The often incremental and painstaking work that comes from revising ordinances is not known to draw crowds. Such was the case Thursday night as Tyrone Planning Commission and town staff were the only ones to dot the landscape in the council chambers as work began on the Revised Land Development Ordinance.  And though the topic is bland by most standards, the work, when completed in coming months, will carry significance for years.

A Peachtree City woman was cited for driving under the influence after her golf cart crashed into a stone wall at the tunnel under Peachtree Parkway at the Braelinn ponds area Sunday afternoon, police said.

More than 9,000 elementary school students in Fayette County will participate in the upcoming Fayette Youth Power Parade to raise funds for Fayette Youth Protection Homes.

Three year-old Skyler Simpson and her mother Kelly try out the “bunny ears” she made after Storytime at Senoia Library Wednesday. Skyler and the other children worked on their new ears after the reading of The Runaway Bunny. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Georgia Department of Labor (DOL) reported Thursday that the unemployment rate in the 5-county Chattahoochee-Flint area rose to a preliminary unadjusted rate of 10.7 percent in February. For Coweta County the situation is less severe, with a revised January unemployment rate of approximately 8.0 percent. The jobless rate in the Chattahoochee-Flint area rose nine-tenths of a percentage point from a revised 9.8 percent in January.

For business owners, 2009 Occupational Tax Certificate Renewals (formerly Business Licenses) are due to the City of Newnan by April 1st. 

Coweta County Commissioners last week unanimously adopted a resolution for an Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) required by Georgia Emergency Management Agency (GEMA). The county and all municipalities are signatories on the EOP that must be in place to be eligible for disaster funding.

Things may have been quiet lately but they are far from resolved. Thomas Crossroads Starship Adult Novelties & Gifts CEO Kelly Rogers will have a mid-April business license appeal hearing in the county commission chambers before members of the Business Occupational Tax Rate and Appeals Committee. In diametric opposition to the county’s position, Rogers maintains that the quantity of sexually-oriented merchandise in the store will be below the 25 percent required by the ordinance in effect when he made the application, thus negating the stipulations of the new ordinance.

The high price of speeding tickets is about to get even more costly. Georgia’s new “SuperSpeeder” legislation passed out of the House and Senate March 25 and is expected to be signed into law by Gov. Sonny Perdue.

A major motion picture, "Zombieland," is scheduled for this weekend to shoot scenes in Newnan for the upcoming horror/comedy starring Woody Harrelson. Filming is scheduled to begin in downtown on Saturday. Shooting will take place on a portion of Greenville Street in the vicinity of East Broad Street and the Court Square. Shooting will also take place at a home on Wilcoxon Street and on LaGrange Street at the railroad overpass.

The faltering economy is taking another hit on the Panasonic operation in Peachtree City.

Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America recently announced it would cut 200 positions in the United States as demand continues to weaken for its products due to the decline in the automobile industry, said company spokesman Jim Reilly.

Affected landowners question need for West Fayetteville Bypass

The West Fayetteville Bypass is moving closer to reality, as county officials determine the final alignment and hold meetings with the public and permitting agencies.

Supt. DeCotis says wording being changed to give system more flexibility

Employees of the Fayette County School System, already dealing with voluntary furloughs, school staff reductions and a 4.5 percent pay cut beginning in July, have begun getting nervous about their contracts for the coming year.

A Sharpsburg man was convicted Tuesday of raping a 16-year-old Tyrone girl at her home back in September 2005. He was 17 at the time of the crime, testimony revealed.

A south Fayette woman was sentenced to six months in prison for setting a fire at her home that endangered two of her grandchildren and a third child who was also spending the night.

To replace 23 fired city workers, company will deploy 6 workers, plus 1 assigned full-time to litter pickup

Last week Fayette residents got an overview of potential transportation improvement projects for future years.

The meeting was hosted as part of a long-range transportation plan being prepared for the county by the Glatting Jackson Kercher Anglin consulting firm.

Questions have arisen about the arrest of a man by Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies on Nov. 28 and his subsequent incarceration.

The Fayetteville City Council last week heard the first of two readings of a general fund budget amendment designed to equalize falling revenues from local option sales tax (LOST) dollars and other sources.

The Fayette County Public School System’s After School Program (ASP) will begin registering elementary students for the 2009-2010 school year on March 26.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. all persons are considered innocent until proven guilty:

Suspect who 'took money' for sex to be tried later

A Peachtree City man convicted of raping a woman at her Harmony Village apartment was given a 30-year prison sentence by Superior Court Judge Johnnie L. Caldwell Jr. today.

A 19-year-old Tyrone woman testified today that a co-worker and fellow student at Sandy Creek High School raped her in her home in September 2005.

Peachtree City begins effort to help navigation, emergency response on cart path system

The concept of “pathfinder” takes on a yellow hue with Peachtree City’s plan to mark the city’s nearly 90 miles of paved golf cart paths with locator numbers every one-tenth of a mile, each marker tagged with GPS coordinates.

Private company to run Clover Reach, Pebblepocket

Peachtree City’s Clover Reach and Pebblepocket pools will be open this summer after all.

In an update to the Peachtree City Council Thursday night, the city’s development authority outlined a variety of tasks undertaken to help industrial and retail businesses in the city.

Tyrone has a new finance director, a former accounting manager and business manager who brings with her a wealth of experience, along with an MBA from Georgia State University. Aside from her credentials, including her most recent assignment as accounting manager for Peachtree City, Penny Hunter is a process-oriented fiscal conservative.

A Peachtree City man was arrested Wednesday for briefly holding his girlfriend against her will at his home on Meadow Court, police said.

Starting this month and running through the end of April, the Peachtree City Fire Department will be testing fire hydrants throughout town.

Fayette sheriff's detectives have determined that a reported armed robbery this morning at the intersection of Kenwood and Longview roads did not occur, officials said.