The Georgia Department of Transportation is advising motorists traveling through Coweta County on Interstate 85 south bound the outside lane will be closed May 10 through May 12.

Freshman Erin Emerson (24) scored two goals for the Whitewater Lady Wildcats in their 4-2 win over Lakeside-DeKalb last Friday.

Many proponents of the West Village annexation approved by split votes of the Peachtree City Council last week had one major item on their mind: the extension of MacDuff Parkway.

Slingshots and otherwise legally permitted firearms could soon be banned as illegal in solidly Republican Fayette County’s parks.

State officials have further restricted outdoor watering in light of the current drought.

Now residents and businesses with odd-numbered addresses can water only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 12 midnight to 10 a.m. Even-numbered residences can water only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, also between midnight and 10 a.m.

Fayette County, and Delta Airlines, came through in a big way this year raising funds for the American Cancer Society in the 2007 Relay For Life this past weekend.

A 17-year-old Tyrone man was charged with weapons offenses and making terroristic threats after altercations May 4 and 5 at a friend’s house in Fayetteville.

The Metro Fayette Kiwanis will hold a Trivia Challenge May 12. It is at the LaFayette Education Center, the old Fayette County High School.

This Friday afternoon, The Citizen Newspapers will launch a video wrap-up of the week’s news and a look ahead at the big issues and events in the area.

This Friday afternoon, The Citizen Newspapers will launch a video wrap-up of the week’s news and a look ahead at the big issues and events in the area.

Fayetteville City Council May 3 complied with its recently adopted ethics ordinance by establishing a three-person ethics board. Appointees include former Fayetteville Mayor and Councilman Mike Wheat; former coach, teacher and Fayette County School Superintendent Trigg Dalrymple; and founding partner and managing director of Mainstay Capital Markets Consultants, Inc., Mike Newman.

A new look will be coming to downtown Fayetteville after all. Renovation plans submitted by Town Square Jewelers were approved May 3 by the City Council after being denied by the planning and zoning commissioners last month.

The Atlanta Braves and AT&T have recognized three Fayette teachers for excellence in education.

Ashley Williams, Sara Harp Minter Elementary, Bonnie Hicks, Whitewater Middle and Jack Jean, Whitewater High are among 24 metro Atlanta teachers selected from over 1,000 nominations to receive the 2007 Atlanta Braves/AT&T Excellence in Education award. The teachers were honored during on-field ceremonies on May 7 and 8.

Krakeel: system will need more accountability than seen previously

Change is afoot in Fayette County government, and that was on display at Wednesday’s workshop meeting of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners.

The Fayette County School System is one of the best public school systems in the nation, according to Expansion Management Magazine.

An indoor concert entitled UNLEASH THE BUBBLE is set for Friday May 11th at 7:30pm. at "The Bubble," formerly called Glenloch Recreation Center 601 Stevens Entry in Peachtree City.

An indoor concert entitled UNLEASH THE BUBBLE is set for Friday May 11th at 7:30pm. at "The Bubble," formerly called Glenloch Recreation Center 601 Stevens Entry in Peachtree City.

This concert features Between The Trees, one of Pure Volumes hottest bands, and currently has the #1 most played song on Pure Volume in the nation, with over 281,000 plays on Pure Volume, and an average of 2,000 plays a day.

No one was seriously injured when a car crashed through a storefront at the Hudson Plaza shopping center in Fayetteville Monday afternoon.

Blue skies overhead make a perfect canopy for the activities Sunday at the Serenbe May Day festival.

The first of the three proposed villages involved in the Chattahoochee Hill Country concept is a proposal no longer. Fulton County Board of Commissioners May 2 approved the rezoning for the 2,000-acre Friendship Village, located along South Fulton Parkway between Cascade-Palmetto Road and Cochran Mill Road.

The city councils of Palmetto, Union City and Fairburn have a decision to make. The three cities comprising the South Fulton Municipal Regional Water & Sewer Authority will decide in May whether to secure another $13 million to construct a reservoir and lay water lines to the cities or use another approach. Since 2001, the authority has spent approximately $1.75 million in various services and fees and hundreds of thousands more in land purchases and repayments to cities for prior funding expenses. What began in 2003 with $42 million in bond money will not be enough to fund the project.

Folks from Tyrone and surrounding communities are banning together to help one of their own. Their efforts are resulting in a home under construction for Tyrone resident Susan Parrott.

It is not like any other grand opening in modern history, not when Chick-fil-A is involved. The crowd came in droves for the First 100 Fans festivities that made up the pre-Grand Opening festivities at the restaurant chain’s newest location on Ga. Highway 74 in Fairburn.

Tyrone Planning Commission April 26 gave its approval of the site plans for three lots in the Market Hill commercial development at Dogwood Trail and Ga. Highway 74 contingent on the builder’s compliance with a 2003 ordinance referencing vehicular access to the property.

Palmetto is looking for a big celebration at the May 19 Founder’s Day Festival. The day-long event kicks off at 10 a.m. with the parade on Main Street, followed by a flurry of activities at Veterans Park on Park Street.

The Historic Freight Depot in downtown Fairburn is set to begin the fresh produce season with the opening of the Farmer’s Market next week. The market will be open Saturdays from 8 a.m. until noon from May 12 through Oct. 28.

In observance of World Asthma Day the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness along with its partners, ZAP Asthma, Health Education Awareness and Research on Tobacco Coalition and the Georgia Department of Human Resources will introduce “TEACH,” a new asthma initiative to reduce asthma in Atlanta-Fulton County schools, homes and neighborhoods. The mission of the initiative is to raise public awareness about the disease while helpingto reduce the rate of children who suffer as a result of asthma related complications.

The director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) has declared a level two drought response across the state and will require all Georgians to follow a more stringent outdoor water use schedule.

Deputies: suspects caught with stolen items in car

A Fayetteville resident helped sheriff’s deputies solve his burglary almost right on the spot Thursday afternoon, police said.

The Fayette Branch of the NAACP will sponsor a free home buyers’ seminar on Saturday, May 19 at the Olivet Baptist Church. The church is located at 877 Highway 314 North in Fayetteville.