Cadets from the Sandy Creek High Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) program have volunteered their time to support many area community services. The most recent effort was the AFJROTC annual canned food drive. Each fall cadets get the entire Sandy Creek student body involved in donating food for local needs. Over the past several years the donations have helped the Real Life Center.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between Dec. 19-25. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The renovation of Peachtree City’s police headquarters is proceeding very well and also on time, according to City Engineer David Borkowski.

So far, all of the necessary drywall has been knocked down and removed along with ceiling tiles, Borkowski said. And most of the work on the heating, ventilation and cooling system has been completed, he added.

Allegations, employee identity kept secret for now

The Peachtree City Council has authorized seeking an outside counsel to investigate allegations filed against a current employee, city officials have said.

The dirt has barely been turned yet already there’s a lawsuit in the works over the Fischer Crossing shopping center off Ga. Highway 34 and Fischer Road in Coweta County, a minute’s drive from Peachtree City.

Red Cross: Donors especially needed over holidays

Officials with the American Red Cross are hoping many Fayette residents will donate blood at a day-long drive on Friday, Jan. 4 at the Gathering Place community center in Peachtree City.

Need to know how to change your car’s oil? Or how often you should change your spark plugs?

Thanks to a partnership with Gale, the Peachtree City Library is the place to go for quick online access to repair, maintenance and service information on the most popular cars, trucks, vans and SUVs on the road today.

Area residents can now drop off Christmas trees that will be chipped into mulch or used as a wildlife habitat at this year’s “Bring One for the Chipper.” The event educates the public on recycling and environmental conservation. It also allows communities to put discarded Christmas trees to good use. The program assists local governments in complying with Georgia’s yard trimmings ban implemented in September 1996.

The future of eastern Coweta County could have been determined by a vote of the Coweta County Commission in April.

Residents and visitors saw dramatic changes in Senoia during the last 12 months.

The biggest physical change occurred as a four-story building was nearly completed in downtown Senoia. When the building opens early next year, it will house Redneck Gourmet restaurant, an Irish pub and several other businesses.

It was a special occasion Dec. 14 as Peachtree City VFW Post 9949 members, their wives and guests announced the winners of the 2007 Patriot’s Pen Contest awards banquet. Middle school students penned an essay entitled “Why I am an American patriot,” while high school students completed a written and video presentation entitled “My role in honoring America’s veterans.”

Piedmont Newnan Hospital employee Betsy Jackson, has been awarded the 2007 Metro Atlanta Heart Walk Lifestyle Change Award from the American Heart Association. Jackson,who is director of risk management at Piedmont Newnan Hospital, was nominated for the award by Ginny Lyles, vice president of human resources.

Robert Burch, author of 19 books, and a Fayette County native, died Christmas Day following a long illness.

Funeral services will be Friday, Dec. 28, at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church at 11 a.m.

Viewing hours are on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Fayette County met Gov. Sonny Perdue’s goal to reduce water usage by 10 percent in the month of November, the governor’s office has announced.

Brooks teen makes full recovery after being crushed beneath flipped Jeep

When Matt Norton needed God and his friends the most, they all came through for him.

There he was, pinned underneath an overturned Jeep, his chest crushed by the weight of the vehicle. He gasped for air, unable to breathe.

Fayette County’s newest elementary school will harken back to the past for its name.

During Monday night’s school board meeting, the board agreed to name the school Rivers Elementary School and let it sit on the table for 30 days for consideration.

Over 50 veterans signed up recently to take a free day trip to the national World War II memorial in Washington, D.C., in early May.

A south Fayette man remained hospitalized Saturday after he suffered significant burns on his body while cooking at his home on Old Greenville Road, according to family members.

A man who snatched a woman’s purse at the Fayette Pavilion Friday morning was arrested after he crashed his vehicle just across the Clayton County line on Ga. Highway 314, sheriff’s deputies said.

Sometimes over the holidays food and drink take a backseat to a nap.

Students at Spring Hill Elementary have learned that no voice is too small when it comes to making improvements in their state and community.

The Fayette County NAACP in collaboration with Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and the Fayette County Board of Education will host the Fifth Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Parade January 19.

Whitewater Middle School Student Council led a school-wide food drive for the Fayette Samaritans. The food was used to stock the pantries of those in need.

Some in Palmetto in the past year have wondered if there was a need for a recreation program.

It may be on the way to becoming a fleeting memory in some places, but not in Chattahoochee Hill Country.

It was not an official meeting but it had all the makings of one. New Tyrone Mayor Don Rehwaldt, above, and new council members Tracy Young and Eric Dial took the oath of office at town hall Thursday night as nearly 75 supporters looke on. Photos/Ben Nelms.

For the second time in three months, the Shell convenience store on Palmetto Road was the site of a burlary. The latestc crimeoccurred Dec. 16 at approximately 10:45 p.m. Police were alerted by an alarm call, finding the store’s front door busted out, said Tyrone Police spokesperson Alicia Batts. The owner arrived and confirmed that two cash registers had been pried open and drawers were missing, she said. An undisclosed amount of cash was missing.

It was all over virtually before it started. Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford sided with Walker Brothers-owned First Victoria Properties Dec. 19 in upholding the company’s contention that it is within its rights to construct a controversial trash transfer station on Bohannon Road in Fairburn.

Everything comes to an end. That was the case at the Dec. 18 council meeting as Union City Police Chief Mike Isome announced to the mayor and city council that he would be resigning effective Dec. 29.

Some Christmas goodies come with a price, though with some it might take a get out of jail card to get home in time for Christmas. Drug busts do not take a holiday, according to agents with Fayette’s Drug Task Force (DTF). That was the case for a Union City man arrested in Fayette County on cocaine and marijuana charges.