Not many teachers can say they have worked in the profession for 40 years.

Vivian D. Young can.

After 40 years of teaching, all in Fayette County, Young will officially retire Friday, June 1.

Synovus, the Columbus, Georgia-based diversified financial services company today announced plans to merge three Synovus banks.

The Fayette County Democratic Committee will gather for a brunch meeting on Saturday, June 16. The meeting will be held at Onyxx restaurant in Fayetteville at 10 a.m. Brunch will be available for $7/person.

Three Fayette students were among the top 100 selected to compete in the Georgia Geography Bee.

Robert Worley, 8th grade, J.C. Booth Middle; Sanjay Sridaran, 8th grade, Rising Starr Middle and Sam Burgess, 4th grade, Braelinn Elementary qualified to compete in the statewide event after taking a written test administered by the National Geography Bee.

Fayette always has a strong showing at the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program and this year is no exception.

A total of 25 students from Fayette’s five high schools will participate in the six-week study program this summer in Valdosta. The program provides intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners.

An assistant principal at Whitewater High School was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with DUI while driving a golf cart, police said.

The Peachtree City City Council will appoint a committee to recommend Scottish-themed names for Peachtree City’s West Village at the July 19 City Council meeting. The five-member committee will be chaired by former Peachtree City Mayor Fred Brown.

Police say speed may have played a role in a Friday afternoon wreck on Peachtree Parkway that seriously injured a Sharpsburg woman.

A witness told police that he saw the 2001 Toyota Corolla going “extremely fast” moments before the car crashed into a patch of trees in the median just south of Windgate Road, said Police Chief James Murray.

The following text is a news release issued by Peachtree City in reference to a waiver that will allow unregistered golf carts to be used in the city for the July 4 holiday.

It is like most every Saturday at Serenbe.

Palmetto Elementary School student Kendell Redding receives the Most Improved Student Award for 2007, presented at a recent ceremony by Old Campbell County Kiwanis Club.

Nine cub scouts and their families from Pack 373 sponsored by St.

CSX Railroad may get what it wants from Fairburn, but only if it makes good on issues that have plagued the city, and municipal neighbor Palmetto, for many years. Fairburn planning commissioners Tuesday tied their recommendation on the railroad’s expansion plans to a dozen conditions, including repairing and maintaining the three degraded and dangerous overpasses and consideration of establishing a “quiet zone” for the customary train whistles that blow throughout the downtown area in the dead of night.

Tyrone’s biggest budget in its history drew nary a peep from any of the citizens at Thursday night’s Town Council meeting.

Palmetto City Council heard a host of citizen’s concerns during the public comments portion of the June 4 meeting. Those concerns outlasted the remainder of the agenda and centered on trash pick-up and the continually expressed need for city-sponsored recreation and increased police officers.

The new Jones-Hall Middle School is ready for business. Registration for the fall term will begin next week just down the road at Renaissance Elementary located at 7250 Hall Road.

A proposal to develop a two-acre site in the Sycamore Grove commercial area on Tyrone-Palmetto Road ran into a zoning snag at the May 31 meeting of Tyrone Planning Commission. This time, the snag belongs to the town. And in the end the proposal was tabled until a legal decision can be obtained.

It was only 25 feet, but that was too much for Tyrone Planning Commission. A variance request May 31 to reduce setbacks on corner lots in the new John Wieland Rivercrest subdivision on Ga. Highway 74 failed by a 3-1 vote.

Two men fled with an undisclosed amount of money Friday afternoon after an armed robbery at RBC Bank in Palmetto. Palmetto Police Chief Bobby Fronebarger said no one was injured during the robbery.

It was like a whirlwind zeroing in on the parking lot at O’Charley’s Restaurant on Ga. Highway 85 as Fayette County drug agents in the early evening hours Friday seized 11 pounds of suspected marijuana and arrested five men.

The DOT announced Friday that lane closures in both north and south bound lanes of Interstate 85 will continue from June 11 through June 14 at varying locations south of Hwy.34. These closures will shift daily within these locations.  This closure is due to the widening and lane reconstruction project currently underway.  Shoulders are closed in these construction areas, and extreme caution should be observed.

A woman was seriously injured Friday afternoon when her car crashed in a patch of trees on Peachtree Parkway just south of Windgate Road.

The June 8 edition of "This Week in The Citizen."

The Peachtree City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to put the controversial TDK extension on hold indefinitely.

Watch as the council votes:

Not bad for a night’s work. Fayette Sheriff’s Drug Task Force, FBI and DEA agents pulled a drug reverse June 6 at Fayette Pavilion, seizing approximately $275,000 in cash, approximately one pound of “ice” (methamphetamine) and arresting six Mexican nationals living in Norcross.

The dry weather has proven to be a boon for construction of Tyrone's new library. During Thursday's Town Council meeting, town manager Barry Amos announced the construction crew was ahead of schedule on building the facility. If everything goes as planned, construction could be completed by the first week of December.

It may seem like a crackdown but it actually provides more discretion in handling what is currently a one-way ticket to a criminal record. Fayetteville City Council Thursday adopted an ordinance prohibiting children under age from six being left unattended in vehicles.

Allows county to use money on other projects

The Peachtree City Council voted unanimously tonight to put the controversial TDK extension on hold indefinitely.

Kids ages 7-15 swam laps in the Glenloch pool Saturday as part of the annual Youth Triathlon.

It was a time for dogs of all shapes and sizes to celebrate at the annual Bark in the Park fund-raiser Saturday.