Each year, Red Cross volunteers respond to hundreds of calls for help across Clayton, Fayette, Henry and Butts Counties, meeting the emergency needs of those affected by disaster, mostly single family home and apartment fires.

The Fayette CARE Clinic will hold its “Swing into Spring” fund-raiser benefiting the clinic and Fayette County’s medically uninsured at the Glendalough Manor off of Hwy. 74 in Tyrone Friday, April 20. Food, drink, music, dancing and silent and public auction provide the backdrop for an exciting evening.

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

Fayette County Solicitor-General James K. Inagawa is doing some spring cleaning in hopes of cleaning up domestic violence in our county. Inagawa is holding a charity yard sale April 26-27 with all proceeds going to benefit Promise Place, Fayette County’s sole provider of comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.

On Saturday, beginning at 5 p.m., Braelinn Elementary School PTO will host “An Evening with the Stars Festival”. The event will benefit the replacing of the school’s 16-year old gym floor.

A group of students from McIntosh High School have put together a Guitar Hero II tournament in an effort to raise money for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta in the name of Child’s Play, a charity organization that doantes videogames, toys, movies, etc. to children’s hospitals all over the world.

Fayetteville police are investigating an armed robbery at the Radio Shack at the Hudson Plaza around 3:45 p.m. today.

Fayette County public works director confirmed this afternoon that he submitted his resignation to the county Monday morning. Hearn said he will become the new assistant public works director in Henry County in six weeks.

The racers pass the crowd at Ga. Highway 54 and Peachtree Parkway during today's Tour De Georgia.

It is hard to tell if it is winter or Easter. But at the annual Palmetto Easter Egg Hunt April 7 it was both.

Mike Holmes, franchised operator of the stand-alone Kedron Chick-fil-A presented Drew Johnson with the award.

Peachtree City’s plans to develop high-density developments in the West Village is drawing critical comments from the town of Tyrone.

What has been called a mistake during a move to new a Fulton County Elections Division warehouse led to more than 30 boxes of voter registration applications cards and other documents ending up in a dumpster. An official with the elections division said the accidental disposal of approximately 75,000 previously processed voter-related documents should not pose a threat to theft of personal identity of the applicants. Meanwhile, a war of words appears to be erupting over the incident.

It takes more than courage to face some of life’s challenges. For Rodney and Waynette Peek, one of those challenges came three years ago when Mitochondrial Disease entered the life of their little girl. Bright-eyed and alert, Riley was only two years old at the time.

They were at the right place at the right time and willing to help. And that made the difference.

Off-duty Fairburn firefighter Sgt. Paul Bell and his wife Emily, a nurse at Southern Regional Hospital, were nearing their home on Strickland Street in Fairburn on the afternoon of April 9 when they spotted smoke coming from a house a few doors away.

Tyrone Town Manager Barry Amos confirmed this week the town is looking to increase its sewer capacity from the city of Fairburn.

A new look is coming to a short stretch of the often congested area of Palmetto-Tyrone Road between Ga. Highway 74 and the railroad tracks at Senoia Road. Work has begun that will bring a wider roadway with turn lanes and a landscaped median.

The Coweta County Commission has set a Tuesday evening vote on the biggest development in the county's history. Developer Tom Reese's McIntosh Village could bring more than $1 billion in revenue to the county and state after it's completed in 15 years. The village, located near Sharpsburg and bordering Peachtree City, would be home to nearly 9,000 residents and a commercial component half the size of the Fayette Pavilion. The vote is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday night at the county administrative complex in Newnan.

DOT officials announced Friday the southbound outside lane of Interstate 85 in Coweta County will be closed each day from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. from April 16, through April 19, beginning at Mile Post 47 south to Mile Post 45. Also beginning Monday, April 16, through Thursday, April 19, the north bound outside lane will be closed daily from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. beginning at Mile Post 41 north to Mile Post 42. 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.

Pictured is the map that shows the Tour’s route through Peachtree City on Monday.

Sen. Mitch Seabaugh hosted a group of students from the 28th Senate District at the Capitol in February and March. The students served as pages for the Senate on their assigned day. They were granted access to the Senate Chamber for the day and were responsible for delivering messages to the Senators on the floor. The pages were also called on to run special errands. They received a certificate, $10 honorarium and enjoyed a “working lunch” with Sen. Seabaugh.From left, are Lydia DeMoss, Derrick Hunter, Sen. Seabaugh, Andrew Lambert, Caleb Peacock and Austin Gordon. Photo/Special.

Falcon Field in Peachtree City will host the start of a 13-day competition May 19 that will feature 53 airplanes competing for $1 million in cash and prizes.

Andrew J. Whalen Jr.: a family man with sense of humor

Fayette County’s legal community has lost one of its most respected judges.

The Newnan-Coweta Cadet Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol is proud to offer the squadron’s volunteer color guard to the public. This color guard is trained to give a sharp, military style, presentation and retrieval of the colors. If you would like The Civil Air Patrol to present the colors for your church or civic group please call Steven Mellard at 770-251-7210 two weeks before the date you would like the demostration.

Musician Eric Litwin, winner of the 2004 Parents Choice Recommended Award, will be entertaining children with his songs and stories during Storytime at Peachtree City Library on Tuesday, April 17 at 10 a.m. Litwin will be presenting a program called “I Hear America Singing” in celebration of National Library Week.

Houses are being cleaned and the yards are being spruced up as residents in Senoia get ready for their annual open house to the community.

Although the calendar only reads April, the Coweta County Board of Education towards working on next year’s budget.

Last year, the Tour de Georgia raced up Peachtree Parkway on its way through Tyrone and on to Rome.

Probes begin into high-level ‘interference’ in Fayette child abuse charge against 2nd-in-command of Fulton County DFCS

Two annexations that would increase Peachtree City’s population by an estimated 8 percent received a 4-to-0 go-ahead vote from the city’s planning commission Monday night.

Combined, the annexations requested from John Wieland Homes and Levitt and Sons would add nearly 1,200 single-family homes and 2,635 new residents to the city’s west side on two tracts north of the current end of MacDuff Parkway.