Fulton County zoning commissioners cast their lot with residents of Oakley Township subdivision Aug. 21 as the Community Zoning Board (CZB) denied a request to construct 465 apartments and other residences on Oakley Industrial Boulevard and another to establish 26,000 square feet of retail businesses adjacent to the subdivision.

The murder of two children followed by the suicide of the father who killed them struck Oakley Township subdivision Monday night. The motive for the killings is unknown.

Fairburn residents bolstered their fight to keep a household trash and construction debris transfer station from being approved at the site of an inert landfill on Bohannon Road Thursday when they gained the support of Congressman David Scott.

Steven Cooper, left, acting director of the NWS Southern Region, presented Dan Collins of the Peachtree CIty NWS office with the Isaac M.

Fairburn Police have arrested two men in connection with the Aug. 8 murder of 18 year-old Palmetto resident Brandon Horton, who was shot in the head during an altercation near Johnson Road on Fairburn’s south side.

Complaints by many area residents that South Fulton Parkway has become a local substitute for the Autobahn seemed to hold true early Monday morning when a Newnan man fleeing Georgia State Patrol (GSP) on a motorcycle was killed near Hunter Road. He was clocked earlier traveling 137 miles per hour.

Staff from Fulton County Comprehensive Planning Division meet with residents of unincorporated south Fulton Aug.

Onsite sales are now open at John Wieland’s newest Fayette neighborhood, River Crest, located in Tyrone off Ga. Highway 74 just minutes from I-85. With a unique neighborhood plan distinguished by 100 acres of protected green space and dynamic club amenities, River Crest is offering a selection of homes from Wieland’s Signature Homes portfolio priced from the $400s.

Last week’s vote by the Tyrone Town Council to pursue additional sewage capacity from Peachtree City showed another difference of opinion on the Town Council.

The theft of copper wire in the tri-county area of Fayette, Fulton and Coweta continued Aug. 20 when a Tyrone business owner opened his doors to find $6,500 worth of the economically precious metal stolen.

8_25_07 Citizen Sports Blitz Preview by Michael Boylan

The Citizen Sports Blitz: Listen to Mike and Kevin's take on this weekend's football scrimmages and their look ahead to the first games of the regular season. The guys talk about Whitewater, Starr's Mill, Sandy Creek, McIntosh, Fayette County High, Newnan, East Coweta, Heritage and more! Click here to listen to the podcast.

Genesis by God

As a significant electrical storm rolled across Fayette for the second night in a row, fire crews battled a blaze at a home in south Fayetteville Friday evening.

By CAL BEVERLY
editor@TheCitizen.com

Fayetteville Mayor Ken Steele intends to seeks reelection in the Nov. 6 city elections, he announced Friday in a news release.

County ‘extremely busy' but helped by Fayetteville crews

A significant electrical storm touched off at least three structure fires in Fayette County — perhaps four — due to lighting strikes Thursday evening, officials said.

Floor coating, HVAC changes to combat moisture problem

Fixing the moisture problem at the Peachtree City police station will cost an estimated $860,000, it was announced last week.

After nearly three hours of talks Monday afternoon. Senoia and Coweta County officials could not come to an agreement on the allocation of the city’s excess sewer capacity. But officials did agree to meet and try and hammer out a final agreement Sept.11.

Peachtree City officials have grown frustrated with the amount of time it has taken the Georgia Department of Transportation to approve making cart path connections to the new bridge spanning the CSX railroad tracks along Ga. Highway 54.

The emotion spilled over at the end of Thursday’s council meeting, as the project remains unfinished though the city had initially planned to open it this past April.

Two members of Senoia’s administrative staff got raises Monday night, thanks to the City Council.

After the regular meeting was over, the council went into executive session to discuss two personnel item.

A proposed rezoning for a 21-acre shopping center on Ga. Highway 74 across from Holly Grove Road was tabled by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.

Two employees of the National Weather Service in Peachtree City have been honored with a national award for their “outstanding support” for NWS facilities affected by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

By next Friday afternoon, Peachtree City residents will have a clear picture of just who will seek election to one of two seats on the City Council.

East Coweta students were in mid-season form Monday night as East Coweta bested Northgate in a scrimmage game.

Peachtree City resident Don Haddix has formally announced that he will run for a seat on the Peachtree City Council in November.

If you like old cars, lively music, and yummy food, the third annual "Cruisin' to the Oldies" Car Show in Historic Downtown Senoia is a great way to spend a Saturday. This year's event on September 22nd from 2 to 10 p.m. is open to street rods, muscle cars, and motorcycles, as well as antique cars of all kinds.

A state-of-the art facility unveiled last week in Newnan now offers residents a one-stop auto shopping experience.

Senoia’s newest subdivision got the green light from the Senoia Planning Commission Tuesday night.

The Newberry subdivision, which will wrap around the old County Line Tavern on Ga. Highway 85, features 141 lots on 153 acres. The subdivision is being developed by Fayetteville-based developer Bob Rolader. Newberry also features 80 acres of open space and 4.5 acres of commercial property on Hwy.85.

The Rudy Giuliani Presidential Committee announced this week that Georgia State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox has endorsed former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani for President. Cox, who won a landslide statewide reelection in 2006, joins a growing team of Georgia supporters.