The American Red Cross blood drive, sponsored by the Optimist Club of Senoia and held at the Senoia United Methodist Church on August 3rd, was the most successful drive yet held by the Senoia Optimists.  A total of 49 pints of blood was collected versus a goal of 33.  Fifty four people actually attempted to donate, but some could not due to various reasons. 

Members of the Senoia Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Tuesday voted unanimously to split the rent and utilities at the city’s Welcome Center with the city until 2011. The DDA Coordinator recently vacated by Stephanie Savage will not be filled.

Sick students still coming to Fayette schools, increasing potential spread of flu

With the numbers of ill students increasing in Fayette’s public schools in recent days, parents may be a little more worried about the affects of the novel H1N1 strain of flu.

A Superior Court Judge from the Coweta circuit will hear arguments Friday on a recall review petition filed by Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan.

Increasing numbers of Fayette County children are coming down with flu-like symptoms and are being sent home from schools, education officials confirmed Tuesday.

A Fayetteville couple was attacked and robbed outside their home Aug. 21 near The Villages Amphitheater and downtown Fayetteville. Police have no current suspects in the robbery.

The Fayetteville City Council at a called meeting Monday agreed to work out details to have a November referendum for voters to have their say on establishing a city redevelopment agency to initiate and oversee redevelopment projects called Tax Allocation Districts (TAD). The issue will require a board resolution to be signed by mid-September.

Last call!

That is, if you want to have a say on the proposed .244 millage rate increase proposed by the Peachtree City Council. Council will meet Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. to hold the final of three public hearings on the property tax increase.

A Hampton man died Monday morning after his car struck a tractor trailer on Ga. Highway 279 near Imperial Way shortly after midnight.

Vance R. Johnson, 44, was driving south on Hwy. 279 when his vehicle crossed into the northbound lanes and the path of a tractor trailer driven by Victor Soto, 46, of Bogart, according to sheriff’s deputies.

More state cuts in local funding could mean as many as 5 more students per classroom

Fayette school classes could each get five students larger if the state slashes more funding later this year.

It was supposed to be an appeal of a Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission denial over lighting concerns at the sports field on Tiger Trail and Hood Avenue owned by Thomas Stephens.

It was essentially a formality Thursday night as the Fayetteville City Council voted unanimously to hold the 2009 millage rate at 2.988 mills.

Coweta County commissioners Tuesday approved the submission of a letter to Fayette County Water Department requesting that Fayette include Coweta properties in federally-required documents relating to the the upcoming construction of Lake McIntosh. That inclusion could help Coweta property owners near the 650-acre lake avoid the requirement to purchase flood insurance.

Four Peachtree City teenagers have been arrested in connection with numerous entering auto cases reported Aug. 14-15, police said.

A Hampton man died this morning after his car struck a tractor trailer on Ga. Highway 279 near Imperial Way shortly after midnight.

A Clayton County man was arrested by Fayette County sheriff’s deputies Thursday for burglarizing a home on Graves Road July 17.

The high school football season started on Saturday with the U.S. Army/Corky Kell Classic in the Georgia Dome. The Starr’s Mill Panthers took on the Etowah Eagles and lost 21-14 in the first match of the day. The Panthers will look at the tape and practice this week and the coaches will have an open Friday to go off to scout their opponents as high school football kicks off for everybody else.

It is a mechanism used in some Georgia localities to turn economically deficient areas into productive ones. The Fayetteville City Council will meet in called session Monday at 4 p.m. to consider the feasibility of initiating a Tax Allocation District (TAD) process in the city.

The Fayette County Commission is expected to vote Thursday night to maintain the current maintenance and operations millage rate of 5.4 mills for the 2009-2010 budget year.

The Peachtree City Council voted Thursday to accept a $650,000 grant over a five-year period to hire six new firefighters.

The novel H1N1 strain of influenza is already here in Fayette County, Peachtree City emergency officials told the city council Thursday night.

The vote is in and the potential to have alcohol served by the glass on Sundays in Tyrone will be left up to the voters in November. Council members approved the measure at the Thursday meeting.

Despite the struggling economy, several Peachtree City residents told the city council Thursday night that they support a property tax increase of .244 mills.

A decision to add to Falcon Field’s name to boost marketing and enhance operations has resulted in a minor controversy at the Peachtree City airport.

The demand for recreation field space is on the rise, creating an issue that will ultimately have to be dealt with, Recreation Commission Chairman David Ring told the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.

A new fee to inspect new roof construction was adopted recently by the Peachtree City Council.

The fee stems from recent code changes and the need to inspect roofing activity, which has spiked recently, according to a memo from city interim Community Development Director David Rast.

A McDonough sculptor is setting out to honor Peachtree City founders Joel Cowan and Floy Farr.

Andy Davis, who has sculpted the likenesses of Truett Cathy, Margaret Mitchell and others, won the city council’s approval to conduct a private fundraising drive so he can construct busts of the two founders.

The Coweta County School Board voted Monday to hold the millage rate steady at 18.59 mills for the fifth straight year. Board members also voted to keep the school system’s bonded indebtedness tax rate at 0 mills.

Coweta County commissioners Tuesday held the line on the millage rate, maintaining the 7.66 mill rate for the incorporated areas and lowering the unincorporated rate to 6.93 mills from last year’s 6.98 mills. The recession-fueled local economy saw only minor digest growth in the incorporated areas and a decrease in growth in the unincorporated areas.

Newnan High School was transformed into a movie set last Saturday as filming continued on “The Fat Boy Chronicles,” written by authors and screenwriters Mike Buchanan and Diane Lang. Inspired by a real story, “The Fat Boy Chronicles” is a drama that tells the story of an obese 9th grader struggling to find his way in our thin-obsessed society.