It is the opening conversation into the future of the heart of Fayette County. County commissioners Dec. 14 voted unanimously to approve the concept plan of the Ga. Highway 54 Task Force.

Coordinated by Fayette County and the city of Fayetteville, the master plan encompasses a 2,060-acre area in the county’s midsection situated along the burgeoning medical/office corridor and largely north of Hwy. 54 between Fayetteville and Tyrone Road.

Peachtree City has filed an appeal with the Georgia Regional Transportation Agency seeking to overturn requirements for transportation improvements in the city for a proposed 3,000-home development just across Line Creek in Coweta County.

Rushed to make a decision before a midnight deadline, the Peachtree City Council voted 3-2 Thursday to accept the right-of-way road path for the extension of TDK Boulevard.

Members of The Citizen staff gather for a Christmas party at Whitewater Creek Country Club.

A Fayetteville man is facing numerous criminal charges, some relating to bilking thousands of dollars from persons in his Sunday school class at First United Methodist Church in Fayetteville.

The Fayette County Commission Dec. 14 gave approval for the rezoning of 41.785 acres from A-R to R-50 along the west side of Ga. Highway 279 between Morning Springs Walk and Imperial Way.

A man accused of kidnapping and robbing his former girlfriend in her Fayetteville home will serve five years in prison after pleading guilty to reduced charges in the case.

Donor need urgent over holiday period

The American Red Cross is making an urgent plea for blood donors to cover the typical holiday shortage.

It was quite a party to remember. But not for the usual reasons. Fayetteville police responding to a loud music complaint Dec. 13 at Cobblestone Apartments came away with 12 people arrested on drug or alcohol charges.

Residents at Landmark Village mobile home park on Milam Road are far from content over the recent sewage spill that filled their homes with nauseating smells and triggered concerns for public health.

New students moving into Fayette County will soon have a one-stop center for registering for school and discovering pertinent information about the school system.

Approximately 100 pounds of chocolate has been sent to troops fighting in Iraq as a token of appreciation from Fayette’s school bus drivers and transportation staff.

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

The bodies of a Fayette County man and woman were found Monday night on the property of Excel distribution center at 7300 Oakley Industrial Boulevard in Fairburn. Involved in what has been called a murder/suicide, the two were found a few feet from the roadway with man found partially slumped over the woman with a handgun lying next to him.

Santa Claus brought up the rear at Tyrone’s first ever night time Christmas parade.

Congressman David Scott in September asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to close the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant near Fairburn until answers to hundreds of illnesses in Fayette and south Fulton counties could be found. EPA’s answer? No.

Two male juveniles in Palmetto with pending criminal charges were caught Wednesday morning while burglarizing a home on Carlton Drive.

It was not exactly what home builder Jay Knight wanted. But when the discussion was over and the vote taken, Fairburn City Council Dec. 11 delayed until late January its decision on the request to build three townhomes on one-half acre in the city’s historical district.

Paula Hyatt, owner of the new Merle Norman Cosmetics Store/ Kedron Village shopping center (across from Target), held a grand opening/chamber ribbon cutting this week with chamber board members, ambassadors, friends and family.

Customers will come for auto parts but it is the landscaping that will set off the new Auto Zone now under construction on Ga. Highway 74 adjacent to Black Jack Motorcycles. The store is located south of Milam Road near the Fayette County line.

Santa got a real workout when he stopped in Fairburn during a pre-Christmas trial run.

Union City Council Nov. 21 approved the submission of a grant application for a state and federally-funded recreational trails program to help develop a planned greenway in the Union Station area.

Suspect ordered held without bond

A doctoral student at the University of Georgia was arrested Wednesday for engaging in sexually explicit conversation online with a girl he thought was 15 years old, police said.

Road would affect traffic on Hwy. 74

Facing a midnight deadline, the Peachtree City Council voted Thursday night to accept the right-of-way for the proposed extension of TDK Boulevard.

Facing a midnight deadline, the Peachtree City Council voted Thursday night to accept the right-of-way for the proposed extension of TDK Boulevard.

Forgiveness on greenbelt encroachment not forthcoming

A Peachtree City man tried last week to convince the City Council to allow him to keep a privacy fence he accidentally built in a city greenbelt between his home and a golf cart path.

A combined anniversary celebration and awards banquet was recently hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Peachtree City.

Long ago, children who lived near coal mines were well familiar with the role of the canary, even though it made them feel sad.

A movement is afoot to pay tribute to a well-respected youth tennis pro who died in a car crash in June.

Beth Choate Wortmann, 35, was once a part-time pro at the Peachtree City Tennis Center. She died while on her way to an out-of-town tournament to “warm up” the kids, said Peachtree City resident Becky Timmis.

Santa Claus made the rounds of Peachtree City recently escorted on a fire engine by the city’s fire department.