A downtown Fayetteville business was heavily damaged by fire Thursday morning.

The design of a proposed package store has a number of residents in Peachtree City’s Lexington Park subdivision concerned.

What began in November as a field of 40 applicants for Fayetteville police chief led to the Feb. 10 hire of veteran Valdosta Police Major Steve Heaton.

Braelinn Elementary School had an academic fair this week for all of the students to participate in.

A Peachtree City man is recovering from a beating he received after confronting two men in a late-night altercation at the Starbucks in The Avenue shopping center three weeks ago.

A police stakeout at a local industrial building netted the arrest of two suspects for burglary and related charges early Sunday morning.

All interested parents are invited to attend a seminar on Internet safety for children at the Starr’s Mill High School auditorium Monday, March 6, from 7-9 p.m.

For more than 100 years, a member of the Hutchinson family has sold hardware in Senoia. But come March, the familiar blue building at the corner of Main and Seavy Street will be closed.

With no fanfare and almost no public notice, the Fayette County School System is undergoing a demographic sea change.

State Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (front left) hosted 20 students from the 28th Senate District at the Capitol Feb.

Dana Ballou is the new principal of Northside Elementary School, beginning immediately, and retiring East Coweta High School Principal Kirk Stallings will be succeeded next year by East Coweta Middle School Principal Derek Pitts.

Arbor Springs Elementary School’s newsroom will soon have new equipment to work with, thanks to electronics retailer Best Buy.

Scouting for Food is a family event for Jerry Millar and his family, including Jimmy Hill and brother Johnny Hill.

A Thursday afternoon blaze destroyed a barn and two nearby vehicles in north Fayette County.

It was not known how the fire started, but there were several different hot spots on the property, located at 160 Anderson Road.

One eastbound lane of Ga. Highway 54 was blocked for some time Tuesday afternoon when this truck lost control while turning off of Tyrone Road.

With no fanfare and almost no public notice, the Fayette County School System is undergoing a demographic sea change.

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In a politically stunning move, the Georgia House of Representatives voted down a bill Tuesday morning that would have dramatically changed how Fayette County elects its five-member county commission.

Tori Gentry is one of the lucky ones.

Removed from a difficult family situation 15 months ago, she was placed in the care of Fayette Youth Protection Homes. Since then, she has shaken a rebellious past and she has caught up in school so she can graduate this spring, on time, from Starr’s Mill High School.

John Wieland Homes has firmed up its annexation proposal for a 377-acre tract north of the Centennial subdivision off MacDuff Parkway.

Mike Brunette, Peachtree City, and daughter Samantha, 11, show off their dancing skills as dads and daughters spent an evening together during the Father-Daughter Valentine Dance held at the Gathering Place Saturday.

Yard sale signs just may make a comeback in Peachtree City after all.

Over the years, yard sale patrons have come to depend on the tiny beige signs, which point the direction to various yard sales throughout town.

Fayette County is a great place to live. But that does not mean it is free of the specter of drugs. Peachtree City and Fayetteville police brought 935 charges for marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine and other narcotics between 2001-2005. Undeniable that drugs exist in Fayette, the most troubling of this “high-inducing” cornucopia is methamphetamine.

A billboard company’s bid to strike down Fayette County’s entire sign ordinance was heard by the entire 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Tuesday morning.

You take ingredients like rubbing alcohol, engine starter fluid, lye, decongestants, antifreeze and acetone. Scrape the phosphorus off some matches and throw it in the mix.

The North Fayette Community Association’s first quarterly meeting will be held at Community Fellowship Christian Church Saturday, Feb. 18, at 10 a.m. Christian Fellowship Christian Church is located at 107 Highland Hills Road on the corner of Ga. Highway 314 North and Highland Hills Road.

Fayette City Council is scheduled to conduct a public hearing and first reading of a rezoning request on property located at 280 N. Jeff Davis Road from R-30 to O&I. The council will also consider authorization to use the 2001 Bond Fund balance for the Villages Amphitheater and Holliday-Dorsey-Fife House improvements.

Fayetteville City Manager Joe Morton recently announced that Eldridge Gunn is the city’s new director of planning and zoning.

Fayette Biking for Life is hosting an open meeting Thursday, Feb. 16, from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Fayette County Public Library in Fayetteville.

Norm Cardilli didn't have to think twice when asked to help the Wellspring Home, which helps adult victims of sexual assault get their lives back on track in a house just outside of Peachtree City.

National School Counseling Week is here (Feb. 6-10) but Fayette’s school counselors got a jumpstart on recognition of their efforts with special visitors from the Georgia Department of Education.