Six seniors from McIntosh and Starr’s Mill High Schools are among 16,000 semifinalists nationwide competing in the 53rd annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

9-18 daily citizen by Michael Boylan

A Peachtree City man is wanted on several criminal charges revolving around a tirade at a Packers youth football game Saturday, Sept. 8 and fleeing from a police officer at Riley Field two days later.

9-17 daily citizen by Michael Boylan

The day of reckoning is down to the wire. Voters in unincorporated south Fulton will go to the polls Sept. 18 to make a decision on forming the city of South Fulton. The referendum is the last of five such moves inside Fulton County. Previous votes by unincorporated residents resulted in the formation of the cities of Chattahoochee Hill Country, John’s Creek, Milton and Sandy Springs.

The normal patrol for Union City police officer Wendell Adams took an unexpected turn in the early morning hours Aug. 7 when he was sickened after eating a couple of bites of a Big N’ Tasty hamburger from the McDonald’s restaurant on Ga. Highway 138. The unusual incident resulted in a misdemeanor charge against 20 year-old McDonald’s employee Kendra Bull, who said she accidentally over-salted the burger.

A former employee at Exel’s Fairburn facility is being represented by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in a sexual harassment law suit filed Sept. 7.

Fulton County’s first case of West Nile virus (WNV) was confirmed in a 56 year-old Atlanta man who was treated and released from an area hospital. The infection marks the 12th in Georgia during 2007, with Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness urging residents to take precautions when outside and to clean areas of standing water.

Fast work by employees and Fairburn Police Thursday landed two men in jail for aggravated assault and robbery.

Donald Jones, 46, of Riverdale, and 55 year-old Larry Paris, of College Park, were charged with the offenses after robbing Quatros Caminos grocery store on West Broad Street, according to Det. Charles Israel.

Police from Union City, Palmetto and Fairburn and agents from Tri-Cities Narcotics Task Force conducted license safety checks recently in locations in the three cities that resulted in 14 arrests for suspended licenses and marijuana possession and citations for other violations.

Upon further review, the Fayette County School System will be able to hook its Jenkins Road school campus to Tyrone’s sewer system.

Mike Boylan and Kevin Wandra talk about the Fayette County-Whitewater and Starr's Mill-Creekside football games.

Fayette County - 14 Whitewater - 10

Creekside - 11 Starr's Mill - 9

Pacelli - 25 Landmark - 17

Sandy Creek - 30 Franklin County - 0

The matches this week are:
Fayette County vs. Whitewater, Starr's Mill @ Creekside, McIntosh @ Westlake, Sandy Creek vs. Franklin County, OLM vs. Athens Christian, Landmark @ Pacelli, UGA vs. W. Carolina, GT vs. Boston College, Tennessee @ Florida, Falcons @ Jacksonville

A folklorist is accused of murder. And you can hear about it straight from the author when mystery novelist, playwright and Clayton State University professor Phillip DePoy reads from his latest fiction novel, “A Widow’s Curse” (St. Martin’s Press), on Saturday, Sept. 15 at 1 p.m. at the Fayette County Public Library, 1821 Heritage Park Way, Fayetteville, Ga.

BREAKING NEWS: 'Little' Kroger to stay open at Peachtree Crossings East ... Goodwill decides to seek other location

(CLICK HERE) to view staff writer John Munford's opinion of how the city could have beaten Kroger at its own game.

Kroger spokesman tells The Citizen store will remain open

Following is a text of a news release issued by The Kroger Company and Goodwill. It was received Friday at 2:30 p.m.

KROGER AND GOODWILL ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR PEACHTREE CITY STORE

Atlanta, Georgia, September 14, 2007 –The Kroger Co. and Goodwill announced today that Goodwill has decided not to lease the Kroger store at 100 N. Peachtree Parkway in Peachtree City, Georgia.

"After dialogue with Kroger and with the community, we have decided to cancel our plans to operate a Goodwill store at this location in Peachtree City,” said Raymond Bishop, President and CEO of Goodwill of North Georgia. “We are proud members of many communities in Georgia, and we rely heavily on the support of our neighbors and customers. However, in this instance, we believe that a lack of support from the community could be detrimental to our success in the location,” said Mr. Bishop.

9-14 daily citizen by Michael Boylan

The committee appointed to oversee Fayette's new elementary school boundaries got a first glimpse Thursday night of a draft of a new attendance zone map.

A Thursday luncheon to officially welcome the Sany Heavy Industry Corporation to Peachtree City was as much a blending of cultures as the announcement of a significant corporate venture coming here.

Logsdon wants citizens to voice complaints to Kroger

City Hall has been flooded with e-mail complaints about the Kroger Company’s decision to close its store at the Peachtree Crossings East shopping center in Peachtree City, replacing it with a Goodwill store.

A cruise ship waiter has become the 21st person arrested by Peachtree City police in an undercover sting targeted at people who use computers to prey on children, police said.

The Coweta County Board of Education voted at their regular meeting on September 11 to change the School System’s policy regarding student possession of cell phones and similar electronic communication devices.

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As the three-story building on Senoia’s Main Street heads towards completion. Many residents have wondered where business owners and visitors will park.

“I think we’re getting closer to a deal, but we’ve still got some sticking points to work through.”

That was the assessment of city administrator Richard Ferry after this week’s meeting with Coweta County officials on the allocation of sewer capacity.

A cruise ship waiter has become the 21st person arrested by Peachtree City police in an undercover sting targeted at people who use computers to prey on children, police said.

Mike and Kevin talk about area softball and volleyball teams, rankings, players of note and big games ahead on the schedules.

UPDATE (PHOTO BELOW): Sany welcomed by Gov. Perdue, officials in Capitol ceremony Wednesday morning ... plans to build $30 million campus at first ... headquarters coming in future to PTC ... Sany officials excited about locating initial 200 jobs in PTC, later expanding to force of 600 ... Logsdon: Chinese firm will add to city's international culture

It was a different kind of swearing in ceremony. Members of Peachtree City Police SWAT team and newly formed Fayetteville Police SWAT team were sworn in for each other’s city by Judge W. Fletcher Sams in a 1 p.m. ceremony at the Fayette County Justice Center.