The Sandy Creek Lady Patriots jumped out to a 6-0 lead in their game against the Stephens County Lady Indians and never looked back. Sandy Creek led 16-8 at the end of the first quarter and 32-15 at the half, as Kenneshia Rich hit three of her four three-pointers in the second quarter.

Peachtree City officials spent Saturday morning grilling four different candidates for the position of police chief.

The City Council, which met for more than 90 minutes in executive session at noon, instructed City Manager Bernie McMullen to continue conducting background checks on all four finalists for the position, said Mayor Harold Logsdon.

It may well be an idea that will work to bring upscale retail and potentially some live/work opportunities to The Villages development in Fayetteville.

Citing the pending receipt of further information on the matter, the Peachtree City Council Thursday night tabled a vote to authorize $720,000 in repairs for the city's police headquarters.

Coweta Relay for Life representative Billie Cloudsdale is joined by county commissioners Feb.

The path that might lead to re-engineering Coweta County government and electing a countywide commission chairman took another incremental step Feb. 19 as commissioners approved local Georgia Power representative Jan Alligood to serve on the committee that will study the issues.

Coweta commissioners Feb. 19 upped the ante on aggressive behavior of animals causing significant injury to other animals by amending the county’s Nuisance Animal Ordinance to define and clarify the nature of the injury and provide for the imposition of monetary and other penalties.

Let there be light. That is the plan for two ball fields in Senoia after Coweta County Commission gave approval Feb. 5 to retain Atlanta-based Roberds Consulting Engineers to prepare bid documents for the lighting upgrade project.

Clay Hildebrand, a sixth grade math teacher at Smokey Road Middle School, has been named as a finalist for Georgia Teacher of the Year.

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The Fayette County Lady Tigers captured the Region 2-AAAA title (their fourth in five years) on their home court Saturday night and will open the state tournament at home this weekend.

The Peachtree City Council will hold a special meeting Saturday at noon to wade through applicants for the vacant police chief position, Mayor Harold Logsdon confirmed Tuesday.

Would bring total repair bill to $1.1M for $1.8M facility

Peachtree City officials are recommending that another $720,000 be spent to replace the faulty exterior walls of its police headquarters, which are believed to be a primary source of moisture entering the building.

A bill that would change Fayette County’s way of electing the County Commission is drawing sharp rebukes from different segments of the county’s leaders.

On Thursday, the Fayetteville City Council will get a look at a proposed concept plan that would locate nearly 89,000 of retail at The Villages. The council will also consider a bid award for improvements to Pye Lake Dam.

Property along Ga. Highway 54 West in Fayetteville has been in the bulls-eye for developers in the past couple of years. That trend continued Feb. 12 at the Planning & Zoning Commission work session when East Point-based Heritage Creek Development revealed a proposed concept plan for 88,930 square feet of retail at The Villages. The plan is a down-sized version of the 2000 development agreement between the city and the original developer.

From the response by a room full of Spring Hill Elementary and Sarah Harp Minter Elementary parents and the faculty of East Fayette Elementary, it appeared that a decision by the Fayette County School Board Feb. 13 night to go with the three-way plan proposed recently by the community was a match made in heaven.

Local WWII veterans will soon be flying to their new WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. as part of a national program headed up locally by a retired Fayette County school teacher and a local land surveyor.

A businessman is set to open Peachtree City’s first tattoo parlor, called Area 54 Tattoos, in the Peachtree Crossings East shopping center, which also features a Chick-fil-A and McDonald’s.

Score a bulls-eye for Fayette’s hunters who use archery equipment.

Last Thursday, the Fayette County Commission refused to adopt regulations to govern archery hunting in the county. Commissioner Eric Maxwell wanted to limit the area hunters could use on their own property, but the motion failed due to lack of a second.

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Fayette County Tigers (19-9, 15-4 region) vs. Upson Lee Knights (18-7, 10-2 region), Friday, Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m.

Fayette County won the team portion of the Area 2-AAAA wrestling championship, with Whitewater taking third place, McIntosh finishing in fourth place and Starr’s Mill taking sixth.

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Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon, R, was recently honored by the Peachtree City Rotary Club for his support and participation in the first-ever Dragon Boat Race, which was held in October as part of the club’s Touch the World festival. This year’s race will be held in September. Logsdon was presented with a plaque by race coordinator Bill MacDonald and Rotary Club President David O’Rear. Photo/Special.

Peachtree City Parks and Recreation Department employees recently presented a donation to Promise Place in memory of longtime PTC employee Jane Miller who recently passed away. The check was presented by recreation employee Joyce Williams, R, to Christine Jordan, vice president of the Promise Place board of directors.

Georgians will have an opportunity, clouds allowing, to see a total eclipse of the Moon on Wednesday night, Feb. 20. The next total lunar eclipse visible from Georgia won't occur until December 2010. For this month's eclipse, members of the Flint River Astronomy Club will have their telescopes and binoculars set up for free views by the public. The site will be in front of the club's usual meeting place, the Stuckey Building on the Griffin campus, University of Georgia, at 1109 Experiment Street. Telescopes will be set up at 8 p.m. to view the Moon, Saturn, and various stars, and the eclipse begins at 8:43 p.m.

As NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers strap in for the 2008 season, Atlanta Motor Speedway prepares to offer tickets to the March 9 Kobalt Tools 500 for what could be the lowest price in track history.