Peachtree City police have issued a warning on a person accused of fraudulent credit card use.

The suspect, Danyez Hines, 18, is going to hotels and motels and using a fraudulent credit card to charge rooms, police said. The hotels don't find out about the card until the next day when the suspect has left, police said.

Gov. Sonny Perdue Wednesday sent a letter to Georgia school superintendents announcing his intention for the state to grant school systems flexibility in how funds are spent during the state’s current spending reduction plans.

Avenue submits appraisal at five times value of city's appraisal; meeting set for Thursday afternoon

More than 10,000 have voted early, as registration increases by 25% over 2004 numbers

The intense voter interest in the November General Election is being reflected in the unprecedented increase in registered voters — nearly 8,000 new voters have signed up in Fayette County since the July primaries just three months ago.

Peachtree City’s planning commission is recommending that a 35-acre parcel be annexed into the city despite there being no accompanying development plan.

Shaker Recruitment Consultants and The Citizen Newspapers of Fayetteville, Ga., along with seven other suburban Atlanta newspapers, have launched www.AtlantaJobs.com.

Fayetteville’s loss is Peachtree City’s gain.

Nancy Price, who has served as Fayetteville’s Main Street and Downtown Development Authority director, confirmed Monday that she will head to Peachtree City Nov. 3 to serve as the new director of the Frederick J. Brown Amphitheater.

196 townhomes proposed for 86-acre site

A newly-tweaked proposal to change an 86-acre tract from industrial to residential zoning for a 321-home subdivision was presented to the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night.

The Fayette County Commission wants a little more information before it signs off on Peachtree City’s latest annexation request.

A Peachtree City man was arrested early Saturday morning after he threatened some people at the Red Room nightclub with a handgun, police said.

Southern Community Bancshares, Inc. announced Oct. 10 that its bank subsidiary, Southern Community Bank, has agreed to the entry of a ”cease and desist” order with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance.

According to the news release, the bank’s holding company sold $2 million in common stock to inject new capital into the bank to comply with the order.

The buyers of the common stock are members of the bank’s board of directors and represent a Who’s Who of Fayette area businessmen.

A request to rezone an 88-acre tract off Ga. Highway 74 and south Kedron Drive from industrial to residential use for a 350-home subdivision will be considered by the Peachtree City Planning Commission tonight.

The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) and Clayton State University will provide a seminar of how Georgians can protect their savings in today’s tumultuous economic environment through FDIC insurance.

A tornado touched down briefly Oct. 8 at the Fayette Pavilion in Fayetteville, causing “moderate structural damage” in the busy shopping center, according to a revised storm report from the National Weather Service office in Peachtree City.

One of the longest-serving elected officials in Fayetteville’s history is dead.

Former Mayor Jack D. Dettmering, age 79, died Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. He was born on Dec. 26, 1928 to Lindley O’Neal and Louvale Brown Dettmering.

Campaign signs in many contests for elected office are removed illegally with far more frequency than many people might imagine. But an incident Oct. 5 in Tyrone was one that resulted Fayette County School Board member Janet Smola accusing Tyrone resident Dick Shelley of being caught red-handed removing her signs for the November election from a location at Carriage Oaks Drive along Ga. Highway 74.

F-18s will fly out of Falcon Field

The best way for local residents to attend the Great Georgia Airshow Saturday and Sunday is on a golf cart.

Golf carts will be allowed to park in designated areas near Falcon Field, and handicapped vehicles will also be able to park at the field as usual.

A shopping center developer is making a second overture for state approval of a new traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West.

Peachtree City will be getting a new restaurant next month as Sushi Tomi takes the place of the former Sushi Yoshi restaurant off Ga. Highway 74 north near Wisdom Road.

Tyrone’s Planning Commission made a move Thursday to potentially adjust three overlapping development district boundaries currently on the books. The outcome of the Oct. 9 work session was designed to solve the issue of the overlapping boundaries of the Main Street District and Traditional Residential area included in the town’s Comprehensive Plan and the Town Center District included in the zoning ordinance. Currently under consideration is a proposal to do away with the Main Street District by wrapping it into and expanding the Town Center District while squaring off and expanding the Traditional Residential area.

A Tyrone man was injured Thursday afternoon in a traffic accident at Ga. Highway 74 and Ga. Highway 54. The man was life-flighted to Atlanta Medical Center with unknown injuries.

The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) and Clayton State University will provide a seminar of how Georgians can protect their savings in today’s tumultuous economic environment through FDIC insurance. The free, two-hour program is sponsored by Heritage Bank and will include a question-and-answer session.

It is a venue designed to fill every culinary expectation.

The Georgia Dept. of Revenue has informed Coweta County that an additional levy of $108,173 in taxes is needed to correct property assessments the state claims are lower than the 40 percent of fair market value required by law. But the commissioners Oct. 7 decided to appeal the Dept. of Revenue Sept. 19 letter that said the county’s combined ratio was 35.94 percent. The commissioners said taxpayers should not be burdened with another tax bill unless completely necessary.

The Coweta County Commission is expected in November to consider to purchase a ladder truck for the county fire department. The item was on the Oct. 7 agenda but the board agreed to postpone discussion until next month. Fire Chief Bill Haynes recommended the purchase of a 2009 Sutphen Custom SPH-100 Aerial Platform from Williams Fire Apparatus for $1.058 million.

The Senoia City Council is expected to decide Oct.20 about a conditional use request that would allow a group home run by a religious organization on Stallings Road.

Piedmont Newnan Hospital (PNH) celebrated the first anniversary of the Rehabilitation Services, Outpatient Department with a breakfast for medical staff and outpatient rehab patients today.  Speakers included PNH CEO Michael Bass, Chief Operating Officer Nathan Nipper, Director of Rehabilitation Cynthia Finney, Outpatient Rehabilitation Coordinator Karen Barber and recently discharged outpatient rehabilitation patient Sally Taylor.

Crystal methamphetamine found in vehicle compartment

A quick-thinking Fayette County deputy sheriff is being credited for intercepting 100 pounds of crystal methamphetamine in Tyrone early Wednesday evening.

Peachtree City police have released this sketch of the person who robbed the Music and Arts store at The Avenue in Peachtree City Sunday morning.

The suspect had a tattoo on his neck that says "Thug" in cursive or script writing, said Capt. Rosanna Dove of the Peachtree City Police Department.

The suspect also had a tattoo that began near his wrist, but the victim only saw a small part of it, Dove said.

Click HERE to view our photo gallery from the event this morning.

The second wave of World War II veterans from Fayette and surrounding counties are on their way to Washington, D.C. this morning for their day-long trip to visit the WWII Memorial.

The veterans and their guardians - who will assist them during the trip - departed after a spirited breakfast at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church that featured music from Peachtree Jazz Edition.

As they boarded the buses, a small crowd that braved the rain cheered the veterans and wished them well on their trip, waving flags and goodbye as they depart on their trip, which is completely free of charge to veterans thanks to donors to Honor Flight Fayette.