Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan is asking a superior court judge to overturn a panel’s ruling that he violated the county’s ethics rules when he was arrested May 23 by a Fayette sheriff’s deputy for possession of marijuana and driving with an expired truck tag.

The rain-filled skies over Piedmont Fayette Hospital Nov. 11 could not dampen the spirits of the 60 people in attendance for the groundbreaking of the new cancer center on the west side of the hospital that has been years in the making.

Peachtree City staff is proposing additional language to clarify how proposed exemptions to the city’s new business impact fee will be handled.

Early voting for the three runoff races for mayor and two Peachtree City council posts began in earnest Monday.

To vote this week, residents will have to travel to downtown Fayetteville to cast a ballot at the Fayette County Elections Office. The office is located in the county’s Stonewall government complex at the southwest intersection of Ga. highways 54 and 85.

Last week ended another season of Rivers Alive clean-up events sponsored by the Environmental Institute of Georgia (EIOG) and local governments across Fayette County. The five clean-up events saw participation from school students, city employees, elected officials and residents wanting to remove debris from roadways and waterways.

The T-Mobile store on Promenade Parkway across from Fayette Pavilion was burglarized twice last weekend. Three potential suspects are in custody in Clayton County after merchandise from the store was found in their vehicle.

The DECA Club at Whitewater High continues to make news in Georgia. The latest honor for the club came in October with the election of Krystin Glover, marketing teacher and DECA advisor, as president-elect of the Georgia DECA Board, Inc.

Starting Nov. 27, all fire stations in Fayetteville and unincorporated Fayette County, along with several in Peachtree City, will be accepting new, unwrapped toys for the annual U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots campaign.

The widening of Ga. Highway 74 south from Cooper Circle to Ga. Highway 85 is expected to begin this Tuesday, the Georgia Department of Transportation announced Monday.

A Union County man recently paroled for burglary and forgery convictions has been charged with a much more serious crime here in Fayette County.

William Jacob Nutt, 23, is charged with aggravated child molestation and statutory rape stemming from an alleged incident Nov. 1 with a 15-year-old relative, sheriff’s officials said. The victim disclosed the incident to her parents that day, and deputies were also notified the same day, sheriff’s officials said.

A plan to explore the redevelopment of three commercial areas in Fayetteville will be one of the few items on the Nov. 19 agenda.

Peachtree City staff is proposing additional language to clarify how proposed exemptions to the city’s new business impact fee will be handled.

The Fayette-Coweta Clyde Thomason detachment of the Marine Corps League recently celebrated the Corps’ 234 birthday. The youngest Marine present, Bill Stevens, left, and the oldest Marine present, Bob Machen, right, joined detachment Commandant George Dienhart at a birthday cake cutting ceremony Saturday, Nov. 7. Photo/Jim Daughtry.

Students from Sandy Creek and McIntosh, Tyrone town staff and citizens, totaling 36 people in all, pitched in Nov. 7 to pick up discarded items in the area around Line Creek in Tyrone as part of the Environmental Institute of Georgia-sponsored Rivers Alive clean-up program.

Property tax hike, budget cuts likely to avoid $2.7M shortage

Since Fayette residents voted down a new 1 percent sales tax, Peachtree City faces some difficult budget decisions.

Request comes from resident bitten by 2 dogs last year

A Peachtree City resident has asked the City Council to look into creating special requirements for owners of pit bull dogs.

The Town of Tyrone with the support of approximately 57 percent of voters Nov. 3 should be set to begin Sunday alcohol sales on Jan. 1.

Peachtree City residents ready to vote in the runoff election for the mayor and two city council seats can get their fix on in Fayetteville starting Monday.

Residents worried about cell towers allowed in new OS-P category

Peachtree City is about to undertake a massive rezoning effort aimed at protecting the city’s natural areas, greenbelts and passive parks by zoning them from the current open space designation to “open space-conservation.”

With its ongoing expansion, Peachtree City’s NCR campus is looking to expand its parking options as well.

A proposal to add more than 600 parking spaces was presented to the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night. Most of the parking will be pervious, which allows water to seep into the ground instead of into a water detention system.

When Peachtree City native Emily Breault needed a project idea for her college ecology class, she didn’t have to go very far for an idea.

The following arrests were made by Tyrone Police from Nov. 3-11. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Peachtree Ciy resident, Vic Hewes, will appear on “Veterans In Focus” on CNN tomorrow (Nov. 14) at 3 p.m. in a piece called “Vets Flying Vets.” Hewes is one of a number of veterans who work to rescue and restore WWII era aircraft and keep these historic planes in the air.

When it comes to Veterans Day events in schools there really nothing like the one held at Palmetto Elementary School. Now in its 14th year, the gym was again filled with students, teachers and community members intent on making a statement about their admiration and support for the U.S. military.

For the Coweta County School System it is a case of so far, so good when it comes to watching the budget and holding down expenses at this point in the 2009-2010 school year. Superintendent Blake Bass at the Nov. 10 board meeting challenged school principals to help continue what today is a system that is $1.2 million under budget.

“Im not afraid of the Tea Party people. I think I’m one of them.” Those were the words of Georgia Senate Majority Whip Mitch Seabaugh as he addressed a gathering of 60 people attending a Nov. 10 meeting of the Southern Crescent Tea Party Patriots at Maguire’s in Senoia.

It is well-known that an airport serves as both a mode of transportation and an economic engine for community. Newnan Coweta Airport manager Calvin Walker at the Nov. 3 meeting of the Coweta County Commission updated the board on airport operations and the local economic impact of the publicly-owned facility.

Coweta County commissioners last week approved the submission of an application for a federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) stimulus grant totaling $42,000 to be used to purchase routing software for the county’s transit system. Commissioners also approved the execution of a grant contract with the Georgia Dept. of Transportation (GDOT) and ARRA for a $20,800 no-match transportation grant awarded earlier this year.

The City of Newnan Police Department honors its Officer of the Year with the 2009 Newnan Coweta Jaycee Officer of the Year Award. Sgt. Charles Stapler received the award at the annual Newnan Coweta Jaycee Dinner on Nov. 7.

Despite heavy rains mostly all day yesterday and through the overnight and early morning hours, no significant flooding incidents have been reported in Fayette County.