A Peachtree City woman has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault relating to a family violence incident with her 21 year-old daughter.

It seems they knew what they were looking for. That was the case early Thursday morning as burglars smashed the front window at the Foot Locker store at Fayette Pavilion and made off with an unknown quantity of merchandise.

Fate of new 54 traffic light postponed

Some 23 Peachtree City employees who were recommended to be “downsized” got a reprieve tonight ... at least for 30 days.

Coweta business owner Jason Veitch has been charged in the murder of Norcross construction worker Gaston Gonzales in a June 28, 2008 incident outside a residential work site owned by Veitch.

The Coweta County School Board unanimously approved a redistricting map Jan. 13 that will include the county’s 19th elementary school. The new district for Brooks Elementary includes the north central portion of the county. The school will open in August and is expected to serve approximately 650 students.

They are just slightly off most people’s radar. But perhaps not for long. Nestled in a corner of Espresso Lane Coffee Shop on the courthouse square in Newnan Monday night a group of nearly two dozen knowledgeable knitters known for having a knack for knocking out needful projects held their customary weekly knit-in.

A Newnan man whose dog “Poochie” bit his cousin on three occasions in the past three months found the animal deemed “potentially dangerous” at a Jan. 12 hearing of Coweta Animal Control Board. The wounds required stitches on two of the occasions. The board heard Billy Addison’s concerns for his dog and the difficulty he said he would have paying the required fees while living on a fixed income, but determined that the designation was in the best interest of the family and the community.

Anthony Grant of Senoia received a surprise of a lifetime. He won a $2.5 million prize playing the new Millionaire Jumbo Bucks instant game.

The Coweta County School Board is asking for a state-required waiver to increase class sizes in two middle schools and five elementary schools. Most of the waiver requests resulted from an increase in classes for gifted students.

A Fayetteville man was charged Thursday (today) with five counts of aggravated child molestation and five counts of child molestation, police said.

The Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater announced their summer concert series this afternoon.

The six concert series will start with Kenny Loggins on May 1 and 2, followed by LeAnn Rimes on June 5 and 6, The Beach Boys on June 26 and 27, The Spinners on July 17 and 18, HippieFest on Aug. 14 and 15 and Peter Cetera on Aug. 21 and 22. Hippiefest will feature The Turtles featuring Flo and Eddie, Chuck Negron on Three Dog Night, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Badfinger featuring Joey Molland and Brewer and Shipley.

Total inventory blowout. Entire store on sale. Nothing held back. The handwriting was on the wall at World Market store at Fayette Pavilion. The store will be closing though no date has been announced.

A Peachtree City man was arrested late Tuesday night after he allegedly took a peek inside his neighbor’s bedroom.

Dale F. Brantly, 50, was chased by the woman’s son after she spotted him peeking through her bedroom window at her home on Vellum Trace in the Planterra Ridge subdivision, police said.

Fayetteville police arrested a fifth-grade teacher at Cleveland Elementary School Tuesday on one count of child molestation, police said.

When new Fayette County Sheriff Wayne Hannah took over Jan. 1, the process of change began in earnest.

Hannah appointed his command staff, making a few changes at top leadership positions. Among those changes was the demotion of former sheriff’s candidate, Capt. Barry Babb, to the rank of deputy. Babb also was transferred from the Field Services Unit to the jail.

It was a meeting for Fayette County School Board to review the school system’s five-year strategic plan. Yet interspersed throughout the discussion Jan. 10 were continued thoughts on ways to deal with an impending revenue shortfall that will be addressed at the board’s Jan. 27 meeting.

With 777 homes in Fayette County identified as foreclosed properties, county and city officials are looking at a federal program that would provide up to $1.17 million toward fixing the problem.

One major county transportation project may be endangered after state officials have decided to withdraw federal funding.

An application for a new traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West will be considered again by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.

A plan to build 80 homes on 37 acres that are currently part of the Peachtree City industrial park was unveiled Monday night.

The Fayette County Association of Educators (FCAE) met last week so that school system employees could pose questions and get answers from legislators on the state’s position on impending education cuts.

A house fire Monday afternoon outside Fayetteville left no injuries but did cause extensive damage to the residence at 120 Smokemont Drive near Banks Road.

It will not be long before homeowners in Fayette and across Georgia find out the intentions of legislators dealing with the tax relief credit based on the homestead exemption that Gov. Sonny Perdue wants to withhold from county coffers.

Goal: to weed out ‘boarding houses’ and other improper residential uses

Fayette County may soon become the first county in Georgia to regulate personal care homes.

1st candidate to make formal announcement; may face incumbent Mayor Logsdon; 2 other slots to be decided this fall

Peachtree City Manager Bernie McMullen is recommending to the City Council an elimination of 23 positions, all of which are on the city's landscaping and mowing crews.

It is a work in progress. And the discussion and deliberation by Tyrone Planning Commission at the work session Thursday to continue efforts on the town’s Revised Sign Ordinance and Traditional Residential Zoning District moved closer to completion. They will likely be considered in regular session in coming weeks.

Donations sought to help family, which lost everything in blaze

A woman and three children safely escaped a house fire late Wednesday morning in downtown Fayetteville immediately adjacent to Allan Vigil Ford, officials said.

Donations are being sought to help the family which consists of one mother and eight children, ranging in age from 3 months old to 17 years old. The family lost everything in the fire, said the mother, Eronna Porter.

Lake McIntosh project would include ‘event center’

Pathway Communities is proposing to build a special event center with 12 cottages and an adjacent 80-unit residential development that would border the new Lake McIntosh water reservoir in Peachtree City.