Nearly 500 people braved the hot evening hours Aug. 7, making their way to Duncan Park in Fairburn to attend the second annual National Night Out, a program designed to enhance communication and participation between law enforcement and the community.

Piedmont Fayette Hospital's maternity center welcomed its 1,000th baby into the world this week.

In another twist in Fayette County's attorney saga, Peachtree City's Don Comer was named interim county attorney Thursday night. Comer was announced after Commissioner Peter Pfeifer objected to holding an executive session without an attorney.

Eighteen year-old Palmetto resident Brandon Horton was murdered late Wednesday night in Fairburn after he and three friends were attacked by up to nine males.

City originally hoped to have cart path connection open in April

It’s been more than a year since the western leg of Ga. Highway 54 has been opened to four lanes of traffic, but the cart path bridge that was built as part of the project remains closed.

A group of Peachtree City residents is asking the City Council for help with problems golf cart drivers are having crossing Peachtree Parkway between the Peninsula to the Stoneybrook subdivisions.

Council interviews take place Monday

Four people so far have filed applications to be appointed to the unexpired term on the Peachtree City Council left vacant by the resignation of Judi-ann Rutherford last month.

Peachtree City residents interested in learning more about the operation of the City government are invited to sign up for the new PTC 101 class which begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 25.

A 25-year-old college student has announced he will run for one of the two Peachtree City Council seats up for grabs this November.

The Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority will expand its program to match half of the retirement contributions employees make to their individual retirement accounts.

The Broadway musical version of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women” will premier at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts on Lower Fayetteville road on Thursday, August 9, through Saturday, August 11.

Developer Tom Reese once again swatted away any notions that his mega-development of McIntosh Village was off track.

The 1,500-acre development, located on McIntosh Trail in unincorporated Coweta County, would be one of the region’s biggest developments with more than 3,100 homes and 600,000 sq.ft of office space.

Coweta County kicked off a new employee service award program in July with a luncheon honoring all employees who had achieved a milestone anniversary from January through June of 2007. In addition, to help bridge the old program with the new program, all employees with more than 20 years service were invited to lunch as well.

Taxes are on the rise for residents in Senoia who had their property reassessed this year. On Monday, the Senoia City Council approved the millage rate at 6.11 mills. City administrator Richard Ferry,, presented the breakdown of millage rate and said 18 percent of the city’s tax base industrial, while 9 percent is commercial, and 73 percent residential. There were no public comments and the rate was agreed to unanimously.

Whitewater head football coach Amos McCreary won his second Crying Towel award at the Peachtree City Rotary Club's meeting today. All of the football coaches for Fayette County's five public high schools were in attendance. The goal of the Crying Towel Luncheon is for the coach to give his sob story on why his team would have the toughest road this year.

Peachtree City police have released a sketch of the man who robbed the Home Town Dollar Plus store at the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center at gunpoint August 2.

During Wednesday morning's retreat at Callaway Gardens, the Fayette County Commission created a policy for hiring the county's attorney.

A Tyrone man and a Chattahoochee Hill Country juvenile have been charged in the July 14 arson fire in Fairburn that destroyed a home and took the life of the family’s dog.

Fayetteville police are working on identifying a masked man and woman who robbed the Zaxby’s restaurant on Ga. Highway 85 near the Fayette Pavilion late Monday evening.

Palmetto City Council Aug. 6 turned down a proposed zoning ordinance amendment to establish a residential active adult district.

In his Fayetteville front yard, Walter Reeves, 3, takes a cool break from summer heat in this photo sent in by his mother, Ginger, as part of The Citizen's Summer Fun Promotion.

Members of the Fayette County Board of Education and other school system officials grab their shovels Thursday to break ground at the ceremony marking the start of construction for Inman Elementary School, set to open next year.

WASA approves talks with town on treating 500,000 gallons a day; Amos says developers are waiting for OK

The Board of Education unanimously voted July 31 to renew its contract with Dr. John DeCotis, the school system’s superintendent, for another three years, keeping DeCotis as far and away the highest paid local government official in Fayette County.

Several parties over the weekend in Fayetteville quickly went south as officers in three separate incidents arrested 17 people for underage drinking, four on drug-related charges, two adults for furnishing alcohol to minors and one arrest for a weapons violation.

A group of former county commission chairmen have banded together to speak up against the possibility of the current county commission adopting a defined benefit pension plan.

Armed with at least some feedback from city residents, the Peachtree City Council has decided to explore the possibility of choosing one privately owned garbage company to serve the entire city.

The Fayette County Board of Education met at a work session Monday, and it discussed possibly delaying the construction of a new elementary school at the Sandy Creek Road, Tillman Road school site.