State and federal officials confirmed Friday that tests showed toxic chemical presence of hundreds of thousands of times the accepted upper safe exposure levels for humans might have been present in south Fulton County beginning in late spring and early summer.

Members of the Fayette Fiddlers

Peachtree City may soon begin enforcing no-trespassing buffer zones along Lake Kedron and the west side of Lake Peachtree.

Traveling Ga. Highway 54 West in Fayetteville will soon call for paying closer attention to the flow of traffic. Four new traffic signals are in the works at Piedmont Fayette Hospital and at Tiger Trail.

A former Fayetteville man has been sentenced to 180 days in a detention center after pleading guilty to arranging a sexual encounter online with a girl he thought was 14 years old but who turned out to be an undercover police officer, police said.

The Fayette County School System’s crackdown on illegal students is drawing state-wide attention.

“We are the only system that is prosecuting these cases,” said Superintendent of Education John DeCotis, during Monday night’s school board meeting.

The era of the establishment of a medical mecca in Fayetteville is far from over.

Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission Sept. 12 heard plans for the construction of two additional medical office buildings on Ga. Highway 54 on property behind the new Southern Community Bank building located in Brandywine Office Park.

A countywide task force created to battle the devastating affects of methamphetamine abuse is inviting the community to a seminar on the issue Sept. 27 from noon to 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Peachtree City.

For many people, their school days are a source of nostalgia. School was merely a short stop during a long life, a place to look back on fondly while being glad that days filled with lectures, homework, quizzes and tests are over and done with.

Mathnasium Learning Center, an international franchise offering math-only, after-school educational programs, has opened in Peachtree City. This new center will provide a safe and supportive setting for grade-school students to develop much-needed math skills and to build confidence in their math-related abilities.

Sunday began the national celebration of Constitution Week. The weeklong commemoration of America’s most important document is one of our country’s least known official observances. Our Constitution stands as a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughout history to maintain their liberties and freedom, and to ensure those unalienable rights to every American.

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

A Fayette man testified Monday that he was afraid he was going to die after he was struck twice in the back of the head by a man who he had employed part-time at his grass-cutting business Dec. 2 2005.

A former Fayetteville man has been sentenced to 180 days in a detention center after pleading guilty to arranging a sexual encounter online with a girl he thought was 14 years old who turned out to be an undercover police officer, police said.

The summer of annexation is coming to a close with the force of a few megatons. Palmetto, Union City and Fairburn are looking to end September with the addition of thousands of acres to their cities beyond the thousands already annexed.

Union City is poised to hold the first of two public meetings on the proposed Tax Allocation District (TAD) that will appear on the Nov. 7 ballot. Scheduled for Sept. 21 and Oct. 12, the meetings will highlight the city’s intent to redevelop the area around Shannon Mall and Ga. Highway 138.

Biologist Dennis Chase looks on as McIntosh High School students Elizabeth Humphries and Sam Hale take samples at Flat Creek Sept.

Fulton County has reached an agreement with the Fulton County Board of Education regarding the improvements to the roads and construction at Renaissance Elementary School and the new Jones Hall Middle School in South Fulton County.

An ideal late summer weekend could provide record crowds to this weekend’s signature celebration in Tyrone.

There is never an end to the activities at Rico Cultural Center.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between Aug. 30 and Sept. 5:

juvenile, male, 13, Thomasville, burglary

State and federal officials confirmed Friday that tests showed toxic chemical presence of hundreds of thousands of times the accepted upper safe exposure levels for humans in south Fulton County beginning in late spring and early summer.

A Peachtree City fireman and policeman solemnly place a memorial wreath Sunday afternoon in memory of the victims of the Sept.

PTC teen died after incident at early-morning party

A Sharpsburg teen has been indicted for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of a Peachtree City teen at a party July 20.

TDK deal nearly clinched

Nearby Coweta development would add 22,000 cars a day to Hwy. 74 corridor

Permits granted for Lake McIntosh on Line Creek

Fayette County officials have received all necessary permits to build the Lake McIntosh reservoir along Line Creek in Peachtree City, County Commission Chairman Greg Dunn said Tuesday night.

Insurance and Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine and Coweta County Sheriff Michael S. Yeager said a suspect has been arrested and charged with one count of first- degree arson in a Nov. 2004 fire that damaged a house under construction in Coweta County.

Fayette County law and school officials showed Wednesday just how serious they are about weeding out illegal students in the school system.

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Fayette County Chief Sheriff’s Detective Bruce Jordan has been demoted, suspended and will be re-assigned to another position in the department after an internal investigation determined that he violated department regulations, Sheriff Randall Johnson said in a prepared statement Thursday morning.

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