When most of us think of Africa, we think of exotic animals roaming wild in the jungle, safaris on the expansive savannah and hunters looking for their next kill--all images that have been portrayed on the Discovery Channel, in movies like Tarzan and King Kong, or pictures we have seen in National Geographic.

The Coweta County Board of Education approved two new principal positions for the 2007-08 school year Wednesday upon the recommendations of Superintendent Blake Bass.

McIntosh's Lady Chiefs defeated Evans 8-0 on Tuesday and Starr's Mill's varsity boys beat Evans 5-0 on Wednesday.

All Coweta County school students who have received transfers to a school outside of their home attendance zones, including hardship transfers and school transfers under the No Child Left Behind Act, must renew those transfers by June 11 for the transfers to remain in effect for the 2007-08 school year.

The Whitewater Wildcats trailed Woodward Academy 10-5 going into the bottom of the sixth inning tonight before rallying with six runs for a region win that puts the Wildcats tied for second in the region with the War Eagles and Northgate.

The McIntosh Chiefs varsity boys soccer team defeated Glynn Academy 3-0 on Wednesday night on the strength of two goals from Cameron Black and an own goal from their opponent.

A Peachtree City man says he owes his life to his motorcycle helmet.

Richard Skinner, 61, was riding his 2003 Honda DTX Sunday afternoon when he stopped on Ga. Highway 74 to turn left into the Gilroy’s hardware store area. A 18-year-old driver in a 2003 Mitsubishi Eclipse struck him from behind, sending Skinner flying into the car’s windshield and onto the pavement.

McIntosh goalkeeper Rachel Barnette makes a sliding save in the Lady Chiefs’ 3-2 win Friday over Blessed Trinity. The game against the Lady

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The Peachtree City Council has agreed to seek a cost estimate for an “unbiased” consultant to study traffic and other ramifications from the proposed extension of TDK Boulevard into Coweta County.

At the request of the developer, the Peachtree City Council Thursday night postponed consideration of a controversial rezoning on Ga. Highway 74 South near Holly Grove Road for a 300,000-square-foot shopping center directly across from the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center.

Two north Fayette residents were arrested Sunday for allowing three children to live in an unsanitary environment in which they were malnourished, according to arrest warrants filed by a Fayette County sheriff’s deputy.

Could commuter bus service be in the cards for Fayette County?

During last week’s meeting of the Coweta County Commission, Georgia Regional Transportation Authority representative Jim Ritchey provided the neighboring county’s commissioners an overall view of the success of the system in Coweta.

In just under three weeks, Fayette’s community advisory committee will hold its first meeting and begin working on next year’s redistricting process for elementary school attendance zones.

Fayetteville police are investigating two armed robberies last week where the suspects posed as customers, bringing items for purchase to the counter before pulling their guns.

A Roswell man connected to a 2005 shooting in Peachtree City has been arrested by Roswell authorities, police said.

Sadino Rivera, 29, of Frazier Street, Roswell was arrested Saturday when Roswell police responded to a domestic violence incident in which Rivera is accused of breaking into a woman’s home after she refused to let him in, police said.

The solution to some of Fayetteville’s current and future downtown traffic congestion might be found where two X’s mark the spot.

This year’s Pennies for Patients campaign at Peachtree City Elementary had special meaning for students and staff.

Fellow third grader Shane Rienks is battling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and was recently treated for the form of blood cancer. The school named Shane their honored hero for the campaign.

Mucklow's Fine Jewelry in Peachtree City will be hosting an event for children April 28 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; May 5 11 a.m.-4 p.m., and May 6 noon-4 p.m.

The Peachtree City Police Department is accepting applicants for its Citizen’s Police Academy course, which will begin Thursday, May 10.

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

A north Fayette man has been arrested for participating in an armed robbery at the Four Seasons Mobile Home Community in north Fayette County.

Over a year and several revisions later, some Fayette students can finally lay claim to being the first to write a publication of SparkNotes, study guides used by high school and college students for popular books, plays and poems.

Fayetteville businessman and chairman of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents Allan Vigil will be the guest speaker at the groundbreaking for Gordon College’s newest resident housing, Gordon Village.

Young Olympians showed off their scientific aptitude during the county’s annual Elementary Science Olympiad (ESO) for grades 3-5.

The Youth Council will host a golf cart scavenger hunt and picnic Saturday that will kick off at Picnic Park near the All Children’s Playground starting at 4:30 p.m.