Tyrone Police Chief Johnny Hay was given a royal send-off during Thursday’s town council meeting.

Is another environmental problem looming over Tyrone?

During Thursday’s Town Council meeting, James Norton, who works for Industrial Combustion Services, pleaded with the town’s leaders to do something about air pollution from an industrial facility.

The Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. (CBC) will present the Religion Award to South Fulton County minister, Bishop Shirley W. Cotton, at the organization’s 18th Annual Salute to Black Mothers Celebration Saturday, Oct. 28.

The follwing arrests were made by Fairburn Police between Oct. 4-10:

Diane Miller, 67, Fairburn, trespass

Junior Bright, 43, Fairburn, trespass

In what many in attendance will tell you was the greatest high school football game they ever saw, the Whitewater Wildcats defeated Starr's Mill 15-14 with just over a minute remaining in the game.

Battle with PTC over unpaid bills slated for January

The Peachtree City Council has filed a counterclaim against Group VI, claiming shoddy construction work led to drainage problems that ultimately caused the bottom floor of the tennis center to flood on several occasions.

The Fayette County cross-country championships were held at Sandy Creek Wednesday.

Authority contracting with firm to design sketches for Lexington Circle

The Development Authority of Peachtree City is trying to encourage some creative thinking for a high-profile undeveloped area on the city’s east side that’s actually zoned to have a significant amount of commercial space.

Crews worked to clear trees Wednesday afternoon just north of Dividend Drive to make way for two additional lanes that will be built on Ga.

A Peachtree City boy scout is undertaking a campaign to provide bags and other "comfort" items to U.S. troops who have been injured while serving in the Middle East.

The Coweta County Board of Education and Evans Middle School dedicated the school’s new administrative wing to former principal Jerry Davis.

The sport of mixed martial arts, otherwise known as ultimate fighting, has won a lot of respect since its inception. What started as a renegade event relegated to warehouses has gained legitimacy. Televised events are huge hits on pay per view and a reality show about aspiring fighters is among the top rated shows on cable television. This acceptance hasn’t been easy. In fact it has been a battle, especially for fighters and promoters working on a more local level. Nobody knows this better than Palmetto resident Cory Nestlehutt, the promoter behind tomorrow night’s Southside Slugfest at the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater and a professional fighter on the card.

Northside principal Dana Ballou celebrates with teachers after school at the announcement that Northside Elementary was one of only 15 Georgia Schools recognized in both categories for high student performance on Georgia’s Single Statewide Accountability System report.

Fire Dept. ready to scare

Starting tonight, the Peachtree City Fire Department will present its 2006 version of its haunted house for the Halloween season.

Peachtree City residents are being encouraged to help spruce up the cart path system in a special event Saturday, Nov. 4

Local grandparents who are raising their own grandchildren are being invited to participate in two public meetings in Peachtree City Thursday, Oct. 26.

Features council minutes back to 1959

Peachtree City’s web site has a new look and feel after an intensive redesign process aimed at making the site more user-friendly and interactive, officials said.

After years of waiting, work has finally begun on the widening of Lower Fayetteville Road.

The work on widening of Lower Fayetteville Road has started October 12 at Greison Trail and is working toward the east. County officials said the first stage is staking and installing minor drainage structures and cross drain pipes. The project adds two feet of asphalt on each side of the road, softens some of the curves, improves the shoulders and replaces the bridge over Sullivan Creek. Officials also said that three traffic lights will also be added, although they are not part of this GRTA funded project. They are at Mary Freeman Road, Lora Smith and Sullivan Road. The main portion of the project is being funded by the transportation agency after Coweta County agreed to let Xpress buses run in the county. The contract for this project is for $5,938,311.32 and the projected completion date is February 2008.

Coweta County officials are hopeful the county’s overhauling of zoning categories and land use plans will be done by the end of the year.

Click here to see the new middle school zoning map.

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Click here to download a pdf of the middle school zoning map.

Click here to download a pdf of the high school zoning map.

There’s nothing that draws a crowd like redrawing school boundary lines and Monday’s meeting of the Fayette County Board of Education was no exception.

Jacque Reid just wants to make sure her children are safe, and she’s not sure that can happen at Flat Rock Middle School.

A plan to discuss an increase in salaries paid to the Peachtree City mayor and City Council has been postponed.

The issue was originally scheduled to be discussed at Thursday night’s meeting but it was removed from the agenda Tuesday afternoon.

A Fayette teen accused of bringing four firearms and more than 150 rounds of ammunition to Whitewater High School in August is out of jail but on house arrest, monitored by a GPS computer-locating system.

Fayetteville City Council Oct. 19 will hear the first reading of a rezoning request for the Stella Place development on 38.15 acres located at 335 Grady Ave.

It has been a week since The Citizen ran a story about north Fayette resident Larry Wicker and his need for assistance with repairs to his home. That assistance is coming in and in a way Wicker had not first envisioned. And so is online criticism from some people incensed about some of his writing posted on the Internet.

A personnel appeals hearing for former chief detective Bruce Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office has not yet been scheduled, according to Fayette County Sheriff Randall Johnson.

Two Fayetteville teens have been arrested for the Friday armed robbery of a Peachtree City man at Chateau Marnelle mobile home park, and the victim was later arrested for criminal trespassing in what may have been an attempt to get revenge for the crime.

Location tied up in lawsuit over access agreement

There’s a holdup in Chick-fil-A’s plan to locate its corporate jets to a hangar adjacent to Falcon Field in Peachtree City.

To be or not to be, drive-in style. A discussion item Oct. 10 by Fayetteville Planning and Zoning board members centered on the appropriateness of having a Sonic drive-in restaurant along Ga. Highway 85 at Fayette Village South shopping center at Grady Avenue.

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