It is always a special occasion at the annual Race for Riley fundraiser at Georgia Baptist Children’s Home in Palmetto. Now in its third year, the event is named for five year-old Riley Peek who was diagnosed three years ago with Mitochondrial disease. Parents Rodney and Waynette Peek chose Riley’s school, the Joseph Sams School in Fayetteville, as the recipient of this year’s fundraiser. Photo/Ben Nelms.

ABATE of Georgia hosted the event titled “2007 Ride For the Children”.

Reese Development will also contribute toward fire truck

Coweta County Commissioner added three conditions Tuesday to the massive McIntosh Village residential and commercial development in east Coweta.

In celebration of the 25th anniversary of its frequent flyer program, Delta Air Lines employee and Sharpsburg native Debbie Schneider was awarded the SkyMiles’ 25th Anniversary Special Recognition Award.

The Peachtree City Airport Authority has agreed to enter negotiations with Chick-fil-A that could lead to the company relocating its corporate jet fleet to Falcon Field.

When most of us think of Africa, we think of exotic animals roaming wild in the jungle, safaris on the expansive savannah and hunters looking for their next kill--all images that have been portrayed on the Discovery Channel, in movies like Tarzan and King Kong, or pictures we have seen in National Geographic.

The Coweta County Board of Education approved two new principal positions for the 2007-08 school year Wednesday upon the recommendations of Superintendent Blake Bass.

All Coweta County school students who have received transfers to a school outside of their home attendance zones, including hardship transfers and school transfers under the No Child Left Behind Act, must renew those transfers by June 11 for the transfers to remain in effect for the 2007-08 school year.

David E. Nahmias, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia, and all heads of federal investigative agencies in the Northern District of Georgia announce that the 27th Annual Crime Victims Rights Week is scheduled for April 22-29.

Volunteers from St. Paul Episcopal, Central Baptist, McIntosh High School and Starr’s Mill High School and many others made the kickoff build day of the Newnan Coweta Habitat for Humanity’s Foundation of Faith build a huge success.

Relocate-America.com has named Peachtree City one of its “Top 100 Places to Live” in the United States.

Peachtree City was selected for the honor after it and other nominated cities were parsed for a variety of factors including schools, people and neighborhoods, activities, economic health, environmental health and the beauty of the area.

A number of Fayette County high school students got a live peek at the legal system in action Wednesday morning.

One of the biggest developments in the history of the Southern Crescent received unanimous approval from the Coweta County Commission to move forward Tuesday night.

Developer Tom Reese doesn’t just have big ideas for Coweta County.

On Monday night, Reese unveiled his plans for a subdivision that would be in the city limits of Senoia, if the county agrees to letting Senoia annex the property.

On April 26th, the city of Senoia and the Downtown Development Authority will sponsor a Town Hall Meeting. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the East Coweta Senior Center on Howard Road in Senoia and will include a light meal.

Pictured is the map that shows the Tour’s route through Peachtree City on Monday.

Sen. Mitch Seabaugh hosted a group of students from the 28th Senate District at the Capitol in February and March. The students served as pages for the Senate on their assigned day. They were granted access to the Senate Chamber for the day and were responsible for delivering messages to the Senators on the floor. The pages were also called on to run special errands. They received a certificate, $10 honorarium and enjoyed a “working lunch” with Sen. Seabaugh.From left, are Lydia DeMoss, Derrick Hunter, Sen. Seabaugh, Andrew Lambert, Caleb Peacock and Austin Gordon. Photo/Special.

Falcon Field in Peachtree City will host the start of a 13-day competition May 19 that will feature 53 airplanes competing for $1 million in cash and prizes.

Andrew J. Whalen Jr.: a family man with sense of humor

Fayette County’s legal community has lost one of its most respected judges.

The Newnan-Coweta Cadet Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol is proud to offer the squadron’s volunteer color guard to the public. This color guard is trained to give a sharp, military style, presentation and retrieval of the colors. If you would like The Civil Air Patrol to present the colors for your church or civic group please call Steven Mellard at 770-251-7210 two weeks before the date you would like the demostration.

Musician Eric Litwin, winner of the 2004 Parents Choice Recommended Award, will be entertaining children with his songs and stories during Storytime at Peachtree City Library on Tuesday, April 17 at 10 a.m. Litwin will be presenting a program called “I Hear America Singing” in celebration of National Library Week.

Houses are being cleaned and the yards are being spruced up as residents in Senoia get ready for their annual open house to the community.

Although the calendar only reads April, the Coweta County Board of Education towards working on next year’s budget.

A proposed decentralized sewer system on the Coweta-Fayette border drew the ire of several residents during a heated meeting of the Coweta County Commission Tuesday night.

Two men have died from injuries they received in a violent car crash in Peachtree City six days earlier.

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It was a mock exercise that had all the look and feel of the real thing. The empty halls at Flat Rock Middle School during spring break provided the venue for crisis training in hostage taking and negotiation designed to hone the skills of Fayette County Sheriff’s, Fire and EMS personnel.

Oratorical winners Gunnar Knight and Mara McGurl flank Optimist member Hal Sewell.

The Coweta County Board of Education approved several individuals to fill open school system administrative positions for the 2007-2008 school year, at a March 28 called Board meeting, upon the recommendations of Superintendent Blake Bass.

Parents who wish to pre-register their children for Coweta County Schools’ After School Program can do so on May 7-11 at the elementary school which the child attends.

The city of Senoia could soon be the recipient of a $500,000 Employee Incentive Program grant.

Chattahoochee Flint Regional Development Center representative Lynn Miller told the City Council Monday night the money would be used to rework the plant expansion of Winpak Inc on Andrews Drive. The grant is used to benefit low and moderate income people, and Miller said the expansion and more than 60 new jobs would aid that community.