A former Fayetteville woman employed by the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services was indicted earlier this month on charges that she beat her 8-year-old daughter with a belt multiple times.

Will Coweta County try and slow down the county’s explosive growth?

The idea was first brought to the County Commission two weeks ago, when Sheriff Mike Yeager, spoke as a private citizen and asked the county to look at its overall growth plan, in light of the demand for water.

A new plan is in the works for a 123-acre undeveloped site off Ga. Highway 74 south near Holly Grove Road.

While there would be a 21-acre area along the highway for commercial use, the new plan also includes a 26-acre site for a mix of duplexes, single family detached and assisted living residences as part of a development aimed at seniors, according to City Planner David Rast.

If Deborah Connell had her way, the city’s golf cart paths would have speed bumps to slow down speeding drivers.

Connell submitted her question at the Peachtree City Town Hall meeting on Tuesday. When Peachtree City mayor Harold Logsdon was asked if the city would install speed bumps on its cart paths, he responded, “It’s not likely we will be putting speed bumps on our golf cart paths.”

At Wednesday night’s budget workshop, the city council generally agreed to implement immediately a higher starting salary scale for police officers and coinciding raises for existing police officers. The scale allows for those salaries to increase 4.5 percent, and bilingual officers will get another 4.5 percent salary increase.

A north Fayette man was arrested early Sunday after he shot his girlfriend during a domestic dispute, police said.

Christopher McDaniel, 29, of 350 Carriage Drive remains in the Fayette County Jail after he was denied bond on one of the four charges filed against him.

June is busting out all over in Senoia.

During Monday night, the City council got its first glimpse of the new development planned for the old cotton gin area adjacent to the town’s Main Street and post office.

KLMK Group will lead project management of the new hospital facility for residents of Coweta County, Michael Bass, Piedmont Newnan Hospital President and CEO, announced at the Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce Business After-Hours event.

Shane’s Rib Shack got its start three years ago in a tin-roofed rib shack operating in a rural McDonough and is now open at 1261 N. Peachtree Parkway.

Starting Friday, the cart path crossing over Ga. Highway 74 at Willow and Paschall roads will be closed for several months to accommodate construction, officials have said.

Registration has closed for entries to this year’s July 4th parade in Peachtree City.

The parade is the kick-off for the July 4 festivities, as residents line on both sides of Peachtree Parkway to see decorated floats and golf cart entries.

Transportation funding to be an issue Peachtree City’s Town Hall meeting on growth, traffic and related issues drew an interested standing-room only crowd at City Hall Tuesday night.

Say hello to Georgia’s newest city. Eighty-three percent of Chattahoochee Hill Country residents voting June 19 cast their ballots in favor of establishing their own city.

Fayette County undercover drug agents and uniformed officers take down a suspect and seize two pounds of “ice” methamphetamine and two handguns in a June 14 drug bust at Banks Crossing shopping center in Fayetteville.

Dr. Ferrol Sams signs copies of his new novel, “Down Town,” at a celebration at the Fayette County Public Library last Saturday. Over 2,000 people attended the event, which featured the book signing and a free picnic. Commented the physician and writer known to many as Sambo, “I was just overwhelmed at the number of people who remembered me.” Photo/Emily Baldwin.

Peachtree City residents may get a chance to vote on two expensive additions to the city’s recreation system this November.

The results are in, and once again, Fayette’s students have excelled at another standardized test.

Late Friday afternoon, the Georgia Department of Education released system-wide results for the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test.

A proposal from Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray would provide significant starting salary increases for police officers in an effort to lure more high-quality candidates to the department.

The Peachtree City Police Department’s SWAT team forcefully apprehended a suspect who barricaded himself in a home in the Wynnmeade subdivision late Monday afternoon.

It’s going to be a busy election season in the county’s municipalities this fall as two mayors’ positions will be up for grabs.

Medical Alley in Fayetteville continues to expand. The most recent evidence came with two proposed annexation and rezoning requests along Ga. Highway 54 West, heard by Planning and Zoning commissioners at the June 12 work session. Both properties are close to Piedmont-Fayette Community Hospital.

Officials: Sparks could start wild fire in Fayette

With an eye toward the coming July 4th holiday and the area’s current drought, Fayette County fire officials are asking residents to take extra caution to prevent wildfires.

One of the latest versions of Peachtree City’s proposed budget for the 2008 fiscal year was lowered to show no millage rate increase for the coming year.

It will be an interesting, if not lengthy, meeting Thursday night as Fayetteville City Council considers passage of ordinances on group homes, maximum residential occupancy and parking. Also up will be a public hearing and the first reading of the 2008 budget and a host of other ordinances.

It’s all about the money. Two pounds of “ice” methamphetamine made its way from Mexico to Gwinnett County and on to Banks Crossing shopping center in Fayetteville June 14, where two metro Atlanta men were arrested for trying to make the sale to undercover agents.

The plan by undercover drug agents was to have Earnest Ray Toney and Jon Lawrence Bottrell come to Fayetteville June 14 to purchase a half-pound of “ice” methamphetamine.

Fayette County parents have until August to make their feelings know about four different calendars for the 2008-2009 school year.

The hits just keep on coming. A June 13 drug reverse on Ga. Highway 92 led to the arrest of three men from Atlanta, Riverdale and Lumber City on multiple drug and firearms charges when they attempted to purchase 25 pounds of marijuana and one kilogram of cocaine from undercover agents. The men tried unsuccessfully to convince an undercover agent to travel to Union City to complete the transaction.

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