The Georgia House of Representatives has approved eliminating the state ad valorem tax on automobiles.

The measure also would freeze property tax values across the state at their 2008 figure, allowing only a 2 percent increase each year for residential property and just 3 percent for commercial property.

A Sharpsburg cafeteria worker has cooked up a lottery win. Bobbie Eckert, 66, won a $1 million top prize playing the Georgia Lottery instant game Georgia Lottery's Cash Explosion.

The Coweta County High Schools are looking forward to the beginning of their honors and graduation seasons, beginning shortly after the week of Spring Break (April 7-11).

Increasingly, more medical procedures are being offered in qualified outpatient service centers. A recent study indicated that almost 88 million people per year in the United States alone sought care in outpatient facilities. For many of us, this means less time away from work and other commitments, since numerous surgical procedures and tests can now be completed in just a few hours instead of having to spend days in a hospital.

Mark your calendars for Monday, May 26th, when the City of Senoia and the Downtown Development Authority will hold its third annual Memorial Day parade and festivities for the whole family. Entertainment, food, children's activities, and shopping from 10:00 to 5:00 will be followed by a fireworks display after dark. The U.S. Army Ground Forces Band will march in the 2:00 p.m. parade and present a concert afterwards. Emcees will be "The Car Guys," Scott Sargeant and Charlie Filkins.

Five families displaced by blaze

One person was injured, but all residents escaped with their lives when a fire destroyed a building in the Twiggs Corner condominium complex around dawn Thursday morning, Peachtree City fire officials said.

The Starr’s Mill Panthers and East Coweta Indians are two teams that have been struggling; Starr’s Mill had lost three straight games and East Coweta had lost five straight entering their non-region game Wednesday in Sharpsburg.

Coweta County School Board Member Brian Roy announced his resignation from the Board on Tuesday, because he and his family were moving to a new home out-of-county.

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The Starr’s Mill Lady Panthers celebrate after Katrina Frost’s game-winning goal off of a free kick Monday night.

Path surveillance, joining drug task force on list of his goals

Halifax C. “Skip” Clark II, expected to be named as Peachtree City’s new police chief next week, said he is looking forward to working with the community and other law enforcement agencies to improve on the excellent service offered by the department.

For years, the state’s leaders have argued about solving the region’s transportation woes. From a possible Outer Perimeter to bus-only lanes on the interstate highways, trial balloons have been floated and shot down.

State Rep. Virgil Fludd (D-Tyrone) has joined with the Fayette County NAACP in convincing state officials to investigate the rate at which Fayette County Department of Family and Children Services “takes” minority children — that is, removes them from their homes for safety or other reasons.

The latest plan for a shopping center off Ga. Highway 54 West looks similar to the previously favored “Kohl’s” plan, just without the Kohl’s and with smaller big box stores in its place.

Abby Sullivan is an outgoing 6-year-old who does all the things little girls do. She plays soccer after school and has sleep-overs with friends at her home in Peachtree City. She takes trips with her parents, Don and Dawn.

Local entrepreneur Barney Walker has been named as the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Business Person of the Year. This native Fayette Countian has been around for 77 years and started his business in November 1953 with three other investors for a total capital investment of $8,000 and four employees.

Fayetteville residents can breathe a little easier about their parched plants, at least for the time being. Council members March 6 agreed to water use exemptions effective April 1 for swimming pools and landscape watering suggested by Gov. Sonny Perdue.

For just over a year, Fayette County’s government has operated with two senior employees in interim capacities.

Former Public Safety Director Jack Krakeel has served as the county’s administrator, while Deputy Chief Allen McCullough stepped into Krakeel’s slot as public safety director.

The Reverend Dr. Howard W. Creecy Sr., one of Georgia’s most beloved pastors and a leader in the civil rights movement, died of heart failure Feb. 28 at his home in Atlanta, but the impact the dynamic preacher and community leader made on those closest to him and the Fayette and south metro community still is being felt.

The riot is spreading. But not the kind of riot that involves aggression. It is one that involves kindness and giving and love, while asking or expecting nothing in return.

Fayetteville Council members March 6 heard the first reading of a budget amendment aimed at addressing a $211,700 deficit brought on by a sluggish local economy and its effect on city revenues.

It has been a long time in the works and it is still not here. Fayetteville City Council March 6 edged closer to reaching a resolution to the dispute with former police officer Harold Simmons over a 2005 lawsuit claiming racial discrimination. The council voted 4-0 to approve a settlement with Simmons.

Vice President of Honor Flight Fayette, Mark Buckner, spoke recently to Peachtree City American Legion Post 50 regarding the foundation's scheduled May 14th trip to the nation's capitol, which will be a free day trip for the WWII veterans who are going on the flight.

Fayette County recently was recognized for once again being designated a “Storm Ready” community.

To be recognized as “Storm Ready”, a community or county must meet criteria established jointly between the National Weather Service and state and local emergency management officials. These criteria include:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service still seeks student entries for the 2008 Junior Duck Stamp competition. Deadline for entries to be postmarked is by midnight March 15, 2008.

The Henry County Chamber of Commerce hosted over 80 community leaders from Henry, Clayton, Spalding and Fayette counties February 13, for the review of a concept for transit in the Metropolitan Atlanta Region.

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

The beautiful voices of the Starr’s Mill High Cathedral Choir will fill the sanctuary of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC this April.

The Fayette Democrats invite everyone to join them March 15 at 11 a.m. at the Starbucks on Hwy. 54 east of Peachtree City in the Publix Shopping Center.

Over $26,000 in grants has been awarded to educators by the Fayette County Education Foundation to help fund innovative teaching ideas at public schools throughout the county.