If the Starr’s Mill Panthers were to nominate one player for a player of the week award, without question, nobody would be more deserving of such an accolade than Danny Beadling.

Whitewater’s Erin Emerson (24) outpaces a Fayette defender and lines up a shot in the Lady Wildcats 7-0 win over the Lady Tigers last Thursday.

Fayette’s Open Campus program will serve students ages 16 and older

Students having trouble with regular high school classes and schedules now have another choice.

Potential jurors standing in line at the recent sessions of Fayette State and Superior courts found they had at least one thing in common.

Don’t tell Rod Wright that one man can’t make a difference in local government.

Wright, who is president of Peach State Land Development, appeared before the Fayette County Commission in March with an unusual request.

Facing a continued downturn in sales tax collections and nearly stagnant growth in the tax digest, Peachtree City officials are looking at cuts to make in the current 2008 budget, City Finance Director Paul Salvatore told the City Council last week.

Fayette County’s employees will have a new defined benefits retirement program when the fiscal year starts July 1.

After a lengthy actuarial presentation by consultant Clark Weeks, the County Commission learned that it would cost the county less than it currently contributes for a defined contribution plan.

State Sen. Ronnie Chance (R-Tyrone) has a strong list of legislation that passed both chambers of the legislature this year.

Do something to break up the “big box” look of the anchor, get rid of some of the parking and add more greenspace, make a commitment to the maximum number of luxury office/apartments and provide elevations that the council can rely on.

From the outside, the building at 1200 Commerce Drive in Peachtree City looks just like any other tastefully done office building. But head to the second floor, and you’ll discover the nerve center of Clayton State University’s Fayette operation.

Sen. Ronnie Chance (R-Tyrone) in a news release says he has secured $200,000 in state funds that will be used to plan, design and build a new emergency operations center and public safety facility for Fayette County.

It might seem to be a boring item to some, but it could lead to creative ways to construct future parking lots and other surfaces in Fayetteville.

Thanks to the generosity of Fayette’s business community, students in the county’s school system will receive some extra help in math and science.

Students involved in the Career Tech Student Organizations (CTSO) at Whitewater High showed the student body this season’s hottest prom attire while raising funds to help further their education.

The Fayette County Democratic Party is growing weekly, and is now consists of over 80 members.

They have been meeting each third Saturday at Starbucks in Peachtree City, but have outgrown its meeting room. An announcement will be made soon as to the new meeting place.

Do you know where open market operations are executed or what is the highest possible value of a Herfindahl Index? Do you know what a Herfindahl Index is?

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

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Although this week was spring break, a day at the beach was the furthest thing from the McIntosh Chiefs mind on Monday evening. Hosting the Whitewater Wildcats, McIntosh was hoping for a win to improve their region record to 6-2, good enough to tie themselves with Northgate, their opponent the following day, for second place in the region.

The only thing left to do for the mass of Fayette County residents who flooded Gov. Sonny Perdue and the General Assembly with opposition to Senate Bill (SB) 458 is to pick out the casket and order the flowers. SB 458 is dead.

The Peachtree City Council adopted a limited range of fee increases Thursday night, but tabled a final decision on a host of others that are being challenged or questioned.

The fee increases adopted include:

• Increasing the cost of solicitor's permits to $25 for the first day of the permit and $10 for each additional day the permit is effective in the same week;

A decision on fixing the city's police station headquarters or scrapping it in favor of rebuilding on site or purchasing another site for it has been delayed another two weeks.

There is a lot be said for acts of kindness. Such was the case Thursday at Roger Spencer community Center in Tyrone when the Shamrock Stitchers presented a sampler quilt to Steve (center) and Nina Mickell (immediately to his right), who recently suffered the loss of their home in a fire.

The Tyrone Town Council Thursday night agreed that the town’s compute system needed a better security system.

Police Chief Brandon Perkins told the Town Council that he had been investigating several systems to protect the town’s records from a natural disaster, such as a tornado, or a man-made situation.

Two Tyrone businesses will hold fundraisers April 8 and 23 to benefit Georgia Special Olympics.

The April 8 location is Chapultepec Mexican Grill, located at 1522 Hwy. 74 North from 6:00-9:30 p.m.

Two recent burglaries in Tyrone resulted in the theft of a plasma television in one break-in and nothing missing in the other.

Mike and Kevin talk lacrosse, soccer and country track championships.

The ninth-ranked Whitewater Wildcats and unranked Fayette County Tigers both faced a do-or-die situation Thursday — win and secure a spot in the state playoffs or lose and miss the postseason.