The legacy you leave is the legacy you live. And for recently retired Atlanta Brave Marquis Grissom that legacy may well reside as much with the development of young ball players as it did with his accomplishments in the major leagues.

Any metropolitan area experiencing rapid growth will also see an increase in some types of criminal activity. The cities of south Fulton are no exception to that reality. But some of those crimes can be prevented if residents are watchful and report suspicious activity.

The long awaited renovation and restoration of the old train depot in Palmetto edged a bit closer to reality Feb. 5 with the approval of Canton-based Sutton Architectural Services, Inc. to provide engineering and architectural oversight to the $1 million federal Transportation Enhancement Grant project. At a 25 percent match, the city will be responsible for 25 percent of the project price.

The summer of annexation has given way to the year of incorporation, if many of the residents of the proposed cities of South Fulton and Chattahoochee Hills have their way.

Born 15 weeks too soon at 1 lbs. 12 oz. and 1 lb. 10 oz., no one knew if Christine and Camille Sharper would survive. They did after spending three and a half months in a neo-natal intensive care unit they were able to come home. They have scars from numerous IVs and tests which serve as a daily reminder of their early arrival and just how they are a few of the lucky ones. Parents Roderick and Adriane know the important role that March of Dimes research played in helping their twins get this far, so they are grateful for the chance to serve as the 2007 Fayette Ambassador Family. They will share their story to help the March of Dimes raise awareness and funds to fight premature birth – the leading cause of newborn death – and other serious threats to infant health.

Coweta-Fayette EMC recently awarded a $6,500 grant to the Real Life Center Store in Tyrone. Proceeds from the thrift store will help provide additional financial support for clients of the Real Life Center, a non-profit organization that provides help for families and individuals who are going through an unexpected difficult circumstance.

Tyrone Elementary is the latest school to be added to Fayette’s list of Schools of Excellence.

Tyrone was one of 25 schools throughout the state that met the criteria for the award from the Georgia Department of Education. The school received the honor in the “student achievement” category. This distinction means that Tyrone is the top ranking school in the 8th Congressional District and is in the top 10 percent of schools in Georgia. The school is now eligible for consideration as a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon nominee.

The following press release was received Feb. 8: St. Andrew’s-in-the-Pines (Peachtree City, Ga.) to disaffiliate from The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Atlanta.

Rutherford: City not required to annex any property

They called it the “d-word” half-jokingly, half seriously.

Flexxon wants to buy tract behind PTC police station

A developer is apparently preparing to sweeten its bid to acquire a piece of city-owned property with highway frontage on Ga. Highway 54 West.

McIntosh High School graduate George “Frag” Collings is flying bombing missions out of Balad Air Base Iraq.

Collings, a 1st Lieutenant in the Air Force, is in the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, which provides close air support. In a recent mission, he helped with the Battle of An Najaf where more than 200 enemy insurgents were killed and 100 gunmen captured south of Baghdad Jan. 28.

DA: April Ulrich sent letters from jail to victim’s family

A woman accused of killing her ex-husband at an office in Peachtree City in October will be evaluated by mental counselors before the criminal case against her proceeds.

All five signals will be networked; not included are 2 lights outside city limits

The Georgia Department of Transportation is preparing to upgrade traffic signals on Ga. Highway 54 in Peachtree City between Flat Creek and Willowbend roads all the way to Walt Banks Road.

The Coweta County spiritual community is still in shock after one of its members was killed on a mission trip in Honduras.

A relationship gone bad has left one man dead and another in critical condition at Atlanta Medical Center.

The deadly shootout occurred about 5:30 a.m. Thursday morning at 15 James Place in Sharpsburg, according to Capt. James Yarborough of the Coweta County Sheriff’s Department.

Coweta County residents packed the County Commission chambers Tuesday and made it quite clear they were not too happy with one of the county’s new proposed zoning categories.

Starting next Friday Coweta County school System officials will start removing students from the school system.

The move comes after repeated efforts to get parents to file an affidavit of residency, said school spokesperson Dean Jackson.

40 Coweta County students have been nominated to the 2007 Governor’s Honors program. Nominated in a variety of academic areas, the students have held formal interviews to attend the prestigious summer academic program at the end of January through the beginning of February.

A Tyrone man has been indicted for distributing child pornography and possession of “several hundred images of what appears to be alleged child pornography,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s Atlanta office.

The planned Lake McIntosh water reservoir, which would be built on Line Creek between Fayette and Coweta counties, is still in a holding pattern.

If you’re zoned for Bennett’s Mill Middle School for next year, that’s where you’ll be going.

After hearing reports from school system staff Monday night, the Fayette County School Board left intact the boundaries for the county’s newest middle school and decided not to allow rising eighth graders to remain at their current school, mainly J.C. Booth in Peachtree City.

If all the soil testing turns out correctly, the Fayette County School system may have found the site for its second new elementary school.

Oksana McGettigan pleaded with the Peachtree City Council Thursday night, asking for a city ordinance change so she could keep her hens.

The Peachtree City Council declined a citizen’s request Thursday to allow utility vehicles such as his to be used on the city’s golf cart path.

In a surprise reversal to what many thought was a done deal, Pathway Communities has decided to drop its annexation request to the town of Sharpsburg.

The call again this year to revise Georgia’s annexation laws is being proposed by Rep. Doug Holt (R-Social Circle, House District 112) through House Bill 2, entitled the Fair Annexation Act. Holt said the “annexation for revenue” approach being used for decades by cities does not adequately serve Georgia’s citizens, especially small landowners, and tends to create two classes of property rights.

It started with a call of “a shot fired” at a home in north Fayette County with a distraught young man holed up inside.

Magnolia Park Day Care Center and two of its employees have been sued by a Clayton County woman who alleges the center “covered up” and failed to report a serious injury to her 1-year-old son while he was in their care.

A three-car crash tied up traffic on Ga. Highway 74 near Peachtree Parkway for more than three hours Friday night, sending six people to the hospital.

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