Merchants at the Fayetteville Pavilion got some help from the Fayetteville City Council last week when the board agreed to the installation of 11 additional monument signs along Pavilion Parkway.

Peachtree City Police are searching for an armed man that held up the Line Creek Chevron station Saturday.

Police said a black male entered the Line Creek Chevron, brandished what appeared to be a sawed off shotgun, and robbed the clerk.

Haddix served on five-member arbitration panel

He hasn’t even been sworn in as Peachtree City’s mayor yet, and already Don Haddix has recorded a vote against an annexation.

$66K in stormwater funds approved on 4-1 vote

Peachtree City’s approval of a $62,782 contract for street sweeping services normally would not be such a noteworthy event.

Tyrone Police this year continued their tradition of making a difference at Christmas for youngsters and their families. Officers like Maj. Van Brock helped more than a dozen youngsters with Christmas shopping. The kids were treated to pizza at the Tyrone Depot after the shopping trip.

A total of 37 awards were presented Wednesday night by Tyrone Police Chief Brandon Perkins at the 3rd Annual Awards Dinner held at the Tyrone Depot. Officer Andrea Johnson was named Officer of the Year and court clerk Kathy Bright was named Employee of the Year. Other awards were presented for meritorious service, community service, chief’s commendations, civic achievement, instructor certification, service recognition, good conduct and marksmanship.

Some of the toys gathered from the Childrens Memorial Charity Golf Tournament held on December 4 at Flat Creek Golf Cour

The Rotary Club of Peachtree City named Corporal Brian Boynton as the 2009 Police Officer of the Year Saturday evening at the PTC Police Department's Christmas banquet held at Flat Creek Country Club.  The selection process for officer of the year is done by peer officers. Corporal Boynton has an excellent work ethic and is known throughout the department as the “Go to Guy” when an officer is needed for special detail.  Boynton was born in East Point, Georgia.  After spending some time in Texas, where he graduated from Kingwood High School, he returned to Georgia to live with his mother and sister. 

Peachtree City’s Community Development Division is hosting a special seminar for owners of rental property to help them keep their sites “safe and free of illegal activity.”

The new members of the Peachtree City Council will have a hot potato in their laps from Jan. 1.

That's because the current council, which has three outgoing members, voted 4-1 to postpone a decision on a big box special use permit amendment until the first meeting in January.

Not even the frigid temperatures sweeping through downtown Senoia Dec. 5 could dissuade the large crowds from arriving for the annual Light up Senoia Christmas parade with its 54 entries. Onlookers before the parade helped themselves to snacks and warm drinks just north on Main Street, just a few steps away from the live Nativity performed by members of Senoia Fist Baptist Church.

The process that began in early 2009 came to fruition this week when the Georgia Charter Schools Commission gave its approval for Florida-based Charter Schools USA to open a K-8 charter school in Senoia. Those affiliated with the proposal cited significant community support as the reason for the commission’s decision. The school is expected to open next August.

A request to change the site plan on a portion of the Fischer Crossings retail development was approved Dec. 15 by the Coweta County Commission. The request decreased the number of outparcels along Ga. Highway 54 from four to two and reconfigured the placement of the proposed theater site.

Coweta County commissioners at the Dec. 15 meeting approved two change orders relating to the ongoing rehabilitation of the old courthouse, including one that would remove the remaining magnolia trees on the property.

The Coweta County Commission voted unanimously Dec. 15 to approved an ordinance amendment that would allow indoor and outdoor shooting ranges as a conditional use in industrial-zoned districts. The measure stemmed from a request earlier this year.

The American Red Cross will play host to a blood drive in Atlanta Motor Speedway’s Tara Ballroom on Monday, Dec. 21.

Husband, wife accused of burning his mother; Judge orders $500,000 bond on each defendant

Scott and Valerie Dahlman, both accused of killing his mother by setting her on fire in their north Peachtree City home, will be allowed to remain free on bond pending their criminal trial.

Peachtree City police have made a second arrest in the arson/murder of an elderly woman more than 15 months ago.

This time, though, the suspect is the victim’s own son. Scott David Dahlman, 41, of 402 Abrell Woods Court, Peachtree City was arrested today and charged with malice murder, felony murder, arson in the first degree and aggravated assault, police said.

As it stands now, and if nothing changes between now and then, the Fayette County School System will end the fiscal year June 30 with a fund balance of approximately $6.87 million. But that’s a big “if,” considering the state of the Georgia economy.

Recession or not, it took a while, but grading work for the 136,000-square-foot Sam’s Club at the Fisher Crossing retail development at Ga. Highway 34 and Fischer Road in east Coweta has begun. The retailer is expected to open in late 2010.

It was five years ago that Fayetteville Police began what has become a holiday tradition for less fortunate kids. This year’s “Christmas with the Police” assisted five families and 13 children in having a Christmas to remember.

A proposed 48-acre residential annexation on Peachtree City’s eastern border received a unanimous “no” vote from the planning commission Monday night.

A proposal to rezone a 1-acre lot along Ga. Highway 54 East in unincorporated Fayette County was denied by the county commission Thursday night.

Fayette schools 1-cent sales tax revenues are approaching $10 million since collections began coming in during May. Thus far approximately $1 million has been spent on technology, textbook purchases and computers.

It was a discussion the first week of December at a meeting of the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) about a possible 1-cent sales tax for regional or statewide transportation projects being included on the November 2010 ballot. ARC member and Fayette County Commission Chairman Jack Smith said issues exist with both ideas and that neither are likely to be approved.

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

3 departing council members hold key to PTC vote to up-size anchor store to 65,000 sq. ft. within the 175,000 sq. ft. development

A teenage driver whose Monday morning wreck claimed the life of a fellow Sandy Creek High School student will face several criminal charges, according to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office.

A Sandy Creek High School student was killed just before school this morning in a car crash in north Fayette County, sheriff’s deputies said this afternoon.

The Fayetteville Planning Department is recommending approval of 11 additional monument signs proposed for the Fayette Pavilion. The proposal, along with another involving permanent lighting at the soccer field on Tiger Trail, will be heard at the Dec. 17 City Council meeting.