The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce held its 40th annual banquet last Saturday night with 350 members present. Outgoing President Mark Gray said that the first banquets were held as pot luck dinners in the Fayetteville Masonic Lodge. A crowd of 40 people then was considered a success.

A traffic stop on a vehicle with a wanted suspect netted a significant drug confiscation for Fayetteville Police Saturday morning, police said.

What do ski trips and golf carts have to do with each other? At the 2007 “Angels Among Us” Dinner, Dance & Silent Auction, a ski trip, golf cart, and many other items will be auctioned off to raise funds for Fayette Youth Protection Homes, a local, non-profit organization which provides a safe and loving environment for children who have been the victims of abuse or neglect.

Friday is moving day for the Southern District Office of the Metro Atlanta Red Cross. The Red Cross office, serving Butts, Clayton, Fayette and Henry counties, is leaving its Mount Zion Rd. location in Morrow to share new office space in the national American Red Cross Disaster Field Supply Center in Forest Park, near the Georgia State Farmer's Market.

While students are just halfway through the current school year, now is the time to begin the application process for those families considering private school education for their child for the 2007-2008 school year.

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce and Humana have joined forces to offer a discount to small businesses that offer health insurance for their employees.

When the Career and Technical Education Department (CTE) at Whitewater High went looking for a way to build a scholarship fund for their students while giving them some hands-on work experience, their ideas turned to a prom fashion show.

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

The Tyrone Town Council sent a clear message to developers thinking about developing a tract near Flat Rock Middle School: leave it alone.

What was long held a dream by many in the Chattahoochee Hill Country area of South Fulton County is poised to become reality. In keeping with the concept that would contain development within a small fraction of the 40,000-acre Hill Country, plans have been submitted to create the 2,000-acre Friendship Village at South Fulton Parkway and Rivertown Road. Far from being an enclave, Friendship Village is envisioned to be a full-spectrum community designed to melt into the rolling hills of south Fulton while maintaining nearly two-thirds of the community as greenspace.

Planning commissioner Ken Matthews, pictured left, accepts thanks for his tenure on the Planning Commission during Thursday’s Town council meeting.

To Jim Simpson it is a family matter that need not be disturbed. To the developers of South Fulton Crossing shopping center it is a way to accommodate emerging business while preserving an old family graveyard.

The debate over whether to form the new City of South Fulton or remain unincorporated continued Thursday at Emmaus Road Missionary Baptist Church on Flat Shoals Road. Members of a half-dozen homeowners associations listened as Fulton County Commissioner Bill Edwards and South Fulton Concerned Citizens representative Benny Crane presented opposing views to the issue facing voters in June.

Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy has a new executive director. And Christine McCauley brings with her a passion for stewardship of the land and a desire to conserve the rural character of the 40,000-acre Chatt Hills area envisioned by residents and the organization.

Residents of Chattahoochee Hill Country are invited to attend the “Future City of Chattahoochee Hills” town hall meeting Jan.

Tyrone hopes to capitalize on its Irish heritage this spring as the town gets ready to stage its first St. Patrick’s Day festival.

The Sandy Creek Band strutted their stuff during last weekend’s Martin Luther King Jr.

After months of discussion, Legacy Theater in Tyrone may soon have a marquee sign that will remind residents of the old-fashioned movie palaces.

A server at El Ranchero in Fayetteville was arrested Thursday afternoon after an undercover drug agent bought two ounces of powder cocaine from him in the restaurant’s bathroom, deputies said.

Concerned about TDK extension, big box proposals

A grassroots organization is being formed to track development issues and encourage Peachtree City officials to make decisions in accordance with the city’s land use plan.

Dan Nelson of Peachtree City captured photos of the unique and newly-spotted Mandarin Duck recently.

A 16-year old juvenile has been charged with aggravated assault after an incident Monday on Peachtree City’s cart paths.

A group of youngsters is dwarfed by the tires on this monster truck, which was parked recently at the Peachtree Crossings shopping center.

Hwys. 54/74 top accident site

Traffic wrecks increased from 2005 to 2006 in Peachtree City, police said.

The cart path crossing across Crosstown Road at Ga. Highway 74 will be closed for safety reasons during the highway widening project, city officials said.

Should former mayor have registered as PAC?

Former mayor Steve Brown will face a hearing of the state ethics board Feb. 1 as it hears a complaint about Brown’s campaigning in 2004 against the county’s transportation SPLOST.

Lawsuit still pending; judge must determine ‘good faith’ standard

The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to hear an legal appeal filed by the Peachtree City Airport Authority on whether it has the power to deny the transfer of an airport access agreement from one company to the other.

The City of Peachtree City has forms available for qualifying senior citizens to register for the 2007 senior homestead exemption.

The Coweta County Board of Education voted unanimously to appoint Winston Dowdell to serve as the 5th district representative on the Coweta County school board, at a called meeting Friday morning.

During Saturday’s parade in Fayetteville honoring the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., a group from Mt.