Newnan High School was tops in the 2006 Can-A-Thon drive in Coweta Count, raising 30,167 in food items to help refill the local Food Pantry.

Candles will glow, polished wood will gleam, and you will step back in time to the sights and sounds of Christmas a hundred years ago. Catch a glimpse of an old-fashioned holiday celebration during the Senoia Candlelight Tour of Homes this Sunday from 5 to 8 p.m. Five historic houses and a beautiful Victorian church will open their doors to enchant you with the charm of Christmas past.

Two cell phone stores were burglarized this week in Peachtree City, with a large quantity of cell phones and accessories taken, police said.

Six vehicles were broken into Wednesday morning at the Braelinn Golf Course parking lot, police said.

The windows of the vehicles were broken and a purse was taken from each vehicle, police said. The incident occurred sometime between 10:30 and 11 a.m., police said.

DOT urges alternate routes; work starts at 9 a.m.

If you plan to drive north through Fayetteville Thursday morning, expect some delays due to work that will be performed at the intersection of Ga. Highways 85 and 314.

Former right-hand man says he was wrongly demoted, claims sheriff was told beforehand

Former chief sheriff’s detective Bruce Jordan said he used to look up to Fayette Sheriff Randall Johnson as a father figure.

Should anybody be surprised that the jolly old elf arrives in a golf cart to kick off the city’s tree lighting ceremony Saturday?

McIntosh Village may connect to PTC cart paths alongside TDK Extension; new sewer system could discharge into Line Creek

Philip Services Corp. (PSC) agreement Monday with Fulton County to no longer discharge industrial wastewater into the county sewer system will have an effect on its operations. The extent of that effect and all operational options are currently being evaluated by company officials and Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD).

Congressman David Scott in September asked U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to close the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant near Fairburn until answers to hundreds of illnesses in Fayette and south Fulton counties could be found. EPA’s answer: No.

A large crowd at Stonewall Village in Fayetteville Saturday night enjoys caroling and watching the lighting of the city’s Christmas tree.

Peachtree City officials have scrapped a planned discussion for Thursday night’s City Council meeting about hiring three additional firefighters.

Fayetteville City Council Dec. 7 will hold public hearings on alcohol violations at Kiku Restaurant, La Parilla and Marathon Food Mart.

Fayetteville Police Chief Steve Heaton says his officers are very community-minded, especially in terms of giving of themselves in volunteer roles.

Fayetteville police are urging holiday shoppers to use extra caution to avoid becoming a victim of theft and other crime.

Subscribers to Comcast Cable may have stumbled across a new program recently on Channel 24. The show is called “Success Class” and it is very different from what is offered on other channels. “Success Class” features reporters from local middle schools reporting on the good news in the community, something many people don’t think there is enough of a focus on in local television.

As of early Tuesday afternoon, the Fayette County Health Department still had some flu vaccine in stock.

The vaccine is being distributed to walk-in patients and the price has been discounted to $20. The vaccine is offered between 8:30-11 a.m. and 1:30-4 p.m. on weekdays while supplies last.

Police and fire officials are investigating a “suspicious” fire that damaged a home in the Smokerise Estates subdivision Sunday night, according to Police Chief James Murray.

‘Onion-odor’ plant to remain open, may use ‘alternative’ treatment options

The Fulton County Public Works Department has reached an agreement with the Philip Service Corporation (PSC) to end all industrial wastewater discharges from its Fairburn plant to the Fulton County Sewage Treatment System.

Peachtree City Police said the former boyfriend of a Peachtree City woman ransacked her apartment and a separate apartment belonging to an acquaintance.

The Peachtree City Council will hold a workshop meeting Tuesday night to discuss a new teen activity program and learn about the master plan for the library.

The development of properties adjacent to Tyrone’s new Legacy Theater moved closer to reality Thursday with approval by the town Planning Commission to approve the site plan for Lot No. 4 at the Shops of Millbrook. Plans for Lot No. 6 at Millbrook was tabled while the conceptual site plan for Lot No. 13 at Shamrock Industrial Park was approved.

Union City Police are set to begin issuing tickets to speeders along the newly annexed portions of the South Fulton Parkway, Ga. Highway 92 and other recently annexed roadways.

Tyrone residents turned out in force Tuesday to witness the lighting of the Christmas tree and the arrival of Santa.

A Fairburn man has been arrested on charges of possession of 29 small bags of suspected marijuana with intent to distribute. Three other males were present in the vehicle, stopped by Fairburn Police Nov. 8 at Cambridge Faire Apartments. Police found the man’s one year-old sister in the vehicle.

At Landmark Christian School’s Peachtree City campus, elementary science teacher Diane Calsbeek has been named a recipient of the Bright Ideas Grant through Coweta-Fayette EMC.

Law enforcement agencies in Fairburn and Coweta County are seeking three men in connection with the Nov. 16 burglaries of two convenience stores in Fairburn and Newnan.

Dreams of playing in the state semifinals in the Georgia Dome next Friday were dashed tonight as the East Paulding Raiders held off a determined Starr's Mill team 35-28.

Richard Nelson Brown was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for the Sept. 30, 2005 murder of Senoia business owner Ken Crook. Convicted on all five counts, Superior Court Judge Marion Cummings called the murder a brutal and heinous crime.

Fund established to benefit couple’s daughter

April Ulrich, accused of shooting her ex-husband Eric Ulrich Oct. 26 outside the NCR offices in Peachtree City, had her case bound over to Superior Court after a preliminary hearing in Magistrate Court earlier this week.