There are times when people need a good reason to get out, enjoy visiting with family, friends and neighbors, and just have a good time. Christian City in Union City provides all this, thanks to a group of volunteers who, three years ago, formed “The Arts Alliance of Christian City.”

Later this summer, a select group of Peachtree City residents will receive a survey in the mail that will help guide the city’s future for the next 10 years and beyond.

A Fayette County man charged with killing a local businessman in July pled not guilty to the charges in court Thursday morning.

The J.C. Booth Middle Science Olympiad team has reclaimed their championship title by once again taking first place at the national tournament.

An engineering firm is slated to design a new spillway for Huddleston Pond in Peachtree CIty to fix a problem that has led to the pond’s level being lowered.

Peachtree City now has an official set of design guidelines on the books, regulating a variety of matters from building architecture to the layout of residential subdivisions.

City officials hope to start construction of the approach paths to the new cart path bridge over Flat Creek this December.

Construction underway on train parking area

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon is sending a letter to CSX Railroad opposing the company’s plans to build a parking area along the track just north of Home Depot.

Ramelle Dinofer’s brother, Trey Beckman, met a man on an airplane awhile back. The two men started a conversation and formed a friendship. It turned out that the man Beckman sat next to was a sergeant in the National Guard on leave from serving in iraq. Sgt. Chris Burnett, like Beckman, was from South Carolina and was a very religious man. The two exhanged e-mails before getting off the plane and going their seperate ways.

Citing safety concerns, the Peachtree City Council has voted to limit on-street parking on Commerce Drive near the World Gym facility.

Coweta County’s three high schools continue their graduation ceremonies thsi weekend and send more than 1,000 graduates into the big, outside world.

Show your patriotism! Bring your family and friends and join the Memorial Day Celebration and Festival in historic Senoia May 29. The parade honoring all U.S military, past and present, kicks off at 10 a.m. The "Car Guys," Scott Sargeant and Charlie Filkins of AM 720 The Voice, will emcee the event, with music provided by Wesley Culpepper of WC Sounds. Individuals, groups, and businesses are invited to participate in the parade. Be creative and patriotic - decorate in red, white, and blue.

The principal and teachers of the new Welch Elementary School will be available to meet with parents May 30, at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts.

Plans to expand a portion of the CSX railroad in Peachtree City have sparked concerns about safety issues, as trains containing hazardous chemicals could be parked for up to 12 hours at a time on an unguarded stretch of track near the Home Depot-Wal-Mart shopping center and several neighborhoods to the north.

One of the most scenic vistas in Fayette County will soon be the site of another restaurant.

The Old Mill Fish and Grill is applying tomorrow night for its on-premise liquor consumption license at the Fayette County Commission. The license is being sought by Neil Davis, who owns the land around the old Bennett’s Mill on Ga. Highway 54 between Fayetteville and Peachtree City.

This Friday night over 1,600 students all across Fayette County will don their caps and gowns and stride across the stages to receive their graduation diplomas.

Peachtree City’s Memorial Day celebration Monday morning will specifically honor veterans of World War II in addition to all others who have served our country in the armed forces.

Everybody loves a parade, but somebody’s got to pay for them. Fayetteville City Council May 18 heard a proposal to formalize the parade permitting process and establish a parade fee.

A 15-year-old Fayetteville student attending Landmark Christian School in Fairburn faces felony charges after he was arrested Monday for bringing an explosive device to school. Students and teachers were evacuated as a precaution while bomb squads from area law enforcement agencies searched the school for other devices.

Working at the Main Street booth at the Taste of Fayette event this past Saturday are (L-R) Joyce Waits, administrative assistant for Main Street, and Olga Bialuk, general manager of the new Hampton Inn, Fayetteville.

The new look at Fayetteville’s Banks Crossing continues. Now underway is the renovation of the old Stein Mart building, destined later this summer to become home to a branch of the nation’s largest musical instrument retailer.

A local church’s faith has been tested — and strengthened — after it was looted early Friday morning.

Thieves broke into Antioch Baptist Church on Woolsey-Brooks Road early Friday night and got away with so much stuff that they likely used a moving truck and perhaps a trailer, according to the Rev. Jerry Garner, the church’s pastor.

Fayetteville police are trying to identify a man who accosted the manager of the Pizza Hut Sunday morning and took the store’s deposit bag from her.

PTC to pursue land swap for shopping center

Proposal would give city tract including lake at nature area

A Peachtree City man was convicted of criminal trespassing and acquitted on several other charges stemming from several domestic disputes at his ex-wife’s Fayetteville home in fall 2004.

The South Metro Advisory Board of the Atlanta Red Cross has kicked off its annual Heroes fund-raising campaign.

Dozens of volunteers in the community have pledged to raise $1,000 each for the Red Cross. All proceeds will aid local residents in the southern crescent counties who suffer the loss of their homes due to fire, flood, tornado or other disaster.

Starr’s Mill High has been listed by Newsweek magazine as being one of the top 1,000 high schools in the nation.

Periodically the magazine ranks the nation’s high schools by taking the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests all students take in a given school divided by the school’s number of graduating seniors.

Three Fayette eighth graders have been named a TBS (Turner Broadcasting System) Goldstar student.

Caroline Winstead of Rising Starr Middle, Johnathan Richardson of Fayette Middle and Justin Matthew Greene of Whitewater Middle are among the 75 Georgia students recognized for their significant improvements in attitude, academics and/or attendance.

Edgar Chapman of Peachtree City has joined Coweta-Fayette EMC’s Operation Round-Up Trust Board. He will serve a three year term as one of nine members on the board. The Trust Board is the governing body that makes decisions on how the Operation Round-Up funds will be used.

One Rising Starr Middle student is going to get the summer vacation of a lifetime.