Last week, the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority upheld its ruling that the bridge over Line Creek for the TDK Boulevard Extension should be wide enough for four lanes instead of two.

The city of Senoia may soon embark on an ambitious upgrade of its sewer treatment facility that could provide treatment capacity to the huge McIntosh Village project in unincorporated Coweta County west of and adjacent to Peachtree City.

Maybe it was a case of hogs gone wild, at least in the neighborhood. It seems there is another side to the story of the Brooks Beast, the 1,100-pound hog shot Jan. 3 while grazing in a yard on Chappell Road.

One of newly-elected County Commissioner Eric Maxwell’s first motions swept more than two years of bad blood between the Sheriff’s Department and the County Commission under the rug for what he hopes is a long time.

Are 10 people living in a single-family home too many?

That’s just one of the issues the Association of Fayette County Governments plans to look at and study over the next few months as local governments grapple with an influx of situations where several families live in one home.

There is a proposal on the way that would forever change the view as motorists enter Fayetteville’s downtown historic district from the west along Ga. Highway 54. That proposal would place a three-story, 39,000 square-foot office building on 2.74 acres where Hwy. 54 splits into eastbound Stonewall and westbound Lanier avenues.

An Atlanta woman killed Jan. 6 on I-285 after fleeing a vehicle being pursued by a Fayette County deputy has been identified as 17-year-old Jessica Renteria of Atlanta.

Council may require solicitors to register with police department

Home-based businesses in Peachtree City will face several changes if the City Council adopts a proposed overhaul of the city’s ordinance, which will be considered by council at its regular meeting Thursday night.

The discussion on golf carts has been off and on in Fayetteville in recent months. Well, it is back, with council members Jan. 18 set to conduct a public hearing and have the second reading of an amendment to the zoning ordinance on motorized, or golf, carts.

Contractors plan to start today on the demolition and replacement of a bridge on Ga. Highway 85 north of Fayetteville.

A combination of two property donations and three conservation easements in Fayette and south Fulton counties has increased the amount of preserved greenspace managed by Southern Conservation Trust. The donations bring the total number of acres permanently protected by the trust to more than 1,000. The trust manages the Flat Creek and Line Creek Nature Areas, and also owns Sams Lake Preserve in Fayette County.

The beacon of light continues to burn bright at Rising Starr Middle signifying the school’s high performance and academic achievement among Georgia’s middle schools.

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

Initial plans for Friendship Village, the first of three proposed villages in Chattahoochee Hill Country, have been submitted to Georgia Dept. of Community Affairs. Plans call for developing 5,981 residential units, nearly a million square feet of retail and office space and 96,500 square feet of civic and institutional use on 1,997.6 acres.

Twelve- year-old Senoia resident Sara McFall dusts for fingerprints at Union City Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit lab.

History has been made again. For the second consecutive year, a Fayette educator has been named a finalist for 2008 Georgia Teacher of the Year.

In some people’s minds it was only a matter of time. In the minds of others, it will never happen. House Resolution 12 introduced Jan. 9 by Alpharetta Rep. Jan Jones calls for the break-up of Fulton County that could result in the re-creation of Milton County on the north side and, presumably, Campbell County on the south side.

It was a look to the future Thursday as South Fulton Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Leslie Hamrick provided a glimpse of the organization’s plans at the Annual Meeting and Luncheon at Georgia International Convention Center.

The price of copper is up and thieves wanting to make an easy buck are cashing in. But police investigating the thefts are making headway with catching those wanting a quick profit on the shiny metal.

In only their second meeting of the new year, the Fayette County Commission voted 3-2 Thursday night for a mutual dismissal of the two legal cases between the County Commission and the Sheriff's Department.

PTC, Fayette County appeal denied

The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority has upheld its requirement to make the bridge for the TDK extension four lanes as part of the 3,000 home McIntosh Village community planned for east Coweta County.

The bridge, which will span Line Creek, was opposed by Peachtree City and Fayette County officials who urged the money would be better spent on widening Ga. Highway 154 in Coweta from two to four lanes so McIntosh Village residents would use that for access to Interstate 85 instead of Ga. Highway 74.

Unnamed regional stores also sought for 74 south

One developer hopes to locate a Lowe’s Home Improvement and a Kohl’s Department Store on the south side of Ga. Highway 54 West between MacDuff Parkway and Planterra Way in Peachtree City.

A delay at the Georgia Department of Transportation is affecting completion of the cart path bridge spanning the CSX railroad tracks parallel to Ga. Highway 54, officials said.

A familiar landmark for many drivers on Ga. Highway 85 south will soon be no more.

The Senoia City Council voted unanimously Monday night to approve the first read of an annexation and rezoning for 157 acres on the busy state highway.

The International Thespian Society troupe at McIntosh High School is holding a talent event tonight in the McIntosh auditorium.

Legislature has final approval

Again this year, the Peachtree City Council has voted to ask the Georgia Legislature to shorten the length of terms of the board of directors for the city’s Water and Sewer Authority along with its Airport Authority.

Five Sandy Creek High School students have been arrested for stealing a cash box from the Kedron Aquatic Center Jan. 2, police said.

Finding peace in the eye of the storm is, for some, more than a wish or an exercise of fantasy. For Ronnie Crumpton it was reality. It came as a tornado ripped his new home from its foundation Sunday evening. In Crumpton’s view, it was the hand of God that kept his family safe from harm.

After a two-month discussion, the city of Senoia finally has an approved design for its new library.

Contractors plan to start Wednesday on the demolition and replacement of a bridge on Ga. Highway 85 north of Fayetteville.