Tyrone Planning Commission Sept. 28 voted to deny a request by Scarbrough & Rolader Development to rezone 45.6 acres along the west side Ga. Highway 74 on the town’s north side from AR (Agricultural Residential) to M-1 (Light Manufacturing). Representative Bob Rolader said the company wanted to relocate its headquarters to Tyrone. He proposed establishing a masonry facade office building near the highway with a small number of industrial buildings for electrical and plumbing businesses toward the rear portion of the property.

He is a war hero and a quite the gentleman. Modest in terms of his qualification to be regarded with the status of a hero, Palmetto resident Lowell D. Chambers was awarded the French Legion of Honor Medal in a Sept. 21 ceremony at the French Consulate in Atlanta.

The City of Fairburn lost one of its most well known citizens Sept. 23 with the death of former city Councilman Roy Farr. He served on Fairburn City Council for 36 years, ending his tenure in 2005, and had retired from Green Oil Company.

Dionte Bradley got away with it, but only for a while. The 25 year-old Atlanta man wanted in connection with the Sept. 9 shooting of Palmetto resident Charles Shovell was arrested earlier this week on drug charges by DeKalb Police.

Antioch United Methodist Church will hold the Fall Festival Fundraiser on Oct. 21 from 9 AM until 2 PM. The event will feature a chili dog luncheon, fresh produce, bake sale and flea market.

The process of getting “Shubian’s Rift” from Joe Dwyer’s brain to the screen has taken 31 years. People will get to see the final results for the first time at theCentere for the Performing and Visual Arts in Coweta County this Saturday and Dwyer, a Coweta County resident and the writer/director of “Shubian’s Rift” couldn’t be more excited.

Fayette County native and Peachtree City pioneer Floy Farr died early Friday morning.

U.S. Congressman Lynn Westmoreland’s press secretary Thursday suggested legal action may be forthcoming against The Citizen over an online blog posted by an anonymous person on the newspaper’s Web site.

It will be lights, camera and action at Monday nights’ Senoia City Council meeting when Riverwood Studious embarks on its journey to transform the city’s downtown area.

Completion date slated for Oct. 2008

Work on the widening of Ga. Highway 74 in Peachtree City — from Ga. Highway 54 to south of Crosstown Drive — may begin as early as Monday according to state transportation officials.

Peachtree City Elementary School students and staff celebrated an honor from the state for improving test scores on the CRCT.

East Coweta’s first mega-project will get its first read by the Sharpsburg Town Council Monday evening.

Pathway Communities’ Twelve Parks at Sharpsburg would be built along McIntosh Trail, Reese Road and Ga. Highway 54 and is one of the proposed developments in Coweta County that is sounding alarms across Line Creek in Fayette County.

Hundreds of visitors enjoyed last Saturday’s antiqu

Group VI corporation has agreed to remove the retail component from its plan for the Starr’s Mill Professional Center as it seeks to have the 13-acre project annexed into Peachtree City’s south side.

Cart paths great for older residents

Peachtree CIty has been lauded by a new report as one of 10 communities in the United States that has a great idea for helping meet the needs of an aging population.

The annual "Blessing of Animals" will be observed at Saint Mary Magdalene Catholic Church on Wednesday, Oct. 4, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi.

Jackson Berkey and Friends are appearing next Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Centre for Performing Arts in Newnan.

Tickets are $12 adults, $10 students and senior citizens 55 and up are available at The Centre from 8 a.m-4 p.m.

A Peachtree City man has been arrested for bilking several victims for approximately $15,000 by arranging a celebrity golf tournament for charity that never occurred.

It was more like a war zone than a traffic accident just before the Interstate 85 South exit to Fairburn and Peachtree City.

A Peachtree City teen has been arrested for a rape that occurred at a party almost one year ago, police said.

Vincent Tyler Villella, 17, of Pinegate Road, Peachtree City was arrested Friday after an extensive investigation into the case which included DNA testing and numerous interviews, police said.

The southbound lanes of Ga. Highway 85 through Fayetteville had to be shut down temporarily just before 4 p.m. this afternoon while crews worked to free the victim of an auto accident who was trapped in the car.

Nearly 200 Fayette County students may be repeating grades this fall after a second try at passing the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT).

Bruce Jordan, the former chief detective for the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, will have new duties when he reports for work Friday when his suspension ends, according to Sheriff Randall Johnson.

A long-time deputy who heads up courthouse security for the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office has been suspended for 15 days without pay after he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Coweta County more than a week ago, said Fayette County Sheriff Randall Johnson.

Boy number one was sleepy, tucked away in pleasant dreams. Being the first one to arrive was exhausting work, apparently.

Attorneys acting on behalf of affected residents of south Fulton and Fayette counties over illnesses said to originate from the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) plant near Fairburn are gearing up for a fight.

The Fayette County Health Department is waiting to hear when it will receive its full shipment of flu vaccine, officials said.

Peachtree City staff will be preparing new ordinances to address lake buffer violations along Lake Kedron and part of Lake Peachtree in addition to handling greenbelt violations for which rules already exist.

Just about anyone traveling Ga. Highway 85 through Fayetteville has noticed an increase in traffic during the past year or two. Plans to address the current and future flow of traffic came Sept. 21 with the approval by Fayetteville City Council to fund a downtown traffic study.

The fiancee of a Fayetteville City councilman was arrested last week for assaulting him during an argument, police said.