Woman charged with cruelty to children; allegation involves 8-year-old daughter

Fayetteville police have arrested the assistant director of the Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services and charged her with one felony count of cruelty to children, police said.

The agenda for the March 15 Fayetteville City Council will be all business, from budget amendments to financial audits.

Drug seizure totals have hit the $100 million mark in marijuana “grow house” operations spanning 13 Georgia counties and one location in North Carolina. Drug agents have now netted seizures in 68 grow houses and made nearly 70 arrests. The U.S. Attorney’s Office has agreed to prosecute the cases on the federal level.

The Fayette County School System took another step this weekend towards relieving overcrowding at some of the more popular schools in the county. But doing so may put a crimp in the plans of many dozens of school system employees who live outside Fayette County but who have the job benefit of sending their children to Fayette schools.

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

Students who are planning to attend the 2007 summer school session can secure their space during early registration at all middle and high schools.

ExceptionalOPS, an advocacy group for people with Developmental Disabilities and Fayette Senior Services have announced their collaboration in the establishment of the Fayette County Alternative Transportation Initiative effective immediately.

Wilshire residents worry about future traffic, crime

Consideration of a plan to build a shopping center on Ga. Highway 74 south including a large “home improvement” store was postponed at Monday night's meeting of the Peachtree City Planning Commission.

Woman charged with cruelty to children; allegation involves 8-year-old daughter

Fayetteville police have arrested the assistant director of the Fulton County Department of Family and Children Services for one felony count of cruelty to children, police said.

The man hired to run Palmetto’s fire department may be new to citizens and to the city’s new department, but he is not new to firefighting. Fire Chief Henry Argo comes with 30 years experience in firefighting under his belt.

The Fulton County Board of Education says it wants to build eight new schools in south Fulton and make classroom additions to three others. Speaking Thursday, Superintendent James Wilson told members of the South Fulton Chamber of Commerce the March 20 vote to continue the schools system’s one-percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) will provide the means to build the new schools and make additions and upgrades to others.

They came with a room full of questions and concerns about their future. More than 60 residents of Cliftondale and south Fulton County met with Congressman David Scott at a town hall meeting March 3 at Cliftondale Community Center to discuss issues ranging from eminent domain and recent annexations to illegal immigration and the war in Iraq.

It was down to the wire Feb. 26 with a tie-breaking vote required by Mayor Betty Hannah to annex a 14.49-acre tract owned by Safeguard Construction & Demolition (C&D) Landfill into Fairburn city limits.

The preliminary plat for Williamsburg, Fairburn’s newest proposed subdivision, won approval from the city council Feb. 26 on a 4-2 vote and with the opposition of neighbors taken into account. Though previously approved and in compliance with city ordinances, the council put conditions on the approval that addressed some of neighbors’ concerns.

Liam McDermott as Little Red Riding Hood and Erika Hamburg-Brown as the Wolf in Offshoot Productions’ “Fairy Tale Project.” The play will run at Tyrone’s Roger Spencer Community Center through Sunday and then begin touring.

Representatives of Creekside High School join other members of the 2006-2007 Fulton County Youth Commission reciting the oath of office administered by District 6 Commissioner Nancy A. Boxill during the February 21, 2007, Board of Commissioners meeting. Their purpose is to advise the Board on youth issues while learning the process of government. Creekside representatives include Chantai Meadows, Juliet Collins and Jazmine Fanning.

The battle lines have been drawn, and next week’s meeting of the Tyrone Town Council could be one for the ages.

On one side is developer Burt Clark, who wants to makeover the town’s downtown area and bring a denser development to the area, along with a residential area that would cater to the area’s growing population of senior residents.

People to People has tapped a Flat Rock Middle student as a future civic leader and has invited her to participate in the organization’s World Leadership Forum.

The Tyrone St. Patrick’s Committee has set the schedule of events for the first St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on March 17 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This community event will offer something for everyone. All activities will be held in downtown Tyrone at Shamrock and Triangle parks. Here’s the schedule

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon dropped the puck before the opening game between two U-10 teams last Saturday. The Peachtree City Roller Hockey Association opened their spring season last Friday and had action on the Kedron rink until nearly 10 p.m. each night through Sunday. The group has over 400 players and teams range in age from under eight to over 30. For more information on the league, visit www.ptchockey.com.

Fayette students participating in the FIRST Vex Robotics Challenge learned it takes more than engineering skills to build a winning robot.

Left to right are Murray McAfee, out-going president of Senoia Area Historical Society and in-coming presidents for 2007 Laura and Rick Reynolds.

City well under national staffing standards; new hires contemplated
Even if the Peachtree City Fire Department hires three additional firefighters this year as planned, the department will still be short of the minimum national staffing standards, the CIty Council was informed last weekend.

For months, the buzz in Coweta and Fayette counties has centered around the massive McIntosh Village development proposed on the Fayette border in unincorporated Coweta County.