A bus driver with the Fulton County Schools died Monday after being struck by a school bus at the refueling station at the school system’s Heath Street transportation facility in Fairburn.

It nearly took a degree in mathematics to tabulate for the number of perpetrators and solved burglaries and property damage cases announced by Chief Charles Long as he addressed Fairburn council members Dec. 12.

Palmetto council members took the advice of city engineers earlier this month and awarded a Fairburn company the contract for the Thurmond Street drainage improvement project.

An ordinance adopted Dec. 7 by unanimous vote of Fulton County commissioners requires that future subdivisions in Chattahoochee Hill Country maintain at least 40 percent open space.

Parents of Students at Burch Elementary school in Tyrone are breathing a little easier this week after the Fayette Board of Education decided Monday night not to change any of its elementary school lines.

The names of many towns in the United States derive from Native Americans or immigrants who either settled the area or worked to build something and then moved on.

In view of anticipated heavy holiday traffic, the Georgia Department of Transportation has suspended most scheduled construction projects and all work requiring lane closures until Tuesday, Jan. 3, at 5 a.m.

PTC saves $576K, which must be spent on transportation

The Peachtree City Council has forged ahead with having the Georgia Department of Transportation realign Rockaway Road.

Almost 40 pilots from World Airways braved the cold rain last week, picketing on the golf cart path across from the company headquarters in Peachtree City.

Three men were indicted last week in an ongoing undercover online sting operated by the Peachtree City Police Department.

The executive director of the Peachtree City Tourism Association said the group is at the ready to help city recreation officials with tourism needs, particularly as it relates to youth sports tournaments.

If you still haven’t made your plans for New Year’s Eve, why not do something healthy, fun and very unique?

The Citizen is proud to present the first Father Time Invitational road race in Brooks, a four-kilometer race that allows runners to head into the new year at full speed. The Dec. 31 race will start around 11:45 p.m. and runners will participate on a lighted course.

Nancy Braender accepts the first annual Community Helping Hands Award as Senior of the Year at the Peachtree City Senior Adult Council Holiday Luncheon.

Peachtree City’s Finance Department has been honored with a prestigious award for “excellence in financial reporting.”

Senoia’s quest for a new library site hit another stumbling block Tuesday night.

The City Council rejected a motion to place the facility in the city’s park on Seavy Street. The park location has drawn the ire of the local Boy Scout troop that uses a building in the park. The Scouts maintain they have a 99-year lease with the city to use the building, but a copy of the lease cannot be located.

Willis Road Elementary School held a "Pancakes with Santa" fundraiser on Saturday, December 17, to benefit the school gym.

“If my office closed and we all went home at five o’clock, I probably wouldn’t be up here,” said Coweta County Sheriff Mike Yeager to commissioners Dec. 15.

Coweta County commissioners Dec. 15 voted to sign a Memorandum of Understanding designed pave the way for construction of the PetSmart regional distribution center at Creekside Industrial Park. The MOU signatories include Coweta County Development Authority, PetSmart and the county commission.

On perhaps one of the busiest days of the holiday shopping season, northbound traffic on Ga. Highway 85 north backed up late Thursday morning due to another damaged water pipe.

The Fayette Board of Education heard the complaints of frustrated parents and decided Monday night not to change any of its elementary school lines.

Despite the not guilty verdict from a Fayette County jury last week, Lt. Col. Bruce Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office is still convinced that Eddie Robbins III killed Fayette resident David Mangham and Mike Fowler of Ellenwood in Mangham’s north Fayette home in April 2003.

Sgt. Ryan Coffield of Fayetteville is happy to be back stateside, awaiting the birth of his first son ... even though it’s not exactly the way he planned it.

Fayette County has its first candidate in the March special election to replace the late County Commissioner A.G. VanLandingham.

Despite the recent controversy over churches not holding services on Christmas Day (Sunday) this year, most Christian churches in the Fayette, Coweta and South Fulton areas will have Christmas services on Sunday morning, though some have scheduled only one service and have cancelled Sunday school classes and other normal Sunday activities.

The story of Christmas began centuries prior to the actual event. Prophets promised that a Savior and Redeemer, a King and Messiah, the Son of God would be born into the world. Prior to this blessed event, God sent the Angel Gabriel to the humble Jewish girl named Mary. She had been chosen to be the Mother of Jesus. With this heavenly announcement, the Greatest Story ever told began to unfold.

It’s about the future of transportation strategies and land use planning in south metro Atlanta. It includes six counties, 29 municipalities and two regional development centers. Its goal is to present a long-term vision for Southside transportation issues in a rapidly growing metro Atlanta population expected to add 2 million people in the next 25 years.

An alert citizen may have helped Fayetteville police prevent the theft of items from cars parked at the Tinseltown movie theater last week.

The Fayette County Branch of the NAACP has begun planning for the Second Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Parade to be held Monday, Jan. 16, beginning at 10 a.m. in Fayetteville.

U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland's amendment to the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 easily passed the House Friday night, shortly before main bill was approved. The amendment caps financial penalties for businesses guilty of hiring illegal immigrants.