As discussions continue about Fayette maintaining its slow growth rate, tomorrow night’s discussion and vote by the Coweta County Commission could be the first step in positioning a brand-new city on Fayette’s western border south of Ga. Highway 54 and placing a wastewater treatment plant near Wynn’s Pond on Peachtree City’s western city limit north of Hwy. 54.

Should a large parcel of land in the center of the county be rezoned for one-acre lots?

That’s the weighty proposition the Fayette County Commission will decide tomorrow night when Dan Stinchcomb and Randy Boyd ask for 213 acres on Ebenezer Church Road and Davis Road to be rezoned from Agricultural-Residential and R-40 to R-50.

A small group of residents present April 5 at a called meeting of Fayetteville City Council heard the beginning of a conversation that could lead to a maximum residential occupancy of eight adults, with a variance for children, a maximum of eight vehicles per residence and a definition of group homes.

Will there soon be a big “vacancy” sign in Kedron?

Shock-waves rippled through the business community late last week as Peachtree City-based World Air Holdings announced that it was being acquired by Global Aero Logistics for $315 million in cash.

The Fayette County Bar Association has arranged for the Georgia Court of Appeals to hold hearings in Fayetteville on April 18, 2007, so students and other citizens can observe how the process works.

At its regular meeting last week, the Peachtree City Council declined a citizen’s request to form a volunteer school advisory board.

The Fayette County Board of Education is embarking on a process that could lead to the group being named a Board of Distinction.

It’s been a long time coming. It has been nearly a decade since Fayetteville had a presence on Fayette County Sheriff’s Drug Suppression Task Force. Those days ended April 5 with the appointment of a Fayetteville police officer.

It may be four channels into one. That was the April 5 agreement by Fayetteville City County to have the city’s community channel operated by Comcast Cable merged into one channel.

The meeting room at the Fayette County Commission was full April 3 as Congressman Lynn Westmoreland fielded questions and comments during a scheduled town hall meeting.

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

Four Fayette students are among the 27,800 winners nationwide receiving scholarships through the 2007 National Achievement Scholarship Program, a competition for African American high school students.

Emily Jennette, a second grade teacher from Marietta City Schools, was named the 2008 Georgia Teacher of the Year last Thursday.

Tour De Georgia’s first stage — Peachtree City to Macon — will bring brief rolling road closures to ensure safety

ATLANTA – The 2007 edition of the exciting Tour De Georgia, North America’s premier cycling race, begins Monday, April 16, with the day’s “first stage” taking the competitors 96.7 miles from Peachtree City to Macon.

Preliminary reports from around the state show most of the apple, peach, and blueberry crops were damaged in the below freezing temperatures that covered most of the state this past weekend, says Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin.

Fayette County Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T.

Tyrone’s new library should be completed by the end of this year.

Thats’ the word after the Town Council unanimously approved a $1.3 million construction bid by Headley Construction of Newnan to build the structure.

The Union City Police and FBI agents are looking for a man on charges of armed robbery in the March 29 hold-up at the Bank of America office at 6737 Londonderry Way.

Residents of the Rico community in south Fulton always have a good time when a celebration is at hand. March 31 was no exception, as several hundred people attended the annual Spring on the Green festival.

Arrests are pending in two March 1 pawn shop burglaries in Palmetto where 12 handguns were stolen. The recovery of one of the guns was instrumental in cracking the case.

It is a process being used in only one place in Georgia. It is called Transfer of Development Rights (TDRs) and it is happening in the Chattahoochee Hill Country (CHC) area of south Fulton County. It is a process designed to facilitate the preservation of the historic rural landscape while promoting the sustainable development of livable communities.

The idea of having an annual music festival along the banks of the Chattahoochee River in south Fulton County was music to the ears of Fulton County Board of Commissioners. The project received a 7-0 vote at the April 3 commission meeting.

Georgia Department of Transportation contractor, Archer Western, announces the southbound outside lane on Interstate 85, south of Ga. Highway 34, will be closed each day from 4 a.m. until 4 p.m. from April 9-April 12, beginning at Mile Post 47 south to Mile Post 45. This closure is due to the widening and lane reconstruction project currently underway. Shoulders are also closed in this construction area and extreme caution needs to be observed.

The Georgia Department of Transportation and its contractor, McCarthy Improvement, is advising motorists traveling through Coweta County on Interstate 85 north bound that the outside lane from milepost 49.5 to milepost 50.5 will be closed April 7, April 9 and April 10, 2007 with times varying. Two lanes will remain open.

World Air Holdings, Inc, headquartered in Peachtree City, has entered into an agreement to sell the company to Global Aero Logistics Inc. for $315 million, company officials said.

World Air Holdings, Inc, headquartered in Peachtree City, has entered into an agreement to sell the company to Global Aero Logistics Inc. for $315 million, company officials said.

A proposed decentralized sewer system on the Coweta-Fayette border drew the ire of several residents during a heated meeting of the Coweta County Commission Tuesday night.

Department says goodbye to Chief Lohr at dinner

Peachtree City didn’t have to go far to select an acting fire chief to replace the retiring Stony Lohr.

The department’s assistant chief, Ed Eiswerth, was named Thursday to the position while the city completes a search process to name the next fire chief. City Manager Bernie McMullen appointed Eiswerth to the position.

Two men have died from injuries they received in a violent car crash in Peachtree City six days earlier.

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It was a mock exercise that had all the look and feel of the real thing. The empty halls at Flat Rock Middle School during spring break provided the venue for crisis training in hostage taking and negotiation designed to hone the skills of Fayette County Sheriff’s, Fire and EMS personnel.