A request to rezone a 3.82-acre residential tract so it could be subdivided into two separate tracts was denied by the Peachtree City Council last week.

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon wants the city to consider increasing the size of the tourism association board from five to seven members.

A Monday meeting between Senoia and Coweta County officials about expanding sewer service in Senoia drew two interested parties from just across the county line.

One westbound lane of Ga. Highway 54 West in Fayetteville was shut down Thursday afternoon as emergency crews worked to contain a gasoline spill from a tanker truck, officials said.

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.

Fulton County Community Zoning Board sided with area residents Aug. 21 by recommending denial of proposals to construct 465 apartments and other residences and 26,000 square feet of retail on the already crowded Oakley Industrial Boulevard near Ga. Highway 138.

A Brooks teen was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when the Jeep he was riding in flipped, trapping him underneath, deputies said.

Tax would be collected in Fayette, 9 other metro Atlanta counties; legislature approval needed

The board of the Atlanta Regional Commission is proposing Georgia implement a one percent sales tax to address the current $3.1 billion shortfall in available funds for short-term transportation projects.

Pfeifer accuses Frady of redrawing map to aid reelection; Demo chair says, ‘It is about race, pure and simple

In an explosive debate that featured references to the Jim Crow South, the Fayette County Commission voted Monday morning to send new voting district maps to the state reapportionment office.

One commissioner, Peter Pfeifer, charged another, Herb Frady, with gerrymandering Frady’s district to protect against a future challenge from a former opponent.

Want to know where your elementary student will be going to school in the next couple of years? Wait until after three months of secret negotiations.

The Peachtree City Council narrowly approved doubling the salaries of the mayor from $9,000 to $18,000 a year and of council members from $6,000 to $12,000 a year.

Are employees working in the Fayette County School System getting paid what they’re worth? Are their salaries comparable to what employees in surrounding counties are earning?

Fayette County Commission Chairman Jack Smith is worried about the county’s future tax base.

During Monday’s meeting, Smith wondered if it wasn’t time for the county to build another industrial park.

Blaze damages bushes, landscaping

Fayetteville police are investigating who set fire to landscaping in front of the Fayette County Alternative School Sunday night, police said.

Six people were arrested by Fayetteville police Thursday evening after a fistfight broke out in the driveway of a home on South Shore Terrace, police said.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty.