A 14-year-old was assaulted early Tuesday evening while driving a golf cart on the path between Harmony Village Apartments and Balmoral Apartments, police said.

The source of a sickening onion odor is shut down, at least temporarily. And in a new development, nobody except plant officials has any idea what substances have been treated at the south Fulton plant for at least two years.

Georgia Environmental Protection Division Director Carol Couch late Friday issued an administrative order temporarily suspending the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant’s permit to treat solid waste.

They were not deterred by heat, humidity or pouring rain. A group of more than 130 residents of north and central Fayette and south Fulton counties participated in a day-long protest Saturday against the sickening onion-like smell of propyl mercaptan released from the Philip Services Corp. plant on Ga. Highway 92.

It’s going to be a little more crowded this year when school starts Monday.

According to school system public information officer Melinda Berry-Dreisbach, 23,093 students are expected for the first day of classes.

The Fayette County Board of Education stopped short of designating “official” bus stops Monday morning because of the legal morass a new law is causing school systems around the state.

A Fayette County man has pled guilty to murder in the shooting death of a local businessman a year ago.

In Superior Court Tuesday, Charles William Sangster, 46, admitted to killing Robert Groninger, 43, at Groninger’s business, Big Tree Tree Service on Ga. Highway 92 north July 6, 2005. The plea allows Sangster to escape a possible death penalty sentence.

Crews from the Fayetteville Fire Department spray down a tractor-trailer on fire at D&S Environmental off First Manassas Road in Fayetteville Monday afternoon.

Peachtree City’s cart paths are being used to transport and sell illegal drugs, according to Police Chief James Murray, who is asking citizens to be more alert and report suspicious activity on the paths to police.

Peachtree City residents will see the city’s portion of their annual property tax bill increase, as a .25 mill hike was approved by the City Council at a 7 a.m. Monday meeting.

In a possible about-face, the Peachtree City Council may vote Thursday to spend funds this year to help design an expansion for The Gathering Place senior citizen’s center.

Plans are unfolding for a new look at the triangle of land formed by the intersection of West Lanier and Stonewall avenues. A rezoning proposal to Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission would lead to the mixed use office and retail center on the 2.74-acre site.

The public is invited to the Fayetteville Outdoor Large Train Garden Railroad layout August 4 and August 5.

With hurricane season officially beginning June 1 and lasting until November 30, the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) recommends that Georgians begin preparing now.

Savvi Formalwear, previously Gingiss Formalwear, is proud to announce an exclusive partnership with Tyrone’s Etain Elite Formal Attire, a leader in the bridal boutique business. This new partnership allows Savvi Formalwear to provide convenient one-stop shopping for busy brides-to-be, offering both more choices in tuxedos for the groom and now dresses for the bride and her bridesmaids.

Local developer Brent Scarbrough has been named the new president of the board of directors for Fayette Youth Protection Homes.

Governor Sonny Perdue and State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox congratulated 98 school principals from all over the state yesterday at a reception at the Governor’s Mansion honoring Georgia’s High Performance Principals.

Governor Sonny Perdue announced that Georgia teachers will be able to use their $100 gift cards during the state’s tax free holiday. The 2006 tax-free holiday begins at 12:01 a.m., Thursday and continues until midnight August 6. It combines last year’s two tax-free shopping periods into one four-day period.

The Fayette County High School class of 1936 held its reunion recently and reminisced about that day long go, May 22,1936, when 38 young ladies and nine young men graduated. They each received their diploma from Charles Thornton.

Georgians have a new resource at their fingertips when they need information about a disaster or emergency, according to Governor Sonny Perdue. Developed at the Governor’s request, the newly launched Georgia911.org serves as a gateway to information regarding response and recovery activities, providing real-time information and a comprehensive list of available assistance during an emergency or disaster.

Community assistance is being sought for an initiative to provide school supplies to needy children.

Help is needed urgently as there are quite a few children whose needs haven’t been met yet with just one week before school starts.

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) late Friday ordered a temporary halt to all solid waste treatment activities at a south Fulton plant following persistent complaints of illnesses resulting from a pesticide component handled at the facility just beyond the Fayette County line.

Meth, crack found at suspect’s PTC home

A drug dealer peddling from a golf cart near the Kedron Fieldhouse in Peachtree City was arrested early Saturday evening by officers who were tailing him, police said.

They are a growing group of residents of south Fulton and north Fayette who are sick and impatient and will never back down.

Evidence of their commitment to get answers to their illnesses and have the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant on Ga. Highway 92 shut down came Wednesday night at the first intergovernmental/citizens task force meeting to push for answers and action over the presence of pesticide component Propyl mercaptan that invaded their communities two months ago.

Crews to repair railroad crossing

Getting to and from the Interstate will be a bit tougher next weekend as part of Ga. Highway 74 in Tyrone will be closed so the CSX railroad tracks can be repaired, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Union City continues to be busy during the summer of annexation. Planning Commission members July 24 held 32 public hearings, recommending the rezoning and annexation of more than 580 acres north of the city and 39 acres as part of an existing unincorporated island.

Palmetto’s largest rezoning and annexation move thus far in South Fulton’s summer of annexation ended Thursday with a recommendation from the city’s Planning Commission to bring nearly 1,100 acres of property into the city. Commissioners also voted to table a move to annex Willow Oak Landfill and denied at request to rezone property on Beckman Drive for condominiums.

The Fayette County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will be holding a “Men of Valor” conference Aug. 12 at Sandy Creek High School from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Palmetto Elementary School will have an open house Aug. 10 from 4-6 p.m. Parents are encouraged to wear their college alumni T-shirts to help support our yearlong school theme “Palmetto Elementary School Where Students are College Bound.” Students are encouraged to wear their favorite college t-shirts, jerseys and hats, etc.

The comunity is invited to the new City Center open house today from 1-4 p.m.. City Center is located at 6502 Gresham Street in Union City.

Approximately 900 new Fulton County teachers will gather July 31 - August 4 for the school system’s annual New Teacher Orientation. The event is part of the pre-school year festivities to welcome teachers and help them acclimate to their new classrooms and teaching assignments.