The Fayette County Commission may consider amending its noise ordinance to allow a resident’s request for his children to ride dirt bikes on a track they built on their property.

Dragon boat racers from around Fayette County will converge on Lake Peachtree next Saturday for the races sponsored by the Peachtree City Rotary Club.

Justices cite prejudicial comment from judge during opening statement

The Georgia Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a Canton man for sending explicit photos and making sexual advances online to a girl he thought was 13 who was actually an undercover Peachtree City police officer.

A former Peachtree City man was found guilty Thursday of molesting his now 12-year-old stepdaughter over a period of several years.

Peachtree City may soon be further restricting the maximum height of buildings in residential, office and commercial zoning districts.

Will address condos at Tinsley Mill Village

Peachtree City has been slated to receive a $669,000 grant from the state to reduce flooding problems at the Tinsley Mill Village condos along Lake Peachtree, Gov. Sonny Perdue announced Wednesday.

The Peachtree City Police Department has been awarded first place in the state for its comprehensive traffic safety program.

Piedmont Fayette Hospital and the American Cancer Society Host Cancer Expo

Piedmont Fayette Hospital and the American Cancer Society are hosting a Cancer Information Expo in the McIntosh High School auditorium on Tuesday, October 2. The expo begins with registration at 6 p.m. followed by Martha Bird Knighton’s presentation “Covering Cancer with Comedy: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Journey” at 7 p.m. A question and answer session with local doctors will follow.

The Coweta Up in Smoke BBQ Cook-Off is the premier BBQ event in Georgia. The event is sanctioned by the Florida BBQ Association and declared the official Georgia State Championship BBQ by the Georgia State Senate. Teams from all over the Southeast will compete for big money prizes and braggin’ rights. This year’s BBQ will be held October 6 at the beautiful Coweta County Fairgrounds.

Senoia officials will take another look at some of the projects the city plans to complete during the next few years.

Promise Place, the council on domestic violence that serves Fayette County as well as Pike, Upson and Spalding counties will hold their 3rd annual 5K run/walk tonight at 7 p.m. Proceeds from this event will raise money for the new emergency shelter that opened in Fayette County in May, 2007. The race will start and end at Partner's Pizza on Ga. Highway 54 in Peachtree City. Participants will recieve a T-shirt and enjoy free pizza, soft drinks and a family fun evening of games and entertainment on the lawn. Registration is $25. Applications can be picked up at area Partner's Pizza restaurants in Peachtree City, Fayetteville and Tyrone as well as all Fayette County World Gym locations.

The scare at East Coweta High School last week showed the school system the power of rumors.

Rumors started circulating at the beginning of the week that a student was bringing a gun to the sprawling campus located on Ga. Highway 154.

9-27 daily citizen by Michael Boylan

A former Peachtree City man denied that he molested his now 12-year-old stepdaughter or even touched her inappropriately, as he took the stand in his own defense before a jury Wednesday afternoon.

Fairburn City Council Sept. 24 agreed to initiate a $10 million project that will construct a downtown college campus designed to house Georgia Military College (GMC) and possibly other satellite campuses from area colleges and universities.

Mike and Kevin talk about local softball and volleyball.

9-26 daily citizen by Michael Boylan

When the top two teams in Class AAAA meet, you know you're in for a good game. When the teams are both from the same county, you know it will be a great game.

Concerns over density made the difference Tuesday as Fayetteville Planning & Zoning commissioners voted to deny a request to rezone 57.88 acres from R-30 to R-22 PUD (Planned Unit Development).

The Whitewater High School Marching Band performs its show, “Medieval Times,” at the second annual Fayette County Marching Band Exhibition.

Fayette County’s largest and most expensive park is finally set to open Oct. 6.

Kenwood Park, located just off Ga. Highway 279, offers more than 175 acres of greenspace in the county’s fast-growing northern section. In 2004, the Fayette County Commission approved the master plan for the park, which is roughly the same size as Atlanta’s famed Piedmont Park.

The committee charged with drawing new elementary school boundaries is taking a road trip tomorrow night to view two of the county’s schools.

A 12-year-old girl described sordid details of her then-stepfather molesting her on numerous occasions to a Fayette County jury Tuesday morning.

A Newnan man was convicted Tuesday of trafficking methamphetamine stemming from an undercover drug bust in Tyrone last December.

Peachtree City’s Planning Commission got a sneak peak at what the Sany Corporation plans to build on its corporate headquarters campus.

Peachtree City has been named one of the top 10 places to retire in the United States by U.S. News and World Report magazine.

The Georgia Association of School Nurses has named School Health Services Specialist Debbie King, RN, BSN, Georgia School Nurse Administrator of the Year.

A new student in an unfamiliar school can often feel isolated and alone but not at Sandy Creek High thanks to the school’s Patriot Ambassadors.

A Peachtree City man wanted on charges of disorderly conduct stemming from his verbal confrontation with his son’s youth football coach has been arrested, police said.

A doctoral student at the University of Georgia pled guilty Monday to engaging in an explicit online conversation with an undercover Peachtree City police officer whom he thought was under 16.