The Fayette County School System’s crackdown on illegal students is picking up steam as the system’s staff sorts through sworn attendance affidavits.

Fayetteville City Council Nov. 16 will hear a zoning request from a local business and consider a revision to the city’s stormwater illicit discharge ordinance.

Molestation suspect believed to be in Texas; charged with attack on 12-year-old

A Peachtree City man accused of molesting his fiancée’s 12-year-old daughter isn’t missing at sea as initially reported by his 16-year-old son, police said.

The Peachtree City Council is expected to continue its moratorium on rezonings for multi-family projects at its meeting Thursday night.

In its third "Letters and Literature Series", the Fayette County Public Library will honor native author, Robert Burch. The first two Fayette Countians to be honored were Carolyn Cary, and Dr. Ferrol A. Sams Jr.

Teachers across Fayette County were surprised with gift baskets, balloons and Bright Idea checks ranging from $357 to $1500 in late October when representatives from Coweta-Fayette EMC and Operation Round Up showed up at schools to announce this year’s winners. The Trust Board awarded $22,849 in Bright Idea grants to 20 deserving classrooms throughout the EMC’s service area leaving excited teachers at every school they visited.

More than 100 Fayette high school students brought home a combined total of 48 awards from the 2006 Clemson Foreign Language Declamation Competition.

Many in the the crowded confines of the Fayette County Board of Education meeting room just shook their heads Monday night as the board approved a new set of attendance lines for middle school students next year.

A Canton man insisted that he was role-playing when he transmitted pornographic images via the Internet to a girl he thought was 13 years old who turned out to be an undercover Peachtree City police officer in January.

The Tyrone Town Council will hold a special workshop next week to discuss what to do with unused impact fees.

Last week, Town Manager Barry Amos revealed the town was looking at refunding nearly $64,000 in impact fees to developers because the town had not done anything significant in efforts to build a new town hall and police station.

The Sandy Creek High School Talent Show was October 24 at the school’s auditorium.

Things are changing in Union City. And its more than a change in name. Known for years as Shannon Mall, the new Union Station Atlanta is positioned to undergo a transformation that will match the changes all over south Fulton County. The transformation along the Ga. Highway 138 corridor will include new theaters and many new commercial ventures.

It was a one of a kind event at Woodward Academy Wednesday as renowned Peruvian sculptor Margarita Checa addressed students and presented her creation, “Doors of Perception II,” on loan to Woodward by the new Le Jardin residential development in south Fulton.

Fairburn Planning & Zoning Commission Nov. 7 heard an update on a conceptual site plan for a 38-acre industrial park to be located on the southeast corner of Ga. Highway 92 and Oakley Industrial Boulevard.

The town of Tyrone staged its annual Pumpkin Walk and had several spook-tacular entries.

It was hard to tell if it was just a misunderstanding, but the proposed resolution to support an initial application for consideration of a Livable Centers Initiative (LCI) grant for future development planning ended Nov. 6 with Palmetto City Council members voting 4-2 against the measure.

Through the collaborative efforts of Mr. Joe Beasley and Reverend Terry Hightower the seventh grade students and teachers at Bear Creek Middle School in Fairburn, Georgia welcomed distinguished guest, Anna Atang Foncha, former First Lady of Cameroon, Africa.

A state-requested approach to encourage water conservation led to the adoption of a resolution Nov. 6 by Palmetto City Council. New rates affect only top end water usage by residential and commercial customers.

There will be a BBQ & bake sale benefit, supporting Rhonda Reece, on today at Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church. The cost for a BBQ plate is $7 and they will be serving from noon until 6 p.m..

Tyrone’s annual tree lighting holiday celebration is set for November 28 from 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. at the Triangle Park Gazebo, across from the post office on Senoia Road.

Local teams had a good day at the state cross country meet in Carrollton on Saturday. The Our Lady of Mercy boys won the Class A state championship and Matt Lethbridge was the individual state champion in the race with a time of 16:31, while his brother Jake placed third with a time of 16:52. Landmark Christian placed second.

With their wins on Friday night, Whitewater, Starr's Mill and Sandy Creek clinched a spot in the state playoffs. Whitewater beat Northgate 41-27, Starr's Mill defeated Fayette County 42-14 and Sandy Creek handed Cedartown a 41-13 loss.

Late Friday afternoon, the Fayette County Board of Education released its agenda for Monday night's agenda and a vote on the controversial attendance zones is scheduled.

Police: Quick clothes change doesn’t help suspects

A well-dressed jewelry thief and his getaway driver were arrested by Peachtree City police Wednesday afternoon after stealing a $30,000 ring from a store at The Avenue shopping center, police said.

Dozens of individuals and organizations gathered at Shakerag Knoll in Peachtree City last Saturday to have people try their chili at the annual Line Creek Civitans Chili Challenge.

By the time all the votes were counted in Fayette and Coweta counties, it was clear the blue tide sweeping the country stopped before it hit two of the southern suburbs of Atlanta.

State officials are reconfiguring the timeline for cities such as Peachtree City to file their comprehensive plans, City Planner David Rast told the Peachtree City Council in a special called meeting Tuesday night..

Dallas man arrested in undercover PTC sting

A Fayette County jury has convicted a Dallas, Ga. man for sending computer porn to an undercover Peachtree City police officer who he thought was a 15-year-old girl.

Larissa Romanow, a student at J.C. Booth Mid

Obscenity charge may be wiped from record after 10 years

A former Tyrone youth minister has pled guilty to using the internet for sharing obscene material with an undercover police officer he thought was 14 years old.