The Fayetteville Police Department has been re-accredited on a national basis by the Commission for Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies.

Boys player of the year: Noel Johnson, junior, Fayette County

Boys coach of the year, Andre Flynn, Fayette County

Girls player of the year: Tessah Holt, Fayette County

Through the first two innings Monday, Starr’s Mill’s Ed Cook was having a night he would soon like to forget.

He gave up seven runs in less than two innings, watching his team fall behind 7-0 to crosstown rival Fayette County, before he was pulled in favor of Myles Jaye on the mound.

The runway at Falcon Field has been re-opened now that repaving work is complete.

There will be a brief closure Tuesday from 6 to 10 a.m. so the connecting taxiways can be hydroseeded, airport officials said.

Brittany Vining has a history of thriving in some of the biggest games in Whitewater soccer history.

She has developed a knack for delivering game-clinching goals against one of the top teams in the state — and one of Whitewater’s most bitter rivals — Starr’s Mill.

A bill that would have changed the way Fayette County residents elect their county commissioners was voted down by the Georgia House of Representatives Wednesday morning.

It is a two-fold problem: the septic system and compliance standards. Recent problems with the septic system at the fire station in Tyrone and the station’s inadequate size for housing increasing numbers of firefighters initially led to a consideration of relocating the station’s septic system to Shamrock Park. But recent soil tests at the park showed that such a move is not possible, leaving the county with the prospect of significantly diminishing on-site water usage or moving up the date to relocate the facility.

Overnight rain and the threat of tornadoes may have dampened attendance last week at Tyrone’s combination Easter Egg Hunt/Dog Contest/Taste of Tyrone/St. Patrick’s Day festivities, but nothing could stop the fun experienced by the nearly 250 who made their way March 15 to Shamrock Park and Triangle Park.

A Fayette County jury found a Clayton County man not guilty Thursday of aggravated stalking.

Birane Mbengue was accused of threatening the grandmother of his baby after the woman was awarded temporary custody of the child following a juvenile court hearing in January 2007.

In honor of school library media month, Peachtree City BMX riders Jordan and Reese Camarata presented a copy of a book entitled “BMX racing” to the Braelinn Elementary Library. Pictured with the racers are Principal Wenonah Bell and librarian Monica Boyd. Logan Bradford from Kedron Elementary also took part in the program. Photo/Special.

It was an egg-hunter’s delight on March 15 at Shamrock Park. The Easter Bunny was on hand, along with more than 50 determined hunters on a one-track mission to fill their baskets with what looked like millions of colorful eggs. The day’s events also included a Dog Contest and The Taste of Tryone. Photo/Ben Nelms.

The Fayette Daybreak Rotary Club had the privilege of honoring the Tyrone Teachers of the Year during a ceremony at the club’s regular Thursday morning meeting on Feb. 7. This distinction has special meaning as it was bestowed upon the teachers by their fellow teachers in each school.

Partner’s Pizza in Tyrone will donate a portion of the proceeds for Monday, March 24, from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., to the Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit Special Olympics.

A request to supersize the sign for Delta Community Credit Union was denied by the Peachtree City Council tonight.

The company wanted a 142 square foot sign on the wall of its building, far above the current 30 square foot limit. But the request was shot down unanimously as several council members said they worried it would set a precedent that would damage the city’s sign ordinance.

H.C. 'Skip' Clark to be sworn in April 18

As expected, Halifax C. “Skip” Clark was voted in tonight as Peachtree City’s newest police chief.

Northgate’s Danielly Johnson battles Whitewater’s Brittany Vining for the ball in the Lady Vikings’ 3-1 loss Wednesday in a contest between two teams that are both ranked fifth in the state.

A contract with Georgia Dept. of Transportation (GDOT) that will lead to site preparation on a 10-acre site for future hangar development at Newnan Coweta County Airport was executed March 18 by Coweta County Commission.

The director of the school system’s Centre for Performing and Visual Arts announced the first Richard Brooks Visionary Awards of Artistic Achievement will be given at an April 29 event at the Centre.

A Fairfax, Virginia company was approved by Coweta County Commission March 18 to conduct flood studies of the county’s stream basins at a cost of $329,000.

Residents driving through downtown Senoia Monday night knew something was different as every parking space on the city’s Main Street was occupied. The City Council was meeting, but the real crowd was just down the block at the opening of Maguire’s Irish Pub.

Starr’s Mill head football coach Mike Earwood has decided to retire, but his career as the school’s football coach, he hopes, won’t be coming to an end.

Two Clayton County teens received stiff prison terms Tuesday for the armed robbery of a cyclist at the Bank of America ATM in Fayetteville’s Banks Station shopping center in July.

A north Fayette woman was arrested Thursday after she struck Sandy Creek High School Principal Roy Rabold and almost ran over a police officer while leaving the school campus, police said.

Mike and Kevin talk about high school soccer and baseball results.

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Fayetteville Police said Tuesday that a human fetus found dead Sunday afternoon in a restroom toilet at the Wal-Mart at Fayette Pavilion was the result of a miscarriage.

McIntosh High grad has creative relationship with movie hit ‘Horton’

When it comes to working on a hit movie, there are big projects and then there are really big projects. For David Torres, a former Peachtree City resident and a graduate of the class of 1995 at McIntosh High School, it doesn’t get much bigger than creating an animated elephant voiced by Jim Carrey in the current no. 1 movie in America.

The Peachtree City Council is expected to select Juno Beach, Fla., police chief Halifax “Skip” Clark as its new police chief at council’s regular meeting Thursday night.

Fayette residents will soon have a very short period to water their thirsty yards.

The Fayette County Commission signed off Thursday on agreeing to slightly loosen the water restrictions and follow the state Environmental Protection Division’s directive.

It was a low-key but emotional event Friday night in front of Fayetteville City Hall as 50 people expressed their concerns with the Fayette County Department of Family and Children’s Services (DFCS) and the Fayette County court system.

Piedmont Fayette Hospital is looking to expand again. A proposal at Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission March 11 would add 51,011 square feet to the facility, including the addition of a fourth and fifth floor over the new birthing center.