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

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com
and BEN NELMS
bnelms@TheCitizen.com

For Fairburn Police officers E. Roque and Eddie Saavedra it was not the usual day on the beat. By noon time Tuesday the officers had apprehended two of the men sought in connection with the armed robbery of a Peachtree City bank just minutes earlier. The robbery at the Kedron Village Wachovia bank along Ga. Highway 74 was followed by a high-speed chase and the apprehension of two suspects as they emerged from a wooded area adjacent to Fieldstone Manor subdivision on Plantation Road.

The Sandy Creek High School dance team got in a celebratory mood Thursday afternoon during the school’s annual homecoming parade.

Fairburn continued its annexation process Oct. 23 and 26 with the city council voting to bring nearly 2,000 more acres into the city. Fairburn’s total annexations since August total 4,113 acres, accounting for an 88 percent increase in the city’s size.

The Mayor and Town Council of the Town of Tyrone have appointed William David Mullis to serve as acting Chief of Police during their search for a new Chief of Police.

The five month trek from onions to outrage continued in full force Oct. 21, with a lare number of residents and a wealth of elected officials representing Fayette and Fulton counties maintaining the call for the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant near Fairburn to close its doors. Sponsored by South Fulton/Fayette Community Task Force, the Citizens Rally at Shamrock Park in Tyrone was designed to continue the two-county effort to keep in the forefront of public discussion the more than 750 illnesses said to be linked to the onion-like smell of chemical odorant Propyl mercaptan and organophosphate pesticide MOCAP.

Bethany Smith wants everything about her new theater in Tyrone to be first-class.

Last week, she approached the Town Council about allowing a 1940s old-fashioned marquee to be placed on the front of the building. Smith explained she had already scaled down the number of bulbs, and wanted the theater to be the showplace for the area.

Tammy Harrison, owner of Wild Bird Center located at 1211 N.

Chick-fil-A owner Truett Cathy is surrounded Friday by many of the 2,100 employees at the Ford Assembly plant in Hapeville.

They have given so much to the community. Perhaps it is time for the community to help them. Members of Palmetto Seniors Center have their hearts set on building a Memorial Garden at the center on Turner Avenue. A Fall Festival and Hobo Supper fundraising event for the project will be held at the center Nov. 3 from 5-8 PM to help raise needed funds.

Tyrone Planning commissioners Oct. 26 approved a variance request to reduce building setbacks in Swanson Valley subdivision from 65 feet to 50 feet on lots 24, 25, 26 and 27. The board voted 3-0 in favor of the request contingent upon the inclusion of a four-foot vegetative berm or a six-foot visual barrier and the applicant dedicating sufficient easement to connect the town’s path system.

A Palmetto man was arrested Oct. 22 in connection with an Oct. 11 armed robbery at Genesis Gardens Apartments.

Donald Deloatch, 41, was charged with armed robbery in the incident at the apartments involving a Comcast Cable technician, said Palmetto Det. John Cooper.

South Fulton’s population continues to swell. And with it comes the need for more schools. Groundbreakings for Oakley Township Elementary School and Jones-Hall Middle School earlier this week should help offset the growing need in growing area.

Police: 2 Quarreled Tuesday over custody issue

The homecoming court of Fayette County High School won't get their moment to shine in front of the halftime crowd at tonight's football game with Banneker.

Teens to remain jailed pending further court hearings

When two men ran from the Wachovia Bank on Peachtree Parkway Tuesday afternoon, it caught the eye of Tyrone resident Lance McMillian as he went through the bank’s drive-through.

As National Fire Safety Month, October is the perfect time to help educate students about what they can do to help prepare their homes and families before a fire occurs.

Several more projects are in the hopper for south Peachtree City to coincide with plans to extend TDK Boulevard into Coweta County.

Solicitor: party host knew gun was present

A Peachtree City teen who hosted a party that ended in the shooting death of another teen in June has pled no contest to one charge stemming from the incident.

An alert north Fayette resident helped sheriff’s deputies collar three suspects while they were in the middle of burglarizing a home Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

Police cracking down on Halloween revelers who drink and drive

Peachtree City police and Fayette County sheriff’s deputies will be on the prowl early for Halloween Friday night.

A program to pay volunteer firefighters for responding to more calls in Peachtree City has been declared a success and will continue.

The Peachtree City Planning Commission has voted to recommend annexation of a 13-acre office project along Ga. Highway 74 between the southern city limits and Redwine Road.

More than 300 residents jammed the Willie Duke Auditorium at Starr's Mill Tuesday night and gave the Board of Education an earful about the proposed boundaries for next year.

East Coweta’s first mega-project will next head before Sharpsburg Town Council Nov.6.

Town Clerk Donna Camp said the first reading of the zoning and annexation ordinances to bring the massive development into the town would be at the November meeting.

A recent traffic crash profile study by the Atlanta Regional Commission confirms what many Coweta drivers already know; the worst stretch of highway for accidents in the county is Ga. Highway 34.

Two Coweta County high schools have been recognized by the Governor’s office for student achievements on the SAT.

More than 300 residents jammed the Willie Duke Auditorium at Starr's Mill Tuesday night and gave the Board of Education an earful about the proposed boundaries for next year.

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com
and BEN NELMS
bnelms@TheCitizen.com

Atlanta – Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Gregory Jones, FBI Atlanta, in conjunction with Peachtree City Police Chief James V. Murray, announce the arrest Tuesday of Mohammed Silliam, age 19, and Gerald Wayne Lott, age 19, both formerly of Maryland, subsequent to yesterday’s armed robbery of the Wachovia Bank, located at 993 North Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree City, Ga.

From Starbucks at The Avenue to the Fayette Pavilion, the buzz in Fayette County this week has been the proposed new attendance boundaries for high schools and middle schools rolled out last Monday by the Fayette County Board of Education.