The Peachtree City Planning Commission will get its first look Monday night at a plan to build an AutoZone at Wilshire Village on Ga. Highway 74 South.

Tyrone Planning Commission several months ago began the arduous task of going through the town’s previously approved Comprehensive Plan page by page to determine what changes might be needed. Those efforts continued at the Aug. 14 work session. Making their way through little more than a dozen pages of the voluminous document, commissioners’ only differences of opinion came on topics such as density and sewer.

Eatonton resident Jason Pollard, 29, who allegedly robbed the BP gas station on Ga. Highway 138 north Thursday morning is now in jail after being arrested at 11 p.m. Thursday, according to Fayette Sheriff's spokesperson Belinda McCastle. Pollard was a former resident of Fayette County, McCastle said.

Click here for the BP robbery video that helped lead to the Pollard's apprehension

Det. Josh Shelton credits the video being broadcast on Fox5 Atlanta for helping generate multiple tips on the Pollard's identity. The video led to multiple anonymous tips on the Pollard's identity, he said.

East Coweta faced off against Starr’s Mill in a preseason scrimmage last Friday.

It was over almost as soon as it began. A rezoning request Aug. 19 to Coweta County Commission by Orion R.E.I. to have the 7.78 acres at Ga. Highway 154 and Manchester Drive in Sharpsburg rezoned for the construction of eight office buildings totaling 50,000 square feet was defeated by a 3-2 vote with no discussion.

The rehabilitation of Coweta County’s historic courthouse includes more than the building itself. Nandinas and oakleaf hydrangeas adorning the courthouse grounds will be removed in coming weeks and will be available for sale later this year through Coweta County Extension Service’s Master Gardeners program.

The Coweta County Board of Education has appointed Newnan attorney Graylin Ward to the school board’s 4th district seat.

Ward, a resident of the Canongate neighborhood, will fulfill the unexpired term of Board member Brian Roy, which extends through the end of 2010.  Roy resigned from the board in March because of a family move to a new home out-of-county.

American Legion member Harold Barron was nothing if not persuasive. His request on behalf of the organization to have the Coweta County Commissioners contribute to the construction of Veteran’s Memorial Park in the Temple Avenue Park in Newnan was approved unanimously Aug. 19. The Commission agreed to allocated up to $125,000 for the project to honor Coweta’s veterans.

Piedmont Newnan Hospital has received approval on its Certificate of Need (CON) Application from the Georgia Department of Community Health, Division of Health Planning, for an outpatient imaging center at the Summit Healthplex on Highway 34 East.

They accomplish a lot with only a few staff. That was the message Aug. 19 as Coweta/South Fulton Forestry Unit Chief Ranger Terry Quigley gave his annual report of forestry unit activities to Coweta County commissioners.

The city of Newnan Police will start The School Familiarization Program this school year. Police officers will make city schools a part of their regular patrols. The program calls for officers to conduct foot patrols through all the schools within their assigned beat.

Parents of Coweta County School System students now have the opportunity to follow their children’s daily attendance, grades and other school matters online, with the opening of the Parent Portal.

Fayette County School Board held the first of three public hearings on the millage rate Thursday morning. Once approved at the final public hearing Aug. 28, the millage rate will increase from the current 18.596 mills to 19.75 mills.

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The AT&T store at the Fayette Pavilion was broken into early this morning, Fayetteville police said.

Thieves got away with one flat screen TV, but left behind another that had been removed from the wall, police said.

An agreement has been drafted for Peachtree City to pay $35,000 to the city's Tourism Association to help cover an expected year-end shortfall of $82,000.

By the time new 675-student school opens, the system will have 700 more slots than it has students to fill them

In 2004, building a new elementary school in the center of the county may have seemed like a good idea.

What a difference four years makes. Even as the Fayette County Board of Education held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the $9.9 million Rivers Elementary School Aug. 14, many taxpayers are debating the need for a new school while the economy is slumping and student growth is flat or declining.

Now that the new school zone times in Peachtree City are posted, the next job is to erect new larger school zone signs ... and new signs that will warn motorists before they enter the school zones.

A north Fayette teen has been arrested for molesting a 12-year-old girl, sheriff’s deputies reported.

Auston Wayne Relaford, 17, was charged with child molestation and enticing a child for indecent purposes, deputies said. The incident took place at a residence on Shenandoah Trace off Ga. Highway 138.

Georgia state School Superintendent Kathy Cox visits Sara Harp Minter Elementary Monday, taking time to read Jeff Foxworthy’s book, “Dirt on My Shirt,” to a room full of second-graders.

In a discussion about board meeting minutes, the Fayette County Board of Education Monday agreed to pursue putting an audio transcript of board meetings on the Internet.

Peachtree City tourism officials are proposing a significant change to the city’s annual summer concert series for next year.

The Fayetteville City Council responded to the slowing economy Aug. 14 by rolling back property taxes for 2008 to 2.988 mills, a decrease of .002 mills that matched the reassessment portion of the tax digest.

The Peachtree City Recreation Department is proposing to charge an annual $10 fee to city residents who use the Gathering Place for regularly scheduled events such as bridge groups and the like.

The economy may be slow, but that does not stop people from eating or buying groceries. With that in mind, Kroger in Towne Center Shopping Center in Fayetteville is looking to increase shopping space by 25 percent.

The Fayette County Board of Education voted unanimously Aug. 18 to approve a low bid by SunTrust Bank for a $12.5 million tax anticipation loan that will provide funds for expenses until property taxes come in later this year.

Last week, it was the U.S. Census Bureau that indicated Fayette’s once-vibrant growth engine has stalled.

This week, population estimates were released from the Atlanta Regional Commission that offers even more gloomy news on Fayette’s growth rate.

Severe amphitheater shortfall expected this year

Peachtree City tourism officials are proposing a significant change to the city’s annual summer concert series for next year.

Family and friends of former Peachtree City resident Dan Lakly held a special ceremony Saturday morning to unveil a city street that was renamed in his honor. Dan Lakly Drive, which runs in front of the McDonald’s where Lakly had coffee with friends every morning, was formerly known as Peachtree Crossing East. Lakly served as a city councilman, county commissioner and state legislator during his political career. He died in October of a heart attack. Photo/Special.