Coweta County Commission approved two changes orders June 2 for the rehabilitation of the historic 1906 Coweta Court Courthouse. Between those changes and one that occurred previously, the project at this point is approximately $75,000 below the original contract amount of $6.284 million.

Palmetto Police recently put on a different type of event at the Carlton Road station. The chief hot dog cooker, known to officers as Chief Luther Graham, was joined by a department full of officers who spent much of the morning and afternoon May 23 entertaining families with free balloons, food, games, music, face painting and other activities. Officers were joined by Palmetto Fire Department, Rural Metro EMS and radio station Hot 107.9. The event focused on brining public safety awareness to the community, said department Public Information Officer Lee Gragg.

It is all about making a difference. Newnan resident Ethan Gehl is working in West Virginia as part of a team of 33 National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) members providing flood clean-up assistance to residents of the towns of Gilbert and Hanover. At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Gehl and his teammates will muck out houses and remove debris deposited by floodwaters earlier this month. In addition, the team may be asked to run a donations warehouse and staff a call center.

"Filled to the maximum," describes Michael Berry's AP US History Classes at Northgate High School, according to Dr. Therese Reddikopp, Principal.   Berry was recently recognized as the 2009 Outstanding Teacher of American History by the General Daniel Newnan Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. 
 

Canongate Road will be closed through early August at Persimmon Creek in northeast Coweta County. A faulty culvert will be replaced where Canongate Road crosses Persimmon Creek, just south of the entrance of Persimmon Creek subdivision.    

Official state reports for individual students from the April administration of this year’s Criterion Referenced Test (CRCT) have arrived in schools.

Unprepared Families Must Act Now to Be Ready for Digital Television on June 12th

Today, with only 11 days left until the digital television transition, DTV Assistance Centers and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund (LCCREF) are urging unprepared households to apply for a converter box coupon as soon as possible.  Households that fail to apply now risk receiving a coupon after June 12th and ultimately scrambling without television for weeks, left without a connection to emergency alert information. 

The Fayetteville Police Department would like to remind motorists that the ‘work zone’ speed limit of 35 mph remains in effect during the duration of construction on Jimmie Mayfield Boulevard. Scheduled completion date is September 2009.

Busted for pot, Post 1 commissioner declines to step down; ethics charges may follow.

Editorial column: Horgan violated county ethics code

Letters: readers call for resignation

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When people move from Fayette County, where do they move to?

The answers from the Atlanta Regional Commission might surprise you.

It is about 600 students and counting for the still-new Peachtree City campus of Clayton State University.

Dr. Kevin Demmitt, Clayton State’s administrator in Fayette County, said recently the growth in the number of students at the campus has been phenomenal. Demmitt said he expects that trend to continue, along with increased degree options.

When it comes to the Georgia High School Graduation Test, Fayette County students could hardly do better.

Countywide totals for students on the four individual test components showed a pass rate of 95 to 98 percent.

The graduation ceremony at Fayette County’s Whitewater High School Friday night was viewed by the customary mass of family and friends on hand for the once in a lifetime occasion.

The Fayette County School Board made a change in the school system’s organizational structure Monday night, approving an organizational chart that divides many of the duties of outgoing Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Lyn Wenzel between Deputy Superintendent Fred Oliver and Assistant Superintendent for Operations Sam Sweat. Wenzel’s position at central office will not be filled.

A Fayette County High School student just hours away from graduating Friday was charged with carrying a weapon on school grounds. Though arrested at a location on North Glynn Street, Jarmon Elder told officers the handgun had been in his vehicle while he had been at the school attending graduation practice.

The Fayetteville City Council June 4 will hear the second reading and vote on an annexation and rezoning request involving a 1-acre lot on North 85 Parkway. The property is currently zoned Highway Commercial (C-H) in the county. Applicant Charles Meadors is asking that, if annexed, the property be zoned M-1 (Light Manufacturing).

And then there were two.

A Peachtree City resident has announced he will seek election as the city’s mayor this November.

Off duty cop busts auto thief

A Fayetteville teenager was caught in the act Saturday while trying to make off with loot from an off duty police officer’s vehicle in unincorporated Fayette County, officials said.

County hopes to expand to other areas; decision up to DCA officials

Fayette County is working on a program to provide downpayment assistance to homebuyers purchasing foreclosed homes.

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David Norman got hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh and Kevin Koziol drove in two more with a single, but it wasn't enough to overcome the Vikings.

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A proposal to build 80 homes, an event center and 12 villas on a 37-acre site near Falcon Field Airport will be vetted by the Peachtree City Planning Commission Tuesday night.

What had become a temporary home for a peacock in the vicinity of businesses at 6000 Shakerag Hill in Peachtree City ended Thursday morning as Peachtree City firefighters corralled the large bird with the help of a citizen who then took the peacock home to care for it. It is not known where the peacock came from or how it ended up in the center of the city.

Visitors checked out the memorial pavers at Tyrone’s new Veterans’ Park Monday for the city’s Memorial Day ceremony. Guest speaker Ret. Col. Don Dickinson implored veterans to share their stories instead of remaining silent so others can appreciate the necessity of war. Photo/John Munford.

It’s about to get to number-crunching time once again in Peachtree City.

City staffers are working furiously to hammer out the final city-manager approved version of the budget that typically represents the recommendation to City Council. It is expected that version of the budget will be available by Wednesday, several days in advance of the city’s planned budget workshop meetings.

Registration for participants in Peachtree City’s July 4th parade starts Monday at 8 a.m. for city residents, churches, service organizations and businesses.

Preliminary figures for April released by Georgia Department of Labor (DOL) earlier this week showed Fayette County’s estimated unemployment rate at 7.6 percent, up from the March revised figures of 7.4 percent. Unemployment across the 10-county Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) area rose from 8.8 percent in March to 8.9 percent in April.

Peachtree City’s high median income is again hitting the city in its pocketbook.

The city is basically ineligible for many grants and other federal funding because the median income is so high. While that’s not the case for transportation funding from the federal stimulus package, the city is likely to see pennies compared to other jurisdictions.

Employees can ditch city phone, be reimbursed instead

Peachtree City employees who remain on call when off duty now have the option of using their own personal cellphone instead of a city-issued one.

Social Studies students at Starr’s Mill High were determined to send more World War II veterans this year on a one-day trip to see their memorial in Washington, D.C.