This Memorial Day promises to be one for the ages in Senoia.

Last week, the City Council approved a controversial proposal to fund $7,500 for a fireworks celebration during the Memorial Day weekend.

The Coweta County School System’s transportation system received a clean bill of health, after a weeklong annual inspection by the Georgia Department of Public Safety.

State Senator Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) has announced the appropriation of over $10 million in state funding that will benefit Coweta County. The funds were approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee as part of the Fiscal Year 2007 state budget.

The McIntosh varsity girls basketball program will have a new coach when the 2006-2007 season begins.

David Dowse, formerly the head coach for Grayson High School's varsity girls basketball team, has been hired by McIntosh High School. Dowse, who compiled a 59-52 record and four state tournament appearances in his four years as head coach of the Lady Rams, resigned from his coaching and teaching duties at Grayson High on Wednesday.

The Georgia Department of Transportation plans to let bids in May for the first phase of widening Ga. Highway 74 in Peachtree City to six lanes.

Stephanie Romine and her date Samson Horne get an up-close view of aquatic life at the Georgia Aquarium, which hosted Sandy Creek High School’s prom Saturday night.

Extending the law enforcement presence in Peachtree City in the way that best serves citizens means staffing and equipping a fifth police zone, according to Chief James Murray. That will take hiring eight new officers, the chief said.

Several sheriff’s detectives credit high-in-the-sky technology for saving their lives early Saturday morning as they combed through thick underbrush looking for an armed suspect who put up a fight with Tyrone policemen minutes before.

A Clayton County youth minister was convicted Monday afternoon of using an online chat room to arrange a sexual encounter with a girl he thought was 15 years old.

It was a one-hour stop March 24 for U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson at Cooper Lighting in Peachtree City. But Isakson and the two dozen Fayette County residents and business representatives on hand made good use of the time, covering topics that included Iraq, immigration and border security, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and global job outsourcing.

Luke Nagy and Connor Childers, students at Braelinn Elementary, also members of Boy Scout Pack 409, recently spent two afternoons after school, cleaning up the trash around the Braelinn Elementary school track.

The Peachtree City Council is not about to get into the business of selling property it owns along state highways.

The council received a detailed report at its retreat Friday afternoon on nine parcels the city owns which could be sold for commercial development. City Manager Bernie McMullen said he had asked for the report from City Planner David Rast so council could be made aware of its holdings along state thoroughfares.

A Peachtree City teen who survived a violent collision with a tree on Peachtree Parkway in August now has further traffic charges filed against him from an auto crash last week near McIntosh High School, police said.

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The funeral for Elizabeth Redwine Ramsey, affectionately known as “Miss Boo,” was held Monday afternoon at the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church. Her family has been a mainstay of the church for over a century and a half.

Fayetteville police are investigating a break-in at the Lenscrafters at the Fayette Pavilion that was reported Sunday morning.

The Fayette County Commission turned down a request for a cell phone tower on Ga. Highway 92 north near Hickory Road, but the issue may not be resolved.

Congressman Lynn Westmoreland will be the special guest speaker at the Fayette County Republican Party breakfast April 1. Rep Westmoreland will give a report on legislation in Washington, DC. Rep. Westmoreland has many interesting experiences to share with local citizens. This is a good time to meet your Congressman in an informal setting..

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) has named the Fayette County School System a 2005-2006 Super District for Quality Schools.

The Fayette County High choirs sang their way to superior and excellent ratings at the 6th District Choral Festival held at the Clayton Performing Arts Center.

Taking part in Metro Fayette Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast are from left, Hayley Esterline, 12, Cecilia Esterline, 10, and Samuel Esterline, five.

This summer 19 of Fayette’s elementary, middle and high school teachers will participate in a grant program aimed at increasing students’ knowledge of the colonial era.

In which city can you find street signs written in Pinyin, the phonetic spelling of the local language using the Roman alphabet? Most Fayette students would know the answer: Beijing.

Thanks to the generosity of businesses and individuals who supported the Fayette County Education Foundation this year, $24,849 in mini-grants will be given to Fayette’s schools for the 2006-2007 academic year.

To enhance the study of Ancient Cultures, the second grade enrichment class at Crabapple Elementary took a field trip to the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University. The students observed many artifacts from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. In addition, the dance department organized a movement class taught by students at the university. The enrichment students designed and performed pieces they choreographed with the Emory students on the rise, rule, death and burial of an Egyptian pharaoh.

Fayette County’s Adrian Crowder, a radiologic technology student at Griffin Technical College, was named local winner of the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL) program at a luncheon held March 14 at the Griffin Elks Club. The GOAL luncheon was sponsored by the Griffin Exchange Club and was coordinated by Sandra Bryant from Griffin Technical College. The Griffin-Spalding Chamber of Commerce also assisted in this process by selecting the school GOAL winner.

Nearly 300 students with a grade point average of 93 and above attended McIntosh High’s Academic Luncheon.

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

A Clayton County youth minister was found guilty Monday of charges that he used an online chat room to arrange a sexual encounter in Peachtree City with a girl he thought was 15 years old.

People traveling on Ga. highways 34 and 54 west should prepare for another change in traffic flow relating to the road widening project starting Wednesday morning at 8 a.m.