For the third time in just over two years, Fayette County has a new administrator.

Public Safety Division Director Jack Krakeel agreed early Wednesday evening to take over as county administrator after the Fayette County Commission asked County Administrator Chris Venice to resign after an executive session.

Nearly 41 acres on Fischer Road will soon be the home of a decentralized wastewater treatment facility. The land is next to Wynns Pond and Peachtree City and will use to treat sewerage from a commercial development across Ga. Highway 34.

Relocate-America.com has named Peachtree City one of its “Top 100 Places to Live” in the United States.

Peachtree City was selected for the honor after it and other nominated cities were parsed for a variety of factors including schools, people and neighborhoods, activities, economic health, environmental health and the beauty of the area.

A number of Fayette County high school students got a live peek at the legal system in action Wednesday morning.

A former Peachtree City resident stationed in Iraq is asking for various donations to help his company as they decompress in their off-time from patrolling central Ramadi.

One of the biggest developments in the history of the Southern Crescent received unanimous approval from the Coweta County Commission to move forward Tuesday night.

Developer Tom Reese doesn’t just have big ideas for Coweta County.

On Monday night, Reese unveiled his plans for a subdivision that would be in the city limits of Senoia, if the county agrees to letting Senoia annex the property.

On April 26th, the city of Senoia and the Downtown Development Authority will sponsor a Town Hall Meeting. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the East Coweta Senior Center on Howard Road in Senoia and will include a light meal.

At the request of the developer, the Peachtree City Council tonight is likely to postpone consideration of a rezoning on Ga. Highway 74 south near Holly Grove Road for a 300,000 sq. ft. shopping center directly across from the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center.

The Fayette County Commission Wednesday afternoon unanimously voted to ask County Administrator Chris Venice to resign.

One of the largest and most upscale developments south of Interstate 20 got a unanimous approval Tuesday night from the Coweta County Commission.

As members of the Predictor-Lotto team ride through the busy City Hall plaza in Peachtree City on Monday morning, prior to the 1 p.m.

If the Peachtree City Council approves a rezoning for a proposed shopping center on Ga. Highway 74 South Thursday night, it will create the largest retail area in the city.

Developer Tom Reese’s vision for an upscale development in neighboring Coweta County could have a huge impact on the financial health of that county and the state.

Over budget and under-funded, the first phase of Fayette County’s newest park, Kenwood Park, will be scaled back a bit to save money, the County Commission decided last week.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now probing the handling of a child abuse case in which the Fayetteville mother accused of striking her child multiple times with a belt is also the assistant director of Fulton County’s office of the Department of Family and Children Services.

Curious residents driving through downtown Fayetteville may have noticed a huge sign across from the old county courthouse.

Larry and Twila Dove, owners of Two Doves Farm, an organic farm located at 380 Ebenezer Church Rd. west of Fayetteville, are self-described environmentalists. This year they decided to put their money where their hearts are.

A developer has withdrawn plans to locate a 92-home subdivision on a 213-acre site in unincorporated Fayette County bordered by Davis Road and Ebenezer Church Road.

It was a low-key affair April 12 at Fayetteville City Hall as two dozen members of the Cool Rahim V.O.T.S. (Victims of the System) Foundation, Fayette County NAACP and others offered prayers and held a quiet candlelight vigil for Rahim Grant, being held without bond in Fayette County Jail on multiple charges stemming from incidents in May and September 2006.

Details on plans to construct Main Street Officer Center, a three-story office and bank building on Ga. Highway 54 where Lanier Avenue and Stonewall Avenue split, were heard at the April 12 work session of Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission.

After more than a decade of service to Fayette County, Public Works Director Lee Hearn feels it’s time to move on to the next challenge in his career.

Alex Rodriguez may or may not get a face-lift for Town Square Jewelers in Fayetteville. Deciding on part of a $200,000 project to significantly renovate the building at Stonewall Avenue and Ga. Highway 85, Planning and Zoning commissioners April 12 denied the proposal after a motion to approve the plan failed, paving the way for a appeal May 3 to the City Council.

Each year, Red Cross volunteers respond to hundreds of calls for help across Clayton, Fayette, Henry and Butts Counties, meeting the emergency needs of those affected by disaster, mostly single family home and apartment fires.

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

Fayette County Solicitor-General James K. Inagawa is doing some spring cleaning in hopes of cleaning up domestic violence in our county. Inagawa is holding a charity yard sale April 26-27 with all proceeds going to benefit Promise Place, Fayette County’s sole provider of comprehensive services to victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse.