Living Proof Church is helping sponsor a 2-Mile Benefit Walk for Jessica McElveen March 8, 2008. Jessica is the 13 year old girl we having been praying for for several weeks, and she is a next neighbor of the Minot’s, and school class mate of several of our teens. Jessica has a very, very type of cancer (there are less than 12 known cases in the U.S.).

It was a different kind of town business at the Tyrone Council retreat Feb. 23. Council member Eric Dial recommended at the town consider adopting an ethics resolution and an accompanying ordinance. After some discussion, the council agreed to look at Dial’s proposal.

The following arrests were made by Tyrone Police between Feb. 21-27. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Fayette County’s boys and girls basketball teams traveled to Fort Valley State for their Class AAAA quarterfinal basketball games on Saturday and both teams won, placing them in the final four at Gwinnett Arena this week.

Mike and Kevin talk state quarterfinals of basketball and the start of soccer and baseball season.

Click here for Sports Blitz Feb. 29

It was a case of “doctor shopping” that brought notoriety to a woman who has seen more than her share of it in times past.

The Sandy Creek Lady Patriots defeated the Gainesville Lady Red Elephants 53-49 in overtime on Wednesday evening.

Sandy Creek led by 11 in the fourth quarter, but Gainesville came charging back to force an extra period.

For nearly two hours Thursday night, the Fayette County Commission got an earful from a decidedly pro-district voting crowd.

A Coweta county resident who nearly caused the bankruptcy of one Senoia’s leading citizens was sentenced Thursday for transporting hazardous waste material.

Several members of Coweta County Commission may soon find themselves testifying under oath in federal court. Filed Feb. 22 in U.S. District Court, District 4 Commissioner Leigh Schlumper demanded a jury trail in her complaint that Commission Chairman Tim Higgins, Commissioner Tim Lassetter and Coweta County are guilty of gender discrimination, libel and slander.

The first of several hurdles involved in establishing Pathway Communities Twelve Parks mixed-use master planned community in east Coweta County was jumped Feb. 19 as county commissioners approved a request by Coweta Water and Sewer Authority to provide those services to the proposed development near Sharpsburg.

It’s a whole new day in Senoia. The Senoia Downtown Development Authority is pleased to announce the grand opening of the Shoppes on Main Street (formerly Hutchinson's Hardware) March 1 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The shops participating are:

State Senator Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) has recently been appointed by Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle to chair the Senate Task Force on Value Government. The Task Force is responsible for identifying specific areas where government services can be delivered more effectively and efficiently to the citizens of Georgia.

The weekend show March 1, 2008 by Michael Boylan

A home in north Fayette County was heavily damaged by a fire after 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges previously filed against former Whitewater High School teacher and assistant football coach Harry Heintz.

Heintz was charged in November with one felony count of sexual exploitation of a minor, as sheriff's deputies said he sent inappropriate text messages to a female student.

Thursday afternoon Fayette County District Attorney Scott Ballard confirmed that the charge has been dropped. He said once prosecutors were able to get the entire content of the text messages between Heintz and the student, the statements in question were deemed to be "taken out of context."

John and John-Feb 28 by John Thompson Click here

The Fayette County Lady Tigers are now two steps away from playing for the first state title in basketball in school history.

The Sandy Creek Lady Patriots moved closer to playing for a state title Wednesday, defeating Gainesville 53-49 on the road in overtime.

It was a long bus ride to and from the game at Thomas County Central, but spirits were high as the Fayette County Tigers advanced to the Elite Eight in Class AAAA with a 69-65 win.

The Patriots' game against Flowery Branch on Tuesday night was filled with momentum changing runs and lead changes galore, but in the end free throws were what gave Flowery Branch the win. The Falcons drained eight straight free throws at the end of the game to win 71-65.

Mike and Kevin talk state basketball playoffs and state wrestling tournament.

Click here for Sports Blitz Feb. 27

“Free the Fayette Two.” A small but vocal group of protesters led by Universal Negro Improvement Association representative Chief Sundiata Kamara gathered Feb.

“This is a very special proclamation,” says Fayetteville Mayor Ken Steele (R) as he announces Feb.

Capital City Development has secured tenants for two big box stores at the rear of its property, but CCD principal Doug McMurrain declined to reveal them after Monday night’s meeting of the Peachtree City Planning Commission.

It could be an interesting evening tomorrow night at the Fayette County Administrative complex as two groups of citizens converge on the meeting hall to offer their opinions to the Fayette County Commission.

Fayette’s new ‘high-intensity drug trafficking’ label by the feds will bring more money, equipment to fight drugs