Candidate for sheriff and former top Detroit cop says we do, but there’s still time to halt its growth

Sheriff’s detectives are working to identify a person who shot several times in the air while an out-of-control birthday party was being broken up at a north Fayette home late Saturday evening.

When a group of men stole 86 guns from Autrey’s Armory Dec. 5, they forgot to steal equally important parts: The magazines that hold and feed ammunition to the weapons.

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The outdoor watering ban is having an effect on revenues for the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority.

Rate revenues for November 2007 were down $55,000 from the previous year, due in large part to the reduction of outdoor watering. Sewer bills are determined by how much water is used, so the lack of outdoor watering is hurting sewer revenues, said WASA General Manager Larry Turner.

It was not the smooth opening to the year the Fayette County Commission probably wanted.

The Peachtree City Council decided last week to avoid a moratorium on all retail development to allow an update of city ordinances.

Donations sought for family that ‘lost everything’

A Peachtree City family is now living temporarily in a hotel after the home they were renting was heavily damaged by a fire Saturday afternoon.

Dr. Dennis Fordham, a salary consultant, stood before the Fayette County Board of Education Monday night and presented a salary study update that compared the salaries of various school officials in Fayette County to those in eight surrounding counties.

Fayette County Sheriff’s Office
Saturday, Dec. 29-Wednesday, Jan. 2
Dixie Ezell Baxley, 68, of Austin Drive, Fayetteville for speeding and DUI.

Local basketball teams started the second half of the season last weekend, playing numerous games.

The Fayette County boys (10-6, 6-1 region) and girls (11-4, 6-1 region) came out victorious against Region 2-AAAA rival Banneker in their first games back since the holiday break.

McIntosh took first place in the Mark Toomey Invitational in Savannah. They had five first place finishers in the tournament. Wrestlers who placed in the top six of their respective weight classes for the Chiefs were:

Dr. Dennis Fordham, a salaried consultant, stood before the Fayette County Board of Education Monday night and presented a salary study update that compared the salaries of various school officials in Fayette County to those in eight surrounding counties.

$2K reward offered for info on guns

All nine suspects tied to the smash-and-grab burglary of 86 guns from Autrey’s Armory Dec. 5 have been arrested, police announced Monday afternoon.

Each of the nine are from Riverdale and are alleged members of the Southside Mafia gang, police said. The big break in the case came because none of the stolen guns had magazines with them, said Inv. John Shelton of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office.

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Many might think that Union City council members Helen Turner and Alisa King would be downhearted after coming up short in the November election. But the expressions on their faces tell a different story as residents and city employees throw a recent farewell party in their honor. Photo/Ben Nelms.

The bell rang early Jan. 1 at the Rico Road fire station in Chattahoochee Hill Country. And the call that came over the loudspeaker signaled a changing of the guard. That change signified the transition that puts fire services squarely in the hands of the new Chattahoochee Hill Country Fire Department.

It is a time of change in south Fulton, a political change that is. The turning of the calendar to the new year means it is a time to say goodbye to some holding elected office and hello to several newcomers.

There is an ongoing list of housekeeping issues involved with establishing a new city. Some of those issues were on the agenda for the Jan. 2 council meeting at Chattahoochee Hill Country. Yet there was another issue that surfaced during the public comments portion of the meeting. It involved questions about overall communication with citizens so that information can be disseminated and questions can be asked and answered in a timely fashion.

Some of country music’s biggest names will attend the Jack Hanna Celebrity Gala on Jan. 18, at the Georgia Aquarium Oceans Ballroom from 6-10 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the construction of the non-profit Georgia Rehabilitation of Wildlife (GROW) Hospital and Clinical Research Center, the state’s first specialized veterinary facility that provides professional medical care to wildlife that have become sick, injured or orphaned as a result of human activity. The hospital will be located in the Cochran Mill Nature Preserve in the new city of Chattahoochee Hill Country.

An early afternoon call to Palmetto Police Dec. 28 about possible prowlers near Carlton Road led to the arrest of two juveniles less than an hour later.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between Dec. 26 and Jan. 1. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

It could be a gas station or a convenience store or a restaurant or a self-storage warehouse or a combination of the four. A proposal for commercial development on the northwest corner of Senoia Road and Rockwood Road presented Dec. 27 to Tyrone Planning Commission was withdrawn until a revised proposal can be made.

It was only a little over two acres, but questions were significant enough to have a residential rezoning proposal continued until Tyrone Planning commissioners could obtain additional information.

Both the Starr’s Mill and Our Lady of Mercy boys and girls basketball teams wanted nothing more Friday than to start off the new year with victories in their first games since the holiday break.

The McIntosh Lady Chiefs were tied with Woodward Academy 6-6 after the first quarter and 18-18 at the half, but stifling defense led to a 47-28 win for the Lady War Eagles.

A total of 14 people have been arrested in connection with the Dec. 5 smash and grab burglary of about 75-80 guns from Autrey’s Armory in north Fayette County, sheriff’s deputies announced today.

Everything new is old again as Tyrone's Town Council brought two familiar faces back to government work Thursday night. The Council unanimously sacked Barry Amos as town manager and Brad Sears as town attorney, and replaced them with former Fayette County administrator Chris Venice and former Fayette County law firm McNally, Fox and Cameron. Longtime county attorney Bill McNally will serve as the town's lead attorney.

The Peachtree City Council decided tonight to avoid a moratorium on all retail development so city ordinances can be updated.