The Our Lady of Mercy Bobcats, fresh off a bye week, roared to an early 20-7 halftime lead over North Cobb Christian, but the second half was filled with a ton of offense for both teams and Our Lady of Mercy won the shootout 55-34.

The Whitewater Wildcats struck first in their game against Mays last Friday as Thomas Frierson ran 9 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter. Mays answered though with a nine-play, 73-yard drive that was capped off with a 5-yard touchdown run.

Bank of Coweta Sept. 6 advertised a notice of indebtedness on a portion of property that is the site of the future Fischer Crossing retail center located on three corners of Ga. Highway 34 and Fischer Road in east Coweta County.

Close games haven't benefited the Starr's Mill Panthers thus far this season.

Starr's Mill lost its second straight close game Friday, 14-13 to Tri-Cities at Panther Stadium in Fayetteville.

Tri-Cities - 14 Starr’s Mill - 13

Mays - 17 Whitewater - 14

Thomas Frierson scored two touchdowns for the Wildcats and Mays kicked a field goal with five seconds left to get the win.

A Peactree City Fire Fighter tended to the flags honoring the FDNY fallen on 9/11 this past Thursday. Photo/Special.

It was not your typical 5K Run/1 Mile Walk Sept. 6 as more than 100 turned out for the inaugural run of the Peachtree City Toga Trot at Phi Mu headquarters on Westpark Drive. The event was sponsored by members of the national sorority group Atlanta Southern Crescent Alumnae Panhellenic Association (ASCAPA) and Peachtree City Rotary Club. The event was a joint fundraiser for ASCAPA’s scholarship fund and for Rotary’s Polio Plus Foundation. Those organizing the event included George Martin, Kelly Bowman, Cele Eifert, Angela McFarlin, Seanie Zappendorf and Leigh Mitchell.

Developer abandons bid for Fairfield Inn, Comfort Inn

A development company has pulled out of plans to build two new hotels in Peachtree City, officials confirmed this week.

Drawings made without consulting design guidelines for Lexington Circle

The architectural character and charm of the Buckhead Brewery will certainly change under a renovation plan proposed by the new owner of the building, who will locate a La Hacienda restaurant there.

Water conservation=less revenue for sewer system

Peachtree City residents may face higher sewer bills in the near future as the Water and Sewer Authority prepares to begin its third consecutive budget year with a projected shortfall.

Delta Community Credit Union is preparing to increase its presence in Peachtree City.

The company is planning to build a 7,000 square foot branch at the new Wilshire Village shopping center off Ga. Highway 74 south across from Holly Grove Road.

A highway road project coupled with a new utility project are going to basically wipe out any hope of having a natural buffer along Ga. Highway 74 south for a new shopping center.

This past Saturday, the Atlanta Braves hosted their third annual "Breast Cancer Awareness Day", and more than 800 participants (including survivors and their family and friends) came out to help raise awareness and funds. The Braves also awarded their first "Diamond of Hope" awards, and one of the recipients was Janet Beebe from Peachtree City.  

Due to the ongoing construction on Jimmie Mayfield Boulevard the speed limit has been reduced to 35 miles per hour, Fayetteville Police said Friday.

What was expected to be a class-action lawsuit by residents of north and central Fayette County and south Fulton County sickened in mid-2006 by what they insisted were chemical releases from the Phillip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant near Fairburn has reached an out of court settlement agreement.

The volleyball game between the second ranked Whitewater Lady Wildcats and the third ranked Sandy Creek Lady Patriots is available for viewing as part of The Citizen’s Game of the Week series. Sandy Creek defeated Whitewater in what was an exciting night of volleyball

The volleyball game between the second ranked Whitewater Lady Wildcats and the sixth ranked Starr’s Mill Lady Panthers is available for viewing as part of The Citizen’s Game of the Week series. Whitewater won the match in exciting fashion.

Corynn Tant and Emily Gainous of Fayetteville Girl Scout Troop No.

Coweta County Commission will conduct a Sept. 16 public hearing on the 2009 budget that takes effect in October. As proposed, the $60.5 million 2009 General Fund budget represents a 1.5 percent increase, or $923,000, over the current year.

For the first time in years, it’s going to be a quiet electoral season in Senoia.

This year, two City Council positions were up for election; Councilman Maurice Grover and Bobby Graham. But when the dust had settled, no one qualified to oppose the incumbents and no legal write-in candidates tossed their hats into the ring.

The Coweta County Board of Education gave its go-ahead Tuesday to start the redistricting process for the county’s newest elementary school, Brooks Elementary.

The Newnan Fire Department has purchased a new Pierce mini pumper. The pumper arrived in Newnan late last week. The new pumper can hold 500 gallons of water per minute. The pumper is capable of backing up all fire engines currently in service.

2008 property tax bills for the year 2008 will be mailed September 15 with a due date of October 31, 2008.  The city would like to remind citizens that anyone owning property in the city of Newnan will receive two separate tax bills, one from the city of Newnan and one from Coweta County, each payable to the appropriate party. 

Game of the Week - Football - Sandy Creek vs. East Coweta

The first game of the 2008 season was a humdinger with Sandy creek and East Coweta battling in a close and competitive game that went to overtime before a victor was decided.

Click here for the first half.

Click here for the second half.

A three-hour standoff involving 53 year-old Robert Suttles at his 230 Patricia Lane home off Ginger Cake Road near Fayetteville ended without incident after he surrendered to Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies and SWAT team members. No one was injured in the incident and no charges had been filed at this time. The reason for the standoff is currently unknown.

In the second episode of the new school year, sports editor Michael Boylan and staff writer Kevin Wandra talk about the latest results of all the fall sports, sit down for an interview with Whitewater head volleyball coach Ben Thacker and Starr's Mill football player Chris Ward, and preview this Friday's football games.

Click here to watch this week's episode.

Fayette County Tigers (0-2) at Douglas County Tigers (0-2), Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Both teams are winless heading into Week 3. Defense has been a problem for Fayette and Douglas County; Douglas County is allowing 29.5 points per game, and Fayette has been slightly better, giving up 29 points per game. Fayette is coming off one of its worst games in two years, a 31-0 loss to Houston County in which it committed seven turnovers. Both of Douglas County’s losses have come against solid teams, 10th-ranked Whitewater and Carrollton.

PTC planners worry quarter-acre lots make Wieland parcel too dense; what about a school, resident asks

There’s a new political player in town, and it has its aim on opening up local government to public scrutiny.

Former Fayette County Commission Chairman Harold Bost in July helped organize the new Fayette Citizens for Open Government (FayCOG-PAC) Political Action Committee.