Last year, the city of Senoia purchased 47 acres off Pylant Street for use as the city’s biggest park. A year later, city officials are now trying to deal with what to do about the breached dam on the site and how the park should be developed.

Jerome Wells, III, a sixth grader at Madras Middle School, would prepare for the growth coming to Sharpsburg by widening roads, raise taxes to build better parks and increase the size of the police force if he were mayor.

On Saturday from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m., the Newnan-Coweta Cadet Squadron is hosting a car wash at the CVS on the corner of Sullivan Road and Ga. Highway 34. They will be accepting donations at the car wash to raise funds to support them on their continuing missions.

Many Fayette County students are realizing just how serious the state of Georgia was about making sure that students attend school and behave when they’re on school property.

The family of Atlanta Police Officer Mark Cross is recognized Saturday afternoon in a special ceremony honoring law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

First Baptist Church got the blessing it was looking for Thursday night when the Peachtree City Council unanimously voted to approve the concept of swapping some city-owned land so the church can build a community center on land occupied now by one of the city’s first public recreation areas.

At least one of the two Fayette County Board of Education posts up for election this year will have a familiar face from the past in the running.

No, these helpers in last week’s Tour de Georgia aren’t taking any short cuts with motorized routes. They were support personnel who kept the racers supplied with fresh, filled tires.

All Dick and Susan Goda want to do is open a doggie day care center in the tranquil environment of south Fayette County. But the county’s regulations could keep that dream from turning into a reality.

Once again, Fayette County’s school system has become the first in the state to gain re-approval of its school safety plans by state homeland security officials.

Dan Lakly announced last week that he will seek re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives.

Lakly, a Republican, lives in Peachtree City and has served four terms in the legislature; he formerly served on the Fayette County Board of Commissioners. Lakly will face Democrat Kevin Madden, also of Peachtree City, who previously announced he would seek election to the post.

Fayette County High senior Aria Reid is among the more than 800 high school seniors of 2006 who have won National Achievement Scholarship awards.

Art students at Flat Rock Middle swept the 21st annual Peachtree City Kiwanis Youth Art Showcase in the middle grades division.

All Whitewater High health occupations competitors have earned the privilege to represent Georgia in the National Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) Conference this summer.

Sandy Creek High senior Melanie Long is one of 1,000 outstanding high school seniors who will receive corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards financed by some 300 companies, foundations and other business organizations.

Scouts from Den 4, Pack 75 in Peachtree City, along with Rep.

Make this year the year you commit to your well-being. Release the stress in your life with frequent therapeutic massages at Massage Kare, Fayetteville’s new 3,200 sq. ft. facility located in the newly renovated and conveniently located Banks Crossing Shopping Center on Ga. Highway 85. Designed to comfortably accommodate your busy lifestyle and bank account, Massage Kare offers extended operating hours and discount packages that make monthly massage visits convenient and affordable.

If Union City has its way the size of the city will more than double by the end of October. If approved by landowners and registered voters, proposed annexation would encompass large areas primarily to the north, south, northeast and northwest of existing city limits.

Union City council members got an earful from two determined residents of High Point Commons subdivision Tuesday, expressing concerns over what they called government inefficiency, shoddy development and increasing crime in their neighborhood. The council made no response to the concerns, though one council member said at meeting’s end that those concerns had no fallen on deaf ears.

A Riverdale man is in critical condition after being shot in the face and abdomen in a late night disturbance April 16 at a Fairburn residence. Neighborhood resident Santos Watkins was charged in the shooting.

The new Fairburn Business Association Kick-off meeting April 17 carried a punch. More than 50 business owners made their way to the city annex building on Washington Street to begin to lay out plans designed to propel the Fairburn business community into the future.

Excited students from Tyrone Elementary welcomed the Tour to town.

The Fayette County Board of Education is moving forward in studying the town of Tyrone’s offer to hook up to the city’s sewer system.

Tyrone Town Councilman Mike Smola wants to make sure residents won’t be paying higher property taxes this year.

During Thursday’s Town Council Meeting, Smola said he had analyzed his own property tax bill over the last several years and discovered that Tyrone’s rate kept on growing. The county and school portion of the tax bill had grown just over 1 percent a year, but Tyrone’s bite had averaged a 4.3 percent increase each year.

The heavens cried on Tyrone Thursday night, and so did many of the audience as the Town Council denied a request for a youth center in the town’s Shamrock Industrial Park.

The pack of cyclists was indeed tight as they passed Lake Kedron on Peachtree Parkway during the Ford Tour de Georgia Wednesday afternoon.

A lawsuit over a company’s ability to access Falcon Field is likely headed to the Georgia Court of Appeals for now.

A water tower being built in east Senoia will necessitate the changing of approach patterns at Falcon Field Airport temporarily, officials said.