Despite the current downturn in sales tax revenue, the Peachtree City Council has kept funding intact for two social service organizations that serve city residents.

Our Lady of Victory Catholic School in Tyrone was one of 50 private schools named 2009 National Blue Ribbon Schools in the United States by U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. It was also one of four Atlanta Catholic schools named.

A Special Forces soldier who grew up in Peachtree City died Wednesday, one day after his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. Army.

Sgt. First Class Shawn P. McCloskey, 33, a Green Beret in the Special Forces, was conducting a mounted patrol in support of combat operations in the Afghan city of Ghur Ghuri when the explosion occurred Tuesday, according to a news release from the U.S. Army.

Planning continues for the 2009 American Cancer Society’s Cattle Barons’ Ball, which will be on Nov. 7 at Dolce Atlanta-Peachtree in Peachtree City.

First time home buyers can learn timely information about home buying by attending a free Homebuyers Seminar to learn what it takes to help make the dream of home ownership a reality.

The City of Newnan kicked off its Newnan Citizen Academy, a free six week course provided to city residents, business owners, and property owners, over the age of 18, to educate and inform the citizens of Newnan about every aspect of city government in Newnan. 

The Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce is hosting a follow-up Coweta Core Industries Summit for several of Coweta’s core industries. The roundtable discussions include small business, big box retail and financial service and will be held on Wednesday, September 23, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Central Educational Center.

Work on Newnan’s historic courthouse continues, with county commissioners earlier this week approving several change orders and denying two others.

The Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce will feature Chris Clark, Commissioner for the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, at its upcoming Economic Engagement Series Early Bird Forum on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 a.m. at the Central Educational Center.  The event emcee is John Thrasher.

It is all over but the vote. Coweta County commissioners held a budget hearing Sept. 15 and are expected to approve the $59.4 million budget at the Sept. 24 meeting. The price tag represents a decrease of more than $1 million over last year.

“We’ll keep watch on the wall.” Those were the words of Coweta County Sheriff Mike Yeager at the Patriot Day ceremony in Newnan that marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11 tragedy that rocked America.

One of Coweta County’s most familiar landmarks re-opened with fanfare Tuesday in Newnan. The 1904 Carnegie Building downtown re-opened after nearly a year of renovation and will serve as a reading room and meeting area.

The second phase of widening Ga. Highway 74 in Peachtree City will be funded by federal stimulus monies.

This week, Gov. Sonny Perdue certified the project so it could receive $37.03 million in stimulus funds. The project involves widening the highway from Cooper Circle southward to Ga. Highway 85 from two to four lanes.

State may slash 5% in already reduced funds; BoE sets up 5 committees to plan what, whom to cut

With the effects of the recession still evident, the Fayette County Board of Education Monday night talked about what additional state budget cuts might mean.

Three men who led sheriff’s deputies on a brief chase Monday evening have been charged with breaking into vehicles at New Hope Baptist Church just prior to the pursuit, officials said.

A Senoia man has been convicted for the armed robbery of the United Community Bank off Wisdom Road in Peachtree City May 1

Mix flu-like illnesses in with the first month of school, and you get double the usual student absentee rate, according to Fayette County School System head nurse Debbie King.

Capital City Development didn’t earn any praise Monday night for its latest development plan for a 14-acre site at the southwest corner of Ga. Highway 54 and Planterra Way.

Some city-dwelling Fayette voters will have to make two trips this Nov. 3 to enable them to vote in their municipal election and also on the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).

A hearing to determine whether Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan has violated the county’s ethics ordinance has been scheduled for Monday, Sept. 28 at 2 p.m.

A proposal to annex 48 acres into the city limits of Peachtree City was scrutinized Monday night by the city’s Planning Commission.

If voters renew a 1 percent sales tax in November, one of the items slated for funding is a college campus that could host two or more institutions here in Fayette County.

A proposal to rebuild a long-washed-out bridge over Whitewater Creek on Hood Road west of Gingercake Road is already creating opposition from homeowners on both sides of the creek.

“Today is about the bright future of Christian City.” Those were words of CEO Bob Crutchfield Sept. 10 as he announced plans for an enormous expansion of the Christian City campus in front of a packed assembly room at Sparks Hall.

An arrest was made over the weekend in a residential burglary in Fayetteville after police spotted the 18-year-old suspect in the neighborhood.

Tempers flared in two incidents over the weekend in Fayetteville. Both involved disputes over relationships and both ended in arrests, police said.

The Fayetteville City Council at the Sept. 17 meeting will hear the second reading of a proposed amendment to the alcohol permit ordinance. The changes relate to those serving alcohol.

Temperatures are forecasted to be in the low 80s this weekend, a perfect setting to stroll through numerous local fall festivals, peruse the booths of various vendors and sample some outstanding festival treats.

A bank manager told a Fayette County jury today that an armed gunman threatened to kill her if she didn’t put money in his black garbage bag during the May 1 armed robbery of the United Community Bank in Peachtree City.

This young deer became wedged in a backyard fence Saturday in the Southern Shores neighborhood.