A large crowd at Stonewall Village in Fayetteville Saturday night enjoys caroling and watching the lighting of the city’s Christmas tree.

Peachtree City officials have scrapped a planned discussion for Thursday night’s City Council meeting about hiring three additional firefighters.

Fayetteville City Council Dec. 7 will hold public hearings on alcohol violations at Kiku Restaurant, La Parilla and Marathon Food Mart.

Fayetteville Police Chief Steve Heaton says his officers are very community-minded, especially in terms of giving of themselves in volunteer roles.

Fayetteville police are urging holiday shoppers to use extra caution to avoid becoming a victim of theft and other crime.

Subscribers to Comcast Cable may have stumbled across a new program recently on Channel 24. The show is called “Success Class” and it is very different from what is offered on other channels. “Success Class” features reporters from local middle schools reporting on the good news in the community, something many people don’t think there is enough of a focus on in local television.

As of early Tuesday afternoon, the Fayette County Health Department still had some flu vaccine in stock.

The vaccine is being distributed to walk-in patients and the price has been discounted to $20. The vaccine is offered between 8:30-11 a.m. and 1:30-4 p.m. on weekdays while supplies last.

Police and fire officials are investigating a “suspicious” fire that damaged a home in the Smokerise Estates subdivision Sunday night, according to Police Chief James Murray.

‘Onion-odor’ plant to remain open, may use ‘alternative’ treatment options

The Fulton County Public Works Department has reached an agreement with the Philip Service Corporation (PSC) to end all industrial wastewater discharges from its Fairburn plant to the Fulton County Sewage Treatment System.

Peachtree City Police said the former boyfriend of a Peachtree City woman ransacked her apartment and a separate apartment belonging to an acquaintance.

The Peachtree City Council will hold a workshop meeting Tuesday night to discuss a new teen activity program and learn about the master plan for the library.

The development of properties adjacent to Tyrone’s new Legacy Theater moved closer to reality Thursday with approval by the town Planning Commission to approve the site plan for Lot No. 4 at the Shops of Millbrook. Plans for Lot No. 6 at Millbrook was tabled while the conceptual site plan for Lot No. 13 at Shamrock Industrial Park was approved.

Union City Police are set to begin issuing tickets to speeders along the newly annexed portions of the South Fulton Parkway, Ga. Highway 92 and other recently annexed roadways.

Tyrone residents turned out in force Tuesday to witness the lighting of the Christmas tree and the arrival of Santa.

A Fairburn man has been arrested on charges of possession of 29 small bags of suspected marijuana with intent to distribute. Three other males were present in the vehicle, stopped by Fairburn Police Nov. 8 at Cambridge Faire Apartments. Police found the man’s one year-old sister in the vehicle.

At Landmark Christian School’s Peachtree City campus, elementary science teacher Diane Calsbeek has been named a recipient of the Bright Ideas Grant through Coweta-Fayette EMC.

Law enforcement agencies in Fairburn and Coweta County are seeking three men in connection with the Nov. 16 burglaries of two convenience stores in Fairburn and Newnan.

Richard Nelson Brown was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the Sept. 30, 2005 murder of Senoia business owner Ken Crook. Convicted on all five counts, Superior Court Judge Marion Cummings called the murder a brutal and heinous crime.

Fund established to benefit couple’s daughter

April Ulrich, accused of shooting her ex-husband Eric Ulrich Oct. 26 outside the NCR offices in Peachtree City, had her case bound over to Superior Court after a preliminary hearing in Magistrate Court earlier this week.

53 homes axed; total reduced to 699 homes on 400 acres

Levitt and Sons has reduced the number of homes it is seeking to build in its proposed senior housing community “Seasons at Peachtree City,” which is part of a 779-acre annexation proposal for west Peachtree City.

The Georgia National Guard under the leadership of Major General William T. Nesbitt conducted a combined training exercise with the Peachtree City-Falcon Field Civil Air Patrol squadron recently.

Michael Gant and Andrew McDougal, members of Boy Scout Troop 309 in Peachtree City, complete Christmas cards to be mailed to U.S.

The Youth Council of Fayette County is hosting a concert Friday, Dec. 15 that will feature several rock bands.

The headliner is Between the Trees, one of the hottest indie rock bands in the southeast which has almost a million plays on MySpaceMusic and Purevolume. Another band on the slate is 7 Sharp 9 of Atlanta, which tours the country and Kenotia from Marietta which just finished recording in New York and has more than 300,000 plays on MySpaceMusic and Purevolume.

There will no special election to fill the unexpired term of former school board chairman Mitch Powell.

Instead, the board will appoint someone from Powell’s 5th District to fill the last two years of his term. Powell succumbed to lung cancer earlier this month, and Coweta County school officials have been researching the method to replace him on the board.

Law enforcement agencies in Coweta and Fulton counties are seeking three men in connection with the Nov. 16 burglaries of two convenience stores in Newnan and Fairburn.

Saturday night, the city of Senoia kicks off its holiday festivities with “Light Up Senoia,” a colorful Main Street parade and celebration.

The Peachtree City Council and the city’s development authority voted Wednesday night to settle two pending lawsuits over the city-owned tennis center for $920,000 and use a revenue bond to finance the settlement over 10 years.

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon is confident the City Council will take a vote at 6:30 tonight to settle two lawsuits over monies owed by the city’s development authority for tennis center improvements by paying $920,407 to a bank and two contractors.

The day after Thanksgiving around Fayette Pavilion found an abundance of shopping solutions to every parent’s question.

In less than two years, the Fayette County Board of Education could be asking the taxpayers for more money to help deal with the county’s growth.