The Music and Arts store at The Avenue in Peachtree City was robbed today, police said.

The suspect approached and followed an employee into the store from the back door and took an undisclosed amount of money, police said.

Sandy Creek Patriots quarterback Rio Johnson has been touted by a few pundits as the top high school quarterback in the state.

The Fayette County Tigers have struggled in the beginning of the 2008 season, but with an 8-6 win over their rivals, the McIntosh Chiefs, the Tigers are now 1-0 in the sub-region.

Fayette County - 8 McIntosh - 6

Sandy Creek - 24 Whitewater - 14

Starr’s Mill - 3 Northgate - 7

Landmark - 20 Whitefield Academy - 21

Congress approves $700 billion bailout; bill signed by President

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the $700 billion bailout plan to acquire a significant amount of bad debt to stabilize the country's financial market.

Update: Roderick Calvin Thomas was sentenced Friday morning to life without parole by Coweta County Superior Court Judge A. Quillian Baldwin in the murder of 17 year-old Heather Rhodes on March 30, 2004. Thomas was found guilty Thursday on two dozen counts related to Rhodes’ murder, the shooting of two men at a Newnan apartment and the attack on several others present.

First Baptist plans fun for all age groups at The Bridge

“The Bridge,” Peachtree City’s new community center has built a loyal following from the younger crowd, and that’s before the facility’s grand opening extravaganza this weekend.

Would add either $1.50 or $3 to average residential sewer bill

Peachtree City’s sewer authority will discuss two possible rate increase scenarios at its meeting Monday night.

Wiring stolen from lights at soccer field

The lights at the soccer field at Peachtree City’s Meade Field complex should be back up and running this weekend, officials said.

Sandy Creek coach Lisa Pearce feels her six-player senior class is one of the most special she has ever coached.

Her talented senior class, as a whole, turned in one of its best performances in perhaps 10th-ranked Creek’s most important game of the year, a 5-4 victory over top-ranked Whitewater in a Region 5A-AAAA game on Senior Night in Tyrone that sealed the No 1 seed in next week’s region tournament.

The fourth annual Senoia car show proved a huge success last weekend as residensts and visitors enjoyed vintage-model cars, along with a variety of food and a street dance on a perfect fall Saturday.

A company that produces a new style of artificial turf for sports fields is relocating its corporate headquarters to Peachtree City, it was announced this afternoon.

The Landmark War Eagles hosted the Fellowship Paladins for homecoming last Friday night and sent the large crowd away happy with a 35-0 victory. The homecoming week festivities included themed dress days for the students, a pep rally, and a special alumni dinner on the campus prior to the game. During halftime, the 2008 – 2009 Homecoming Court was presented.

The city of Senoia is in process of beginning the search for a new police chief. The search comes after the recent retirement of Police Chief Olitta Bennett. Senoia Police Officer Jason Edens has been appointed interim chief.

Senoia’s library employees are now county employees as the city rapidly moves towards ending its financial responsibility with the library.

Six Coweta County schools that were reported as having not met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements earlier this summer have been reported as having met AYP, in a revised report issued by Georgia Department of Education on Tuesday.

Piedmont Newnan Hospital has been selected as a winner of the 2008 VHA Inc. Georgia Regional Leadership Awards in the Operational Excellence category for their improvements in the operating room that increased patient care and improved patient and physician satisfaction. 

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce is hosting a forum on education funding tonight from 6-8 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church on 206 Willowbend Road in Peachtree City.

A Fayetteville man was arrested on drug charges Sept. 30 after an officer was unable to get a response from him when his car was found in the drive-thru lane at the Chick-fil-A restaurant at Banks Station shopping center.

Swimming is a “life sport” that is enjoyed by over two million people of all ages and abilities. As the premier masters swim team in the south metro Atlanta area, and as leaders swimming community, the Southside Seals actively promote swimming at all levels. The Southside Seals sponsor an annual award to recognize outstanding accomplishments in swimming by members of the Fayette County swimming community.

On this week's episode of The Citizen Sports Blitz, Kevin Wandra fills in for an ailing Mike Boylan and talks to FCHS basketball player and recent USC signee Noel Johnson and Whitewater football players Davis Knowles and Jack Grove.

Click here to watch this week's episode.

Fresh off his win at the Akron Marathon in Ohio on September 27th, Birhanu Wukaw of Ethiopia is looking forward to extending his winning streak at the Peachtree City Classic 15K race on Saturday, Oct. 18. Birhanu ran a 2:23:12 to defeat his next closest competitor by over three minutes. His teammate on the Foot Solutions Elite Racing Team, Sergey Kaledin from Russia, was the Men’s Masters winner and fourth overall in a time of 2:32:40. These two elite racers will be toeing the line when the gun signals the start of the first of three races come Oct. 18.

Feds send strategic reserve oil to 2 refineries to help alleviate Ga.'s gas shortages

ATLANTA – U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman approved a request Oct. 1 from Governor Sonny Perdue for additional releases from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to refineries in the Gulf Coast region.

ATLANTA, GA – October 1, 2008 – Mayor Shirley Franklin and Clear, the fast pass for airport security, as of Oct. 1 officially opened Clear’s signature fast pass program at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

No big changes foreseen for Fayette’s Wachovia customers

It was an extraordinarily nervous day for many residents Monday as a harmonic convergence of events sent the country’s financial markets on a wild ride.

Peachtree City resident David Cree filed a complaint Monday with the Georgia State Ethics Commission, charging that state School Superintendent Kathy Cox violated state ethics statutes during an Aug. 18 visit to Minter Elementary School in Fayette County by openly lobbying for the upcoming 1 cent sales tax (ESPLOST) vote and explaining to those present in the cafeteria how a political action committee could be formed on behalf of the initiative.

Gas pipeline to be up at 100 percent; ‘Topping off’ blamed for exacerbating shortage

Georgia’s gas situation is expected to continue improving over the next several days, though it will take about two weeks for stations in metro Atlanta to get back to their normal levels, officials said Tuesday morning.

When Peachtree City voters head to the polls this election season, they will be asked to consider whether the city should issue $9.95 million in bonds for “recreational facilities.”

Residents from The Landings subdivision left the Fayette County Commission chambers very happy Thursday evening.

The Fayette County Commission voted unanimously to authorize Sumner Road as a street for motorized golf cart usage. The vote now legally allows residents in The Landings subdivision just east of the city limits to use the road for access to Peachtree City.

Piedmont Fayette Hospital is halfway home on its request to rezone 17.85 acres north of the facility for a future day care center and additional parking. The Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission Sept. 23 voted to recommend the request to the City Council.