Palmetto council members earlier this month heard the first reading of two amendments to city nuisance ordinances. The change removes the requirement to issue a 30-day warning for violations at single-family residences, providing instead for potential of the immediate issuance of a citation by city code enforcement if conditions warrant. The initial vote on the measure was 5-1.

Members of South Fulton Democratic Committee are joined March 13 by Asst.

Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy has relocated its offices from Hutcheson Ferry Road to the heart of the Rico community. The decision to relocate, paired with other new community initiatives, took the old school and recreation center on Rico Road off Fulton County’s chopping block and put it firmly in the hands of the community.

The Tyrone Town Council drew a line in the sand Thursday night on the encroachment of office uses near residential areas.

The town of Tyrone gave thumbs up Thursday night to David Milliken’s plan for his consulting business.

Milliken owns a home at 290 Arrowood Road and asked the Town Council to rezone the property from R-48 Residential to Office-Institutional. Milliken owns a small consulting and construction company and wants to restore the home to its former glory.

Residents get first glimpse at newest cultural venue

Sandy Creek’s Robert Jaracz got the start against Starr’s Mill on Wednesday and was charged with the loss.

While some voters headed to the polls this week in the special election to fill the Post 1 seat on the Fayette County Commission, a political firestorm has erupted involving alleged complaints against one of the candidates.

Diane Ruane of Fayetteville casts her ballot Thursday at lunchtime during the early voting period at the Fayette County Board of Elections office.

Strangers making their way on Ga. Highway 54 in Peachtree City won’t have any trouble figuring out where to make their next turn.

Two new developments for the Lexington Circle mixed-use development were approved by the Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday night.

Tonight’s commute home will seem more like a NASCAR race to some local residents due to the race action starting at 7 p.m. at Atlanta Motor Speedway in nearby Hampton.

Peachtree City tourism officials want to make it easier for travelers coming from Florida to find their way to town.

So the city’s tourism association will spend $1,500 a month for six months for a billboard along Interstate 75, according to association executive director Lauren Yawn. The billboard will be on the left and is aimed at catching the attention of motorists going north on I-75, she said.

Middle and high school students are being invited to a special St. Patrick's Day "Teen Night" at the Kedron Fieldhouse tonight from 7-10 p.m.

Coweta voters head to the poll Tuesday to decide whether the county’s one-cent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax should be continued another five years.

Residents can travel to the heart of downtown Newnan this weekend and learn what $35 million of taxpayers’ dollars looks like.

If you think the rush hours in Coweta County are getting more crowded, you’re right.

In figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday, Coweta County emerged as the 68th-fastest growing county in the country. The Census Bureau’s estimate for the county’s population on July 1, 2005 is 109.903, which is up 4.3 percent over the 2004 estimate.

Arnco-Sargent Elementary School was named a 2006 Georgia Schools of Excellence in Overall Improvement for the 8th Congressional District, at the state Board of Education meeting in Atlanta March 9.

The new intersection of Ga. Highway 54 and 34 in Coweta County opened for traffic Wednesday.

The Friday night commute home will seem more like a NASCAR race to some local residents due to the race action starting at 7 p.m. at Atlanta Motor Speedway in nearby Hampton.

A Fayette County man accused of murdering his former business partner was formally notified of the prosecution’s intent to seek the death penalty Tuesday afternoon.

Fayetteville Council members March 10 were obviously pleased as shovels of dirt were flung into the air at the city’s wastewater treatment plant on First Manassas Mile, home to an $11.8 million system upgrade designed to meet Fayetteville’s needs for the next 20 years through the city’s build-out phase. The upgrade will effectively double the wastewater capacity to 5 million gallons per day (MGD).

The testiness of the County Commission was on display Thursday night as the board instructed the county’s attorney to draw up a resolution that would allow Fayette’s taxpayers to use a credit card and pay many of their taxes online.

Over the years, Fayette County residents have come to depend on a vital link in an emergency: dialing 911 to get help fast.

A complaint has been filed against one of the candidates running in Tuesday’s special election for a seat on the Fayette County Commission.

The Fayette County Branch of the NAACP held a candidate forum at the County Complex Sunday. There are five candidates in the running for Post 1, due to the death of A.G. VanLandingham last December.

Fayetteville Council members March 16 will take up the issue of increasing water and sewer rates by about 15 percent and revising the sewer proportionate share for new development.

The town of Tyrone and the Fayette County Board of Education have started talks that could eventually lead to the shutdown of the school system’s sewer plant on Jenkins Road.

The usually staid environment of the Fayette County Commission meeting room was filled with red eyes and tears Thursday night as the Fayette County Commission paid tribute to Commissioner A.G. VanLandingham, who died in December, early in his second term.

It was his first day on the job. And it was time for Steve Heaton to have his say. Taking the reins March 9 as Fayetteville’s police chief, Heaton quickly displayed the willingness to talk about law enforcement from a philosophical and an operational perspective, views that accentuate the merits of a participative approach to management.