Krysta Nick, the 2006 Fayette Idol winner, was presented top honors for Vocalist of the Year and Enterrainer of the Year this past weekend, by the Georgia Country Music and Gospal Association in Dalton, Georgia. Nick also co-opened for Chris Young, the 2006 Nashville Star winner.

Fayette had a dominant presence at the 35th Annual Clemson University Foreign Language Declamation with 87 students participating, more than any other school system at the competition.

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Fullback Matt Daniels rushed 24 times for 93 yards and threw one touchdown pass. Defensively, he had 11 total tackles and one interception.

Fayette County is temporarily discontinuing the issuance of outdoor burning permits in light of the severe drought and the additional leaves that add to fire hazards, among other problems.

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Coweta County Solicitor Robert Stokely paid a visit to Tyrone Thursday night to question the town’s procedures on issuing occupational tax certificates.

Stokely appeared as a private resident and said he was acting as a business associate in the Tyrone Tire business. Stokely said the business has tried to rent out a bay, but has been repeatedly turned down by the town, or run into delays.

Many things in life happen below the radar, but not all stay there. A Nov. 13 divorce hearing settled out of court in Fayette County, combined with documentation compiled in an investigation by Fairburn City Clerk Nancy Faulkner revealed past sexual liaisons between former Officer Sanita Hampton and several current or former Fairburn officers.

Palmetto is on the move again. It has been more than a year since property was annexed into the city, but that might be changing. Planning and Zoning commissioners Thursday voted to recommend the annexation of 254.71 acres that would extend the city limits south into Coweta County to I-85.

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On November 8, 2007, Tyrone’s Lily Toering celebrated her first birthday thanks to the amazing care she received at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Lily was born with an arrhythmia called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW).

Astronaut Roger Crouch explains to Bear Creek Middle School students the rigors of preparing food to eat in space.

It was a different kind of setting for a topic that, until recently, has been largely unknown in Georgia. Jurisdictions from around the state converged at Rico Cultural Center Nov. 9 to learn more about Transfer of Development Rights (TDR), in a workshop sponsored by Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy (CHCC).

Fairburn made the move Nov. 13 to select a new police chief, with the hiring of retired Fulton County Police Deputy Chief James “Chip” McCarthy.

Here it comes. The grading was recently completed and the first two buildings at the Olde Town Tyrone commercial development on Palmetto Road near Swanson Road are now underway.

Palmetto Police are still searching for two armed robbers that held up DJ’s Grocery II Oct. 25.

Detective John Cooper said Thursday the men entered the store on Main Street with handguns drawn at approximately 11:30 p.m. The men ordered the two clerks to lock the door and surrender the store’s money, Cooper said.

It is quite an event at Palmetto Elementary School Nov. 9 as students, speakers, parents and veterans hold the school’s annual Veteran’s Day observance.

Mike and Kevin discuss Fayette County, Whitewater and Sandy Creek’s wins in the first round of the state football playoffs last night.

The Sandy Creek Patriots are moving on to the second round of the state playoffs.

Led by a monster game from running back Ragion Neal and a defense that intercepted four passes, Creek shocked eighth-ranked Hart County 23-8 Friday in the first round of the state playoffs in Hartwell.

FC - 21 Baldwin - 16

FC vs. Bainbridge (28-14 winners over Statesboro)

Whitewater - 23 Lovejoy - 21

Whitewater @ Thomas County Central (44-13 winners over Brunswick)

Right up until the start of the biggest game of his life, Whitewater Wildcats quarterback David Byrd was sick, battling a fever and still recovering from vomiting, aches and pains from the previous night.

The Fayette County Tigers (11-0) are just good.

Eventually, you simply run out of superlatives.

One of Peachtree City’s pioneer manufacturing facilities has been sold, according to published reports.

GlobeSt.com said Friday that TDK Electronics Corp. sold its 269,000 square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility at 611 Highway 74.

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Developer says big box store necessary for Whole Foods

The Peachtree City Council declined to abandon two roads in the West Village Thursday night ... but a majority of council has said it would be willing to consider doing so if the right development plan was presented.

Palmetto is looking to expand its city limits further into Coweta County. If approved next month by the city council, a Nov. 15 recommendation by the city Planning and Zoning Board would add 274.71 acres and extend the city limits to I-85.

Mike and Kevin talk football playoffs for all the local teams and make their predictions.

Could open industrial park to retail businesses

Peachtree City cannot deny a developer’s application to build a Lowe’s Home Improvement store on industrially-zoned land off Ga. Highway 74 and TDK Boulevard, a court has ruled.

Commercial, residential development also a concern, city says

While Aberdeen Village is the city’s oldest developed area, it is also changing in several ways as older homes are sold or converted into rental units, while others remain lived-in by long-time Peachtree City residents.

Peachtree City recreation officials are exploring the possibility of irrigating fields at the Hwy. 74 Baseball and Soccer Complex with specially treated water that’s reclaimed from the city’s sewer system.

A proposal to strengthen the city’s design guidelines ordinance for retail, commercial and industrial buildings was approved Monday night by the Peachtree City Planning Commission.