlanta, according to Atlanta Police spokesperson Officer James Polite.

Changes include hike in medical premiums, shrinking building staff and no pay raises

Peachtree City City Manager Bernie McMullen will propose a number of other areas to cut as the city tries to whittle down an anticipated $3.5 million shortfall in the coming fiscal year’s budget.

Instead of raising taxes to cover a revenue shortfall next fiscal year, Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon wants to reorganize and streamline city operations to get by without a property tax increase.

Bill would outlaw cellphone use for drivers under 18

The Youth Council Serving Fayette County is asking legislators to put a halt on a potential law that would ban all cellphone use for drivers under 18.