Final results from this week's runoff election are complete, with just a few potential extra ballots coming in from military absentee ballots remaining.

Smola pushes for 1-cent sales tax for schools; Todd charges ‘hurry-up’

It was pretty much a foregone conclusion that Fayette County School Board members Monday night would adopt a resolution to put a 1-percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) on the November ballot. And that is what happened.

Higher taxes are on the minds of the Fayette County Board of Education. Three of the five members voted Aug. 4 to put a 1-percent sales tax hike on the ballot in November. Next week, on Aug. 11, they are scheduled to set the ad valorem property tax millage rates. Both items will bring tax increases for Fayette taxpayers.

Back in the 1980s, Fayette County was looked upon as shining beacon in the Atlanta region and New Jersey rocker Bruce Springsteen topped the charts with “Glory Days.”

But fast forward two decades, and some people are beginning to wonder if the county’s glory days can be seen only in the rear view mirror.

Though Peachtree City is keeping its millage rate the same this year, it will still result in a property tax increase, netting the city an additional $17,000 for the 2008-2009 budget.

An existing shopping center on the city’s east border and owners of 35 acres in the West Village area want to come into Peachtree City.

As in many cities, costs for providing police, fire and emergency medical services takes up nearly half of Peachtree City’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2009. The new $27.48 million budget is expected to be approved by the City Council Thursday night.

A Fayetteville man arrested for cocaine possession Saturday morning managed to briefly escape from a patrol car after he kicked out the rear windshield while the vehicle was moving.

For Jan Grogan it was an idea that made sense. The north Fayette resident just completed the installation of 54 solar panels on the roof of her barn.

Fayetteville Police are investigating two purse snatchings that occurred within hours of each other Thursday, one at the Fayette Pavilion and the other at the nearby Uptown Square shopping center.

Sewer rate increases, stiffer penalties for loitering and new residential and retail development proposals: Each of these were reviewed July 17 by Fayetteville City Council and all should be up for a vote at the Aug. 7 meeting.

Nearly pristine Aberdeen Parkway is about to become a little less pristine.

Peachtree City has approved only the second curb cut ever allowed onto thickly wooded Aberdeen Parkway for an 11,000-square-foot office building planned for the southwest corner of the eastbound parkway’s intersection with Northlake Drive.

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

Residents should prepare for a long evening at Thursday night's Town Council meeting. Included on the agenda is discussion of a community sewer ordinance along with the elimination of impact fees for public safety, library and recreation projects.

The office of Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle will hold a listening session for Fayette County residents on Thursday, Aug. 7 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. in the council chambers at Fayetteville City Hall, located at 240 S. Glynn Street.

Things got a bit testy Monday night as Fayette County School Board members discussed putting a one-percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) on the November ballot. The subsequent vote in favor of the initiative was no surprise.

A storm passing through Fayetteville Sunday damaged one of the buildings at Lafayette Educational Center (LEC) on Lafayette Avenue in Fayetteville. School system staff have been temporarily relocated to other on-campus areas.

A woman abducted by two men in Decatur in the early morning hours Aug. 2 was driven to a secluded location on Trickum Creek Road in Tyrone where she was raped. The woman later escaped and made her way to a residence from which police were notified.

An existing shopping center on the city’s east border and owners of 35 acres in the West Village area want to come into Peachtree City.

Culture and Recreation comes in 2nd at 18.4%; recreation fees pay only 15% of rec programs’ costs

As in many cities, costs for providing police, fire and emergency medical services takes up nearly half of Peachtree City’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2009. The new $27.48 million budget is expected to be approved by the City Council this Thursday night.

What might be surprising is what comes in second: “Culture and recreation” at $5 million, about 18.4 percent of the total city budget.

Nearly pristine Aberdeen Parkway is about to become a little less pristine.

Peachtree City has approved only the second curb cut ever allowed onto thickly wooded Aberdeen Parkway for an 11,000-square-foot office building planned for the southwest corner of the eastbound parkway’s intersection with Northlake Drive.

New Peachtree City Police Chief H.C. “Skip” Clark will ask the City Council Thursday night to OK a $13,000 donation to start a two-dog, two-handler K-9 unit.

Faced with a contingency fund of less than $80,000 for the remainder of this fiscal year, the Peachtree City Council will decide Thursday night on ponying up $10,000 as its share of an interchange modification study.

The site of Peachtree City’s first Japanese cuisine restaurant will soon be the destination for sushi and steak lovers again.

The place you are most likely to have a wreck in Peachtree City is right where you’d probably guess: The busy intersection of Ga. highways 54 and 74.

A man and a woman were treated for minor injuries and released Friday afternoon following the crash of a small airplane just southeast of Peachtree City’s Falcon Field, police said.

Meetings of school boards are usually not the most heavily attended of the meetings held by elected officials in any county. Fayette County School Board’s meeting Thursday night to get public comment on whether to put a one-percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) on the November ballot was a possible exception. Eighteen of the 75 people in the room signed up to have their say. And their near unanimous position: bring on the SPLOST.

Isn’t it great when lawns and outside plants can be watered from above ground rather than below? Drought or not, that is what happened this week in Fayette, as welcome storm clouds brought more than two inches of rain to much of Fayette County.

The Peachtree City Library has confirmed that 23 consecutive time New York Times bestselling author, Stuart Woods, will be headlining the second annual Peachtree City Literary Festival, September 19-21.

An old Peachtree City landmark that sat on the site of what will be the permanent offices of Whitlock Ellis Wealth Management came tumbling down Tuesday, July 15.