An August resolution by Coweta County School Board designed to formulate a recommendation for new district lines for elementary and middle schools came to fruition Dec. 13 with the announcement that the work done by committees comprised of parents and school administrators had been completed.

Dr. Michael H. Deis, associate professor of Management at Clayton State University, has been awarded the University System of Georgia Board of Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award for Regional and State Universities. The system-wide award recognizes faculty and departments for a strong commitment to teaching and service to students.

The League of Fine Artists South (LOFAS) will exhibit in the gallery at The Winery -Chateau Élan in December. Five fine artists from Fayette, Henry and Coweta Counties will show selected juried art in oil, acrylic, ceramics, and mixed media. All of the art will be sold through the gift shop at the winery. There will be special work devoted to holiday gift giving.

Newnan High School student government officers Sarah Mitchell (treasurer), Greg Abt (president) and Miranda Hose (secretary) hold a few of the 23,858 cans and other food items brought in by Newnan High School students and teachers for this year’s Can-A-Thon. The high school ran a close competition with East Coweta High, which donated 18,837 to this year’s drive. In all, Coweta County schools provided over 102,000 cans to the drive’s total of 165,000 cans collected, not including the emergency can drive earlier in the year. Photo/Special.

Brown says Logsdon would have won anyway

Incumbent Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown got an uneasy feeling Tuesday when he became a roadside attraction while waving to potential voters near the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Crosstown Road.

Challenger gets 70 pct. of vote to oust incumbent Brown

Political newcomer Harold Logsdon manhandled incumbent Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown in his re-election bid, with Logsdon corralling 70 percent of the vote.

Defendant’s sons testify for prosecution

An Atlanta man suspected in the violent assault of an elderly Fayette County man has been arrested.

Arnold Bernard Wesley Jr., 23, of 3901 Campbellton Road is charged with armed robbery and kidnapping. Police said that he hit the victim in the back of the head and stole several firearms from the residence on Lady Carolyn Court after the attack Friday afternoon.

A task force studying traffic congestion in Georgia is recommending a radical change to fast-forward cost-effective projects that will improve traffic congestion in metro Atlanta.

U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland will host a town hall meeting Monday at 9:30 a.m. at the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce to educate and assist seniors seeking help choosing a prescription drug plan under Medicare. Sign up has begun and benefits are set to begin Jan. 1, 2006.

Where will Senoia’s library be located?

An Elvis impersonator greets the spectators at Saturday night’s Christmas parade in Senoia.

Senoia business owner Greg Crook will be able to open his car wash after all.

After months of discussion with residents, the Planning Commission and the City Council, Crook left Monday night’s City Council meeting with a variance that will allow him to start moving dirt on the site.

Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown sent an e-mail Tuesday night following his runoff election loss to Harold Logsdon. The following is the text of that e-mail:

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Move avoids termination hearing

Arthur English has resigned from his post as Chief Public Defender for the Griffin Judicial Circuit, which includes Fayette County.

The American Legion Post in Peachtree City is boycotting the city’s Hometown Holidays event Saturday because the city is calling its Christmas tree “The Grand Tree.”

More than 150 people piled into Booth Middle School’s gym Tuesday night to voice their opposition to the Fayette County Board of Education about new elementary school attendance zones that are designed to relieve overcrowding at three elementary schools.

Local residents who normally use Interstate 85 to and from Atlanta may want to seek out an alternate route this weekend as construction work continues.

Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown has denied any ethical wrongdoing relating to the state ethics complaint filed against him by Direct PAC, a political action committee.

A 14-year-old Peachtree City resident ran a golf cart into a parked SUV Thanksgiving night and had to be taken to the hospital, police said.

Chemicals used to keep weeds and bugs at bay on Peachtree City’s sports fields are safe as long as they are applied correctly, several agriculture experts said Tuesday night at a meeting about the issue.

A physician specializing in pediatric health issues has determined it is unlikely that the symptoms affecting about four soccer players in the past two years are related to exposure to chemicals used to treat Peachtree City’s soccer fields.

It’s going to be awhile before there is any resolution to the ongoing dispute between Coweta County and Sharpsburg over Pathway Communities’ plan to annex 480 acres of land for a huge development.

Newly-elected Senoia City Councilman Perry Benson believes this year’s holiday kickoff in Senoia is going to be the best one yet.

Coweta County’s legislators heard an earful from the school board Wednesday about priorities for the upcoming General Assembly session.

Moreland’s six-year-old Payton Samples is going through his second round with leukemia.

He is in the Scottish Rite Hospital this week and is undergoing a blood transfusion, hoping to raise his blood count. If this is successful, he will be starting radiation and chemotherapy again. This will consist of four doses that last three hours, 12 hours apart, every three weeks for the next six months.

Oliver, played by Anna Marie Smith, asks for some more food in Newnan Community Theatre’s production of “Oliver.” The show runs Dec.