To Jim Simpson it is a family matter that need not be disturbed. To the developers of South Fulton Crossing shopping center it is a way to accommodate emerging business while preserving an old family graveyard.

The debate over whether to form the new City of South Fulton or remain unincorporated continued Thursday at Emmaus Road Missionary Baptist Church on Flat Shoals Road. Members of a half-dozen homeowners associations listened as Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards and South Fulton Concerned Citizens representative Benny Crane presented opposing views to the issue facing voters in June.

Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy has a new executive director. And Christine McCauley brings with her a passion for stewardship of the land and a desire to conserve the rural character of the 40,000-acre Chatt Hills area envisioned by residents and the organization.

Residents of Chattahoochee Hill Country are invited to attend the “Future City of Chattahoochee Hills” town hall meeting Jan.

Tyrone hopes to capitalize on its Irish heritage this spring as the town gets ready to stage its first St. Patrick’s Day festival.

The Sandy Creek Band strutted their stuff during last weekend’s Martin Luther King Jr.

After months of discussion, Legacy Theater in Tyrone may soon have a marquee sign that will remind residents of the old-fashioned movie palaces.

A server at El Ranchero in Fayetteville was arrested Thursday afternoon after an undercover drug agent bought two ounces of powder cocaine from him in the restaurant’s bathroom, deputies said.

Concerned about TDK extension, big box proposals

A grassroots organization is being formed to track development issues and encourage Peachtree City officials to make decisions in accordance with the city’s land use plan.

Dan Nelson of Peachtree City captured photos of the unique and newly-spotted Mandarin Duck recently.

A 16-year old juvenile has been charged with aggravated assault after an incident Monday on Peachtree City’s cart paths.

A group of youngsters is dwarfed by the tires on this monster truck, which was parked recently at the Peachtree Crossings shopping center.

Hwys. 54/74 top accident site

Traffic wrecks increased from 2005 to 2006 in Peachtree City, police said.

The cart path crossing across Crosstown Road at Ga. Highway 74 will be closed for safety reasons during the highway widening project, city officials said.

Should former mayor have registered as PAC?

Former mayor Steve Brown will face a hearing of the state ethics board Feb. 1 as it hears a complaint about Brown’s campaigning in 2004 against the county’s transportation SPLOST.

Lawsuit still pending; judge must determine ‘good faith’ standard

The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to hear an legal appeal filed by the Peachtree City Airport Authority on whether it has the power to deny the transfer of an airport access agreement from one company to the other.

The City of Peachtree City has forms available for qualifying senior citizens to register for the 2007 senior homestead exemption.

The Coweta County Board of Education voted unanimously to appoint Winston Dowdell to serve as the 5th district representative on the Coweta County school board, at a called meeting Friday morning.

During Saturday’s parade in Fayetteville honoring the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., a group from Mt.

Last week, the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority upheld its ruling that the bridge over Line Creek for the TDK Boulevard Extension should be wide enough for four lanes instead of two.

The city of Senoia may soon embark on an ambitious upgrade of its sewer treatment facility that could provide treatment capacity to the huge McIntosh Village project in unincorporated Coweta County west of and adjacent to Peachtree City.

Maybe it was a case of hogs gone wild, at least in the neighborhood. It seems there is another side to the story of the Brooks Beast, the 1,100-pound hog shot Jan. 3 while grazing in a yard on Chappell Road.

One of newly-elected County Commissioner Eric Maxwell’s first motions swept more than two years of bad blood between the Sheriff’s Department and the County Commission under the rug for what he hopes is a long time.

Are 10 people living in a single-family home too many?

That’s just one of the issues the Association of Fayette County Governments plans to look at and study over the next few months as local governments grapple with an influx of situations where several families live in one home.

There is a proposal on the way that would forever change the view as motorists enter Fayetteville’s downtown historic district from the west along Ga. Highway 54. That proposal would place a three-story, 39,000 square-foot office building on 2.74 acres where Hwy. 54 splits into eastbound Stonewall and westbound Lanier avenues.

An Atlanta woman killed Jan. 6 on I-285 after fleeing a vehicle being pursued by a Fayette County deputy has been identified as 17-year-old Jessica Renteria of Atlanta.

Council may require solicitors to register with police department

Home-based businesses in Peachtree City will face several changes if the City Council adopts a proposed overhaul of the city’s ordinance, which will be considered by council at its regular meeting Thursday night.

The discussion on golf carts has been off and on in Fayetteville in recent months. Well, it is back, with council members Jan. 18 set to conduct a public hearing and have the second reading of an amendment to the zoning ordinance on motorized, or golf, carts.

Contractors plan to start today on the demolition and replacement of a bridge on Ga. Highway 85 north of Fayetteville.

A combination of two property donations and three conservation easements in Fayette and south Fulton counties has increased the amount of preserved greenspace managed by Southern Conservation Trust. The donations bring the total number of acres permanently protected by the trust to more than 1,000. The trust manages the Flat Creek and Line Creek Nature Areas, and also owns Sams Lake Preserve in Fayette County.