Senoia’s new library will either be downtown or in the city’s park.

That was the verdict rendered Monday night during the City Council meeting as city administrator Richard Ferry outlined the city’s options.

The Sharpsburg Baptist Church will be honoring its minister, the Rev. Dr. Watson E. Mills, on his 25-year tenure with the church.

Andy Petty thought he was doing the right thing by allowing administrators at Fayette County High School to search his car in late October.

Four Peachtree City teens were found delinquent in juvenile proceedings last week stemming from the planned armed robbery of another child on the golf cart path near Blue Smoke park Dec. 22, officials said.

It’s going to be a busy night Thursday as the Fayette County Commission considers more than 750 acres for rezoning to build more than 200 homes.

Another candidate wants to represent the citizens of Fayette County.

Wendy Felton, 44, qualified early Tuesday morning for the County Commission special election.

Roughly 20 residents of the Lexington Park subdivision appeared at Thursday night’s Peachtree City Council meeting to oppose plans for a package store right next to their neighborhood.

A move is afoot to make the Peachtree City Tourism Association a fully-volunteer board.

Currently, the city manager and a city council member hold positions on the five-member board. But Councilwoman Judi-ann Rutherford said she’d prefer the association not have such direct political ties. Instead, she suggested the city manager and city finance director could serve on the association’s finance committee, which would allow council to keep an eye on the group’s finances.

It had the feeling of an old-fashioned church revival.

Practically all the previous neighborhood opposition to the Grove Park residential development on Ga. Highway 314 had evaporated by the time the issue got to Fayetteville City Council members Jan. 5. The occasion was the first reading of the proposed development.

Sun City is planning to build a retirement community in Spalding County, but is still pursuing building a community in Fayette County.

Local law enforcement officers responded to the needs of Fayetteville citizens during the Christmas season by raising $6,600 for the Shop with a Cop and grocery gift card programs.

The Fayette County Board of Education kicked off the new year Monday night by holding elections for chairman and vice-chairman.

Did you know that foster children often move their belongings in garbage bags? That's why Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS), the largest private oncology/hematology practice in the Southeast, along with WSB-TV, the largest TV station in Atlanta, will be collecting new or gently used suitcases and backpacks for Georgia's foster children on Martin Luther King Jr. Day during its fourth annual Totes 2 Tots suitcase drive.

The 2006 Relay For Life - Fayette County will kick off its annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. at Glendalough Manor in Tyrone. This event is held each year to give anyone interested in participating in Relay For Life an opportunity to find out about the event, and to distribute informational packages to new and returning participants.

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Fayette County Development Authority will hold a Peachtree City Stormwater Utility update meeting Friday, Jan. 20, at 10 a.m. at Cooper Lighting in Peachtree City. Representatives from Peachtree City and the consulting firm on this project, Integrated Science and Engineering, will present an overview of the proposed utility and credits available to Peachtree City businesses.

A south Fayette man fought with nine deputies after breaking into a home near his house on Rising Starr Road Thursday, police said.

Two men dressed in all black clothing robbed the employee of an emissions shop on Ga. Highway 138 north early Monday evening, police said.

A plot by several juveniles to rob a 16-year-old was foiled Christmas Day, and then the gunman accidentally shot himself in the ankle while they tried to speed away from the scene, police said.

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

A group of more than 60 Cedar Grove residents put the national football championship game on hold Wednesday night to learn more about the challenges that lie ahead for unincorporated South Fulton County. The informational meeting at Cedar Grove Community Center was the most recent venue to hear about the proposal to form two cities where unincorporated county now sits.

It was a changing of the guard as three new council members were sworn in at the Jan. 3 Palmetto council meeting.

U.S. Rep. David Scott will address members of the South Fulton Chamber of Commerce during the upcoming Annual Meeting and Luncheon Jan. 19 at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in College Park.

GMC Community College in Union City is enrolling students for classes that start Jan. 9 for eight weeks.

Zaxby’s owners Joey and Brandi Clanton, and David and Anita Downing, will open the doors Monday to Fairburn’s first Zaxby’s restaurant, at 7840 Senoia Road.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn police between Dec. 21 and Jan. 3:

• Mendoza Gonzalez, 54, Fairburn, public drunk.

Residents in Tyrone and South Fulton County are still cleaning up after a rare January tornado came roaring through the area Monday night.

Tyrone’s newest councilmen didn’t waste anytime Thursday night getting their feet wet as they successfully asked for a vote on a new sewer contract with Fairburn to be delayed until February.

In a sharp rebuke to Fayette County, the town of Tyrone voted Thursday night to pursue a contract to remain in the Flint River Regional Library System.

Tyrone Planning commissioners Dec. 29 agreed to give their approval to the site plan that will establish more than 10,000 square feet of office space in the Market Hill development on Ga. Highway 74.