Fayette County parents are invited to participate in three upcoming workshops addressing Hearing / Vision Impairments, Autism and Emotional Behavioral Disorder September 29 and October 1 at Rivers Elementary, located at 461 Sandy Creek Road in Fayetteville.

The number of semifinalists for the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program has nearly doubled from last year.

A total of 13 seniors from Fayette County, McIntosh, Starr’s Mill and Whitewater high schools are among the approximately 16,000 semifinalists nationwide competing in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Last year seven Fayette students were semifinalists.

The Fayette County Public School System has joined the US Census Bureau’s Partnership Program in order to increase awareness among students, parents, employees and residents in the Fayette community about the importance of participating in the upcoming 2010 Census.

Public may line procession route from Falcon Field

The homecoming for former Peachtree City resident Sgt. Shawn P. McCloskey, who died Sept. 16 while serving in Afghanistan, will occur tomorrow at 10:30 a.m.

Fayette County has dodged a pretty big bullet weather-wise.

Though other metro counties are having flooding issues, Fayette has escaped the brunt of Mother Nature’s wrath.

Fayette Senior Services (FFS) will hold its first stakeholder partnership meeting on Tuesday with a second to follow on Oct. 1. The purpose of the meetings is to provide information on the current status of FFS and to help establish a framework for the organization’s future role in the lives of Fayette County’s senior population.

A request from Coweta County officials regarding Lake McIntosh will be considered by the Fayette County Board of Commissioners at its regular meeting Thursday night.

Sandy Creek won their third straight game and McIntosh picked up their third win in a season for the first time since 2005. For more scores from the local teams ...

As technology and innovation advance through the years, the types of surgeries available to us expand. Piedmont Newnan Hospital invites Newnan and surrounding area residents to a Dessert and Discussion titled “The Latest Trends in Surgical Options” led by Sharon Davis, M.D., and Brad Battaglia, M.D., on Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 6 p.m. at the Newnan Country Club.

An election-time tradition in Peachtree City will once again give residents a chance to grill candidates for the mayor and city council races in the Nov. 3 contest.

Peachtree City’s Planning Commission has approved a proposal to erect permanent lights on the practice sports field at McIntosh High School.

The Peachtree City Tourism Association’s $535,000 budget for the upcoming fiscal year was approved Thursday night by the city council.

Motorists in Peachtree City now have a new traffic light to contend with.

City officials are hopeful the traffic light will improve safety at Wisdom Road and Ga. Highway 74. The project has been delayed for a number of months because of the need to get an easement from the CSX railroad company

The Tyrone Town Council put an issue behind them Thursday night by paying off the balance that provides an early retirement of the outstanding sewer loan with the City of Fairburn. The council also amended the sewer agreement with Fairburn pertaining to a recent rate increase.

The growth in fire department personnel has led Peachtree City to authorize an expansion of its Satterthwaite station near the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Ga. Highway 54.

Despite the current downturn in sales tax revenue, the Peachtree City Council has kept funding intact for two social service organizations that serve city residents.

Our Lady of Victory Catholic School in Tyrone was one of 50 private schools named 2009 National Blue Ribbon Schools in the United States by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. It was also one of four Atlanta Catholic schools named.

A Special Forces soldier who grew up in Peachtree City died Wednesday, one day after his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Army.

Sgt. First Class Shawn P. McCloskey, 33, a Green Beret in the Special Forces, was conducting a mounted patrol in support of combat operations in the Afghan city of Ghur Ghuri when the explosion occurred Tuesday, according to a news release from the U.S. Army.

Planning continues for the 2009 American Cancer Society’s Cattle Barons’ Ball, which will be on Nov. 7 at Dolce Atlanta-Peachtree in Peachtree City.

First time home buyers can learn timely information about home buying by attending a free Homebuyers Seminar to learn what it takes to help make the dream of home ownership a reality.

The City of Newnan kicked off its Newnan Citizen Academy, a free six week course provided to city residents, business owners, and property owners, over the age of 18, to educate and inform the citizens of Newnan about every aspect of city government in Newnan. 

The Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce is hosting a follow-up Coweta Core Industries Summit for several of Coweta’s core industries. The roundtable discussions include small business, big box retail and financial service and will be held on Wednesday, September 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Central Educational Center.

Work on Newnan’s historic courthouse continues, with county commissioners earlier this week approving several change orders and denying two others.

The Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce will feature Chris Clark, Commissioner for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, at its upcoming Economic Engagement Series Early Bird Forum on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 a.m. at the Central Educational Center.  The event emcee is John Thrasher.

The proposal to construct an asphalt plant on Elzie Johnson Road off Ga. Highway 154 on the property of the Vulcan Madras Quarry received the approval of the Coweta County Commission at its Sept. 15 meeting.

It is all over but the vote. Coweta County commissioners held a budget hearing Sept. 15 and are expected to approve the $59.4 million budget at the Sept. 24 meeting. The price tag represents a decrease of more than $1 million over last year.

“We’ll keep watch on the wall.” Those were the words of Coweta County Sheriff Mike Yeager at the Patriot Day ceremony in Newnan that marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy that rocked America.

One of Coweta County’s most familiar landmarks re-opened with fanfare Tuesday in Newnan. The 1904 Carnegie Building downtown re-opened after nearly a year of renovation and will serve as a reading room and meeting area.

The second phase of widening Ga. Highway 74 in Peachtree City will be funded by federal stimulus monies.

This week, Gov. Sonny Perdue certified the project so it could receive $37.03 million in stimulus funds. The project involves widening the highway from Cooper Circle southward to Ga. Highway 85 from two to four lanes.

State may slash 5% in already reduced funds; BoE sets up 5 committees to plan what, whom to cut

With the effects of the recession still evident, the Fayette County Board of Education Monday night talked about what additional state budget cuts might mean.