UPDATED Tuesday, Oct. 7
A Peachtree City man was charged Sunday after his two pit bulldogs escaped a fenced backyard and attacked a jogger and the jogger’s leashed dog in the area of Flat Creek Golf Club west of North Peachtree Parkway.

88-acre tract in West Village area sought by Wieland; also on tap: annexation of 35-acre ‘island’

This ‘Ultimate Fisherman’ is a woman named Georgia

Most contestants who participate on reality TV shows leave virtually empty-handed, walking away with little more than brief face time in front of a national audience.

You’re using a lot less water, so your Peachtree City sewer bill is about to go up.

If that doesn’t make sense, read on.

Long-time local businessman chided for mentioning Rep. Lynn Westmoreland

Long-time Fayetteville auto repair shop owner Richard Hoffman was ready to testify before the Small Business Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives two weeks ago.

The third-quarter financial loss of a bank with several local branches added to the financial insecurity gripping Fayette’s residents over the last few weeks.

Saturday mornings are a good time to catch up the all kinds of chores, or maybe to go on a family outing. For others, it is a time to help clean up what others mess up. A dozen kids and adults did just that Oct. 4, combing the brush and banks of Morning Creek at Ga. Highway 314 in Fayetteville for trash that litters the area.

It may not be a topic that is foremost on most people’s minds, but it is a certainty that every home and business in Fayetteville uses its services.

The Fayette County Commissioners voted unanimously last week to proceed with a ZIP code change for residents in northern Fayette County, a development that has been talked about for decades.

Last week the Fayetteville Police Department received its state re-certification award at the City Council Meeting.

The department was originally state certified in 1998, re-certified in 2003 and now again in 2008. The State Certification Program is sponsored by the Georgia Association of Chiefs of Police and sets specific standards of best police practices.

The right lane of Peachtree Parkway south on the northbound side will be closed starting this week to make room for a path, tunnel and stormwater improvement project.

The Music and Arts store at The Avenue in Peachtree City was robbed today, police said.

The suspect approached and followed an employee into the store from the back door and took an undisclosed amount of money, police said.

Congress approves $700 billion bailout; bill signed by President

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the $700 billion bailout plan to acquire a significant amount of bad debt to stabilize the country's financial market.

Update: Roderick Calvin Thomas was sentenced Friday morning to life without parole by Coweta County Superior Court Judge A. Quillian Baldwin in the murder of 17 year-old Heather Rhodes on March 30, 2004. Thomas was found guilty Thursday on two dozen counts related to Rhodes’ murder, the shooting of two men at a Newnan apartment and the attack on several others present.

First Baptist plans fun for all age groups at The Bridge

“The Bridge,” Peachtree City’s new community center has built a loyal following from the younger crowd, and that’s before the facility’s grand opening extravaganza this weekend.

Would add either $1.50 or $3 to average residential sewer bill

Peachtree City’s sewer authority will discuss two possible rate increase scenarios at its meeting Monday night.

Wiring stolen from lights at soccer field

The lights at the soccer field at Peachtree City’s Meade Field complex should be back up and running this weekend, officials said.

The fourth annual Senoia car show proved a huge success last weekend as residensts and visitors enjoyed vintage-model cars, along with a variety of food and a street dance on a perfect fall Saturday.

A company that produces a new style of artificial turf for sports fields is relocating its corporate headquarters to Peachtree City, it was announced this afternoon.

The Landmark War Eagles hosted the Fellowship Paladins for homecoming last Friday night and sent the large crowd away happy with a 35-0 victory. The homecoming week festivities included themed dress days for the students, a pep rally, and a special alumni dinner on the campus prior to the game. During halftime, the 2008 – 2009 Homecoming Court was presented.

The city of Senoia is in process of beginning the search for a new police chief. The search comes after the recent retirement of Police Chief Olitta Bennett. Senoia Police Officer Jason Edens has been appointed interim chief.

Senoia’s library employees are now county employees as the city rapidly moves towards ending its financial responsibility with the library.

Six Coweta County schools that were reported as having not met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements earlier this summer have been reported as having met AYP, in a revised report issued by Georgia Department of Education on Tuesday.

Piedmont Newnan Hospital has been selected as a winner of the 2008 VHA Inc. Georgia Regional Leadership Awards in the Operational Excellence category for their improvements in the operating room that increased patient care and improved patient and physician satisfaction. 

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a forum on education funding tonight from 6-8 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church on 206 Willowbend Road in Peachtree City.

A Fayetteville man was arrested on drug charges Sept. 30 after an officer was unable to get a response from him when his car was found in the drive-thru lane at the Chick-fil-A restaurant at Banks Station shopping center.

Feds send strategic reserve oil to 2 refineries to help alleviate Ga.'s gas shortages

ATLANTA – U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman approved a request Oct. 1 from Governor Sonny Perdue for additional releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to refineries in the Gulf Coast region.

ATLANTA, GA – October 1, 2008 – Mayor Shirley Franklin and Clear, the fast pass for airport security, as of Oct. 1 officially opened Clear’s signature fast pass program at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

No big changes foreseen for Fayette’s Wachovia customers

It was an extraordinarily nervous day for many residents Monday as a harmonic convergence of events sent the country’s financial markets on a wild ride.

Peachtree City resident David Cree filed a complaint Monday with the Georgia State Ethics Commission, charging that state School Superintendent Kathy Cox violated state ethics statutes during an Aug. 18 visit to Minter Elementary School in Fayette County by openly lobbying for the upcoming 1 cent sales tax (ESPLOST) vote and explaining to those present in the cafeteria how a political action committee could be formed on behalf of the initiative.