With 777 homes in Fayette County identified as foreclosed properties, county and city officials are looking at a federal program that would provide up to $1.17 million toward fixing the problem.

One major county transportation project may be endangered after state officials have decided to withdraw federal funding.

An application for a new traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West will be considered again by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.

A plan to build 80 homes on 37 acres that are currently part of the Peachtree City industrial park was unveiled Monday night.

The Fayette County Association of Educators (FCAE) met last week so that school system employees could pose questions and get answers from legislators on the state’s position on impending education cuts.

A house fire Monday afternoon outside Fayetteville left no injuries but did cause extensive damage to the residence at 120 Smokemont Drive near Banks Road.

It will not be long before homeowners in Fayette and across Georgia find out the intentions of legislators dealing with the tax relief credit based on the homestead exemption that Gov. Sonny Perdue wants to withhold from county coffers.

Goal: to weed out ‘boarding houses’ and other improper residential uses

Fayette County may soon become the first county in Georgia to regulate personal care homes.

1st candidate to make formal announcement; may face incumbent Mayor Logsdon; 2 other slots to be decided this fall

Peachtree City Manager Bernie McMullen is recommending to the City Council an elimination of 23 positions, all of which are on the city's landscaping and mowing crews.

It is a work in progress. And the discussion and deliberation by Tyrone Planning Commission at the work session Thursday to continue efforts on the town’s Revised Sign Ordinance and Traditional Residential Zoning District moved closer to completion. They will likely be considered in regular session in coming weeks.

Donations sought to help family, which lost everything in blaze

A woman and three children safely escaped a house fire late Wednesday morning in downtown Fayetteville immediately adjacent to Allan Vigil Ford, officials said.

Donations are being sought to help the family which consists of one mother and eight children, ranging in age from 3 months old to 17 years old. The family lost everything in the fire, said the mother, Eronna Porter.

Lake McIntosh project would include ‘event center’

Pathway Communities is proposing to build a special event center with 12 cottages and an adjacent 80-unit residential development that would border the new Lake McIntosh water reservoir in Peachtree City.

New process would save hauling, create fertilizer

Peachtree City’s Water and Sewerage Authority is looking for a different, and cheaper, way to handle sludge disposal.

Millions of students around the country are jumping rope and raising funds to fight against heart disease and stroke this spring. The 2008-2009 school year marks the 30th anniversary of Jump Rope For Heart, an American Heart Association event promoting the value of physical activity to elementary school children, while showing them they can contribute to the community’s welfare.

Employees are the Fayette County School System’s most valuable and important resource. In order to serve students in the best possible way, the system works hard to attract the most highly qualified, innovative and dedicated teachers and staff.

The TDK production facility in Peachtree City is not expected to be one of the four plants the global company is shutting down worldwide, a company official confirmed today.

It is not immediately known if any job losses will occur at the plant, which employed 177 early this fall. The company announced yesterday that it was cutting approximately 8,000 jobs worldwide, some of which are contractor positions.

Planning is now underway for the 5th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Holiday Parade in Fayette County.

The Fayette County Branch of the NAACP is spearheading the plans to hold the 5th Annual Parade in celebration of Dr. King’s Birthday Holiday and would like to invite all community, civic, church, and other sponsored organizations to participate in the parade.

New Coweta Commissioners Rodney Brooks, L, and Al Smith attended their first meeting Tuesday night. They were welcomed to the board by chairman Paul Poole, and Poole also thanked the new commissioners’ spouses for the efforts they will be undertaking. Photo/John Munford.

New Coweta Fire Chief Johnny Teeters was introduced at Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Commissioners. He said he was looking forward to working with the excellent staff of the fire department. Photo/John Munford.

County also scales back courthouse renovation

The downturn in the economy has Coweta County officials tightening their budgets as well.

A company has been selected to renovate the lecture hall facility at the Newnan campus of the University of West Georgia.

Senoia City Council at its first meeting of the new year Jan. 5 approved the job description for the incoming police chief. The city will begin advertising internally Jan. 12. Officer Jason Edens was appointed interim chief after the resignation of former Chief Olitta Bennett in September.

Coweta County staff planned today to open the proposals submitted by at least two and perhaps three different financial firms on providing services to issue the bonds that will raise money for improvements to the county’s firefighting capabilities.

Architect picked for library roof

Coweta County has selected an architectural firm to handle the proposed re-roofing of the A. Mitchell Powell Library.

Starting Thursday, January 8th, work crews will begin rehabilitating East Broad Street in Newnan from the Pinson Street/ Farmer Street intersection out to the new roundabout.

1 dealer brought 3 small children, left them in car during deal

Two men were arrested by undercover drug agents for selling crack cocaine at two different convenience stores Tuesday in Fayette County, officials said.

The Fayette County Commission is turning down a request to issue a new round of tax bills to cover a potential $3.5 million shortfall for the public school system created by a hold placed on the funds by Gov. Sonny Perdue.

It looked to be a case of attempted shoplifting. But it came with a twist. Two Florida men are in custody after exiting Best Buy at Fayette Pavilion Tuesday and being stopped by sheriff’s deputies on Ga. Highway 314 in a mini-van loaded with stolen merchandise.

A woman and her three children safely escaped a house fire late this morning in downtown Fayetteville immediately adjacent to Allan Vigil Ford, officials said.

Despite heavy winds that added to the danger of the fire, firefighters were able to keep the blaze from spreading to a nearby home to the east, said Fayetteville Fire Lt. Bill Rieck.

The mother did not remember where the fire was first started, as she panicked about getting the children out of the home, Rieck said. An investigation into the fire is underway and it was noted there were several space heaters inside the home though that is not an indication one of them somehow started the fire, Rieck indicated.