“That’s what friends do.”

That statement sums up the what happened when a 6-year-old boy saved his friend’s life last weekend at a graduation swimming party at a residence in south Fayette County.

The Peachtree City Council will decide Thursday night whether to allow a proposed shopping center to exceed the city’s size guidelines by 25,000 square feet.

Police arrested two more juveniles Monday afternoon for setting off “bottle bombs,” this time in the Cedarcroft subdivision in western Peachtree City.

Fayetteville police are investigating the armed robbery of the T.J. Maxx store at the Fayette Pavilion late Saturday night.

Tyrone attorney Rudjard Hayes, running against incumbent Scott Ballard for the position of district attorney in the Griffin Judicial Circuit, is criticizing Ballard for being soft on defendants accused of child molestation.

A man was arrested early Saturday morning after he stabbed his housemate in the leg during a fight at their home in the Wynnmeade subdivision, Peachtree City police said.

Facing lower than expected revenues from sales and property taxes, Peachtree City officials have cut $2.4 million already from the proposed 2008-2009 operating budget.

The Fayette County Commission will begin discussion tomorrow on an ambitious upgrade of the county’s recreation facilities.

Fitness club owner and former mayoral candidate Dar Thompson is proposing that Peachtree City issue $21 million in bond financing to pay for a new recreation complex on existing city-owned land with two ice rinks, one of which could be converted for indoor use for sports such as soccer and lacrosse.

July 1 increase would have raised gas taxes by 2.9 cents per gallon, diesel taxes by 4.2 cents

ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue signed an executive order June 2 suspending a scheduled increase in gas taxes that would have taken effect on July 1.

Fayetteville police are investigating the armed robbery of the T.J. Maxx store at the Fayette Pavilion late Saturday night.

Some found on cart path, others in mailboxes

Peachtree City police have filed charges against four juveniles for setting off “bottle bombs” on the cart path in the area of Georgian Park Wednesday night.

The Rossi brothers, Matt and Charles, will always be remembered for their special place in Pacelli High School sports history following the Vikings’ 10-5 victory Saturday over Landmark Christian in Game 3 of a best-of-three series that clinched Pacelli’s first-ever Class A state baseball championship.

Tyrone’s Town Council continued the arduous process Wednesday night of trying to find areas to cut in next year’s budget.

The Peachtree City Council will get down to some rough business Monday and Tuesday evening during budget workshops at City Hall.

A week-long charity motorcycle ride to benefit a camp for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses will be coming to Peachtree City this summer.

Footage from a security camera, and a sharp memory, helped nab two Fayette men accused of burglarizing Earnest Meat Market on Tyrone Road before 9 p.m. Monday night, deputies said.

Shot fired in air during Fayetteville dispute

The physician for wrestler Chris Benoit landed in more hot water Thursday when he was indicted by a federal grand jury on 175 counts relating to overprescribing prescription drugs.

It is a case of a whether to grant a setback variance on a triangular 2.19-acre lot where building a house would be problematic without that exception. Tyrone Planning Commission tabled the request until June 26 so that property owner Rolando Castro could provide the board with a site plan showing where the house would be situated on the nearly flat, triangular-shaped lot on Coastline Road. The lot borders Coastline Road on the west and CSX railroad on the east.

The Landmark Christian War Eagles had a chance to sweep visiting Pacelli and win the Class A state championship Friday, but Charles Rossi had other ideas.

Fayetteville Police put the nab on a DeKalb County man Wednesday, charging him with selling counterfeit movies and CDs out of his vehicle.

The summer break did not last too long for many of Coweta County’s students.

School spokesperson Dean Jackson confirmed this week that 1,200 students will be headed to class starting June 2 for CRCT remediation classes.

As governments across the state scramble to build their budgets for next year, the Coweta County Board of Education tentatovely approved a $175.9 million operational budget this week.

Ground is being cleared and construction of the first phase of what will become the 800,000 square-foot Fischer Crossing retail center could be underway by Aug. 1. The initial phase, destined for the north side of Ga. Highways 54/34 and Fischer Road will include approximately 250,000 square feet of retail.

The historic Gin Property in Senoia is now ready to become the latest addition to the major makeover of Senoia.

Project director Scott Tigchelaar said site improvements on the property adjacent to the Post Office should be completed by early July, allowing construction to commence on the first brownstones, factory lofts, live-work townhomes, and single family homes... all designed to blend seamlessly with Senoia's early 1900's architectural style.

The Newnan-Coweta Habitat for Humanity ReStore started in Senoia with a yard sale under a tent and in a garage for one Saturday a month. After realizing the needs of the people and with the strong support from the community, the ReStore was able to re-locate to its current location on Ga. Highway 16 East in May of 2005.

The Coweta County Board of Education has named Lesley Goodwin as the new principal of Poplar Road Elementary School for the upcoming year. Goodwin, currently the assistant principal of Thomas Crossroads Elementary School, will succeed Rebecca Gibson, who is retiring at the end of the school year.

Registration for Coweta County’s 2008 high school summer school is today, June 2 and 3, at the Central Educational Center (CEC) in Newnan.