Airport Authority involved to improve safety at Falcon Field

The real estate transactions that will provide land needed for the extension of TDK Boulevard into Coweta County have not yet been completely finalized, officials said Thursday.

If you’re curious about what’s in store for west Fayette and Coweta counties transportation-wise, plan on attending a special event at Shannon Mall’s Community Room Oct. 3 from 6-8 p.m.

Dignitaries from throughout the county helped break ground yesterday on the new home for the Fayette Senior Center.

F-16 team, Bulldog Airshows highlight lineup

The Great Georgia Airshow, scheduled for October 14-15, always brings out of town guests to Peachtree City’s Falcon Field.

Among the participants at the Sharpsburg Old Towne Festival were Andrew Parten, 7, who enjoyed going through a fire truck.

If you like cars, music, great food, and fun, visit historic downtown Senoia tomorrow from 3-8 p.m. for the second annual "Cruisin' to the Oldies" Antique Car Show. Wesley Culpepper of WC Sounds will spin the oldies while The Car Guys, Scott Sargeant and Charlie Filkins, entertain and emcee.

East Coweta’s white-hot growth continued this week as the Coweta County Commission approved a major shopping center at the intersection of Ga. Highway 34 and Fischer Road.

The Tony-Award winning musical “Ain’t Misbehavin” will be performed at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts of Coweta County this Saturday at 8 p.m.

During a rare Saturday morning meeting, the Coweta County Commission went to school on the county’s proposed new zoning classifications.

PTC police lauded by Gov. for protecting children

A Georgia State University student was arrested by Peachtree City police Wednesday after he arranged a sexual encounter with a girl he thought was 15 years old, police said.

Days after he was brutally attacked by a young man he had employed part-time with his lawn-mowing business, Fayette resident Arthur Cardell — a former police officer — helped save the suspect’s life.

Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone hosted a large cross country meet on Saturday morning and nearly all of the local high schools were represented.

In less than a month, Fayette County parents will get their first glimpse at the new attendance lines for all the county’s high schools and middle schools.

Former Fayette County Sheriff’s Chief Detective Bruce Jordan is appealing his demotion and 10-day suspension and has hired noted criminal defense attorney Lee Sexton to represent him during the process.

U.S. Rep. David Scott Monday joined a growing list of local jurisdictions, elected officials and community organizations calling for answers to the illnesses experienced by more than 750 north Fayette and south Fulton residents.

State and federal officials confirmed Friday that tests showed toxic chemical presence of hundreds of thousands of times the accepted upper safe exposure levels for humans might have been present in south Fulton County beginning in late spring and early summer.

Members of the Fayette Fiddlers

Peachtree City may soon begin enforcing no-trespassing buffer zones along Lake Kedron and the west side of Lake Peachtree.

Traveling Ga. Highway 54 West in Fayetteville will soon call for paying closer attention to the flow of traffic. Four new traffic signals are in the works at Piedmont Fayette Hospital and at Tiger Trail.

A former Fayetteville man has been sentenced to 180 days in a detention center after pleading guilty to arranging a sexual encounter online with a girl he thought was 14 years old but who turned out to be an undercover police officer, police said.

The Fayette County School System’s crackdown on illegal students is drawing state-wide attention.

“We are the only system that is prosecuting these cases,” said Superintendent of Education John DeCotis, during Monday night’s school board meeting.

The era of the establishment of a medical mecca in Fayetteville is far from over.

Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission Sept. 12 heard plans for the construction of two additional medical office buildings on Ga. Highway 54 on property behind the new Southern Community Bank building located in Brandywine Office Park.

A countywide task force created to battle the devastating affects of methamphetamine abuse is inviting the community to a seminar on the issue Sept. 27 from noon to 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Peachtree City.

For many people, their school days are a source of nostalgia. School was merely a short stop during a long life, a place to look back on fondly while being glad that days filled with lectures, homework, quizzes and tests are over and done with.

Mathnasium Learning Center, an international franchise offering math-only, after-school educational programs, has opened in Peachtree City. This new center will provide a safe and supportive setting for grade-school students to develop much-needed math skills and to build confidence in their math-related abilities.

Sunday began the national celebration of Constitution Week. The weeklong commemoration of America’s most important document is one of our country’s least known official observances. Our Constitution stands as a testament to the tenacity of Americans throughout history to maintain their liberties and freedom, and to ensure those unalienable rights to every American.

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

A Fayette man testified Monday that he was afraid he was going to die after he was struck twice in the back of the head by a man who he had employed part-time at his grass-cutting business Dec. 2 2005.