Tyrone Planning Commission voted 3-0 Thursday to deny a rezoning request that would have added office space to a two-acre tract on Dogwood Trail. Commissioners decision was bolstered by several neighbors that believed rezoning the property from residential to office would essentially move the Market Hill development in their back yards.

No one was injured when a Tyrone family’s home caught fire late Monday morning in the Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park off Senoia Road.

David Moore and Teddy Smyth, both 13 years old, plopped down on the floor in Alumni Hall gym at Gordon College and again checked their car before handing it to officials to be impounded.

No one was injured when a Tyrone family’s home caught fire late Monday morning in the Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park off Senoia Road.

True to his word, state Sen. Kasim Reed has introduced two bills in the Georgia General Assembly that may well change the future of South Fulton County.

State Sen. Kasim Reed continued his whirlwind tour of locales around South Fulton County earlier this week, conducting town hall meetings designed to inform residents on the move to consider incorporating South Fulton into the cities of South Fulton and Chattahoochee Hills and to answer questions on the measure.

Fairburn council members Feb. 13 voted to annex and zone property on both sides of I-85. A 101.6-acre tract along I-85 between Bohannon Road and City Lake was cited for possible use as an office park with accompanying retail while a 1.2-acre tract at Ga. Highway 74 and Oakley Industrial Boulevard is currently being developed for retail.

It is an extravaganza by any measure. The Anniversary Gala and Banquet to celebrate Christian City’s 40th year, held Feb. 11 at the Airport Hilton, is the site of hundreds of guests enjoying an evening full of 1940s-style music, dancing and memories.

Fairburn council members decided Feb. 13 to split the city’s sanitation service between two providers.

CLM Sanitation will provide residential service while Advanced Waste Disposal will serve commercial customers. Cost-saving measures to customers was cited as the reason for the decisions.

Congratulations to the Bear Creek Middle School students whose projects won at the Fulton County Social Studies Fair. The winners included:

Now that the town's new library has a site, the Town of Tyrone is getting serious about cleaning up Shamrock Park.

Town Manager Barry Amos briefed the Town Council Thursday night on possible revisions to the town's master plan. Originally, the library, along with a new municipal complex was slated to be built in Shamrock Park. But Amos said residents objected to the idea and said they wanted the park to remain a park. Amos then suggested the town hire Jerry Petersen to re-work the city's plan for the area and detail what could take place in the park.

Emotions ran high Thursday night as a community leader clashed with Tyrone officials over his plan for a teen youth center.

The Legacy Theatre is moving locations before the ground was even broken on the previous location. Instead of being located on Senoia Road toward Peachtree City, the theatre will now be located on the end of Carriage Oaks Lane, close to Chaps on Ga. Highway 74. Both owner Bethany Smith and the town of Tyrone are very pleased with the new location.

By next fall, Sandy Creek High School will be able to hold track meets on campus.

As parts of its special projects list, the Fayette County Board of Education approved $300,000 Monday night to build an eight-lane rubberized track at the high school on Jenkins Road. Directory of Facility Services Mike Satterfield told the board the school currently has a six-lane asphalt track that’s fine for practice, but don’t meet standards for staging track meets at the school.

Palmetto council members Feb. 6 voted 5-0 to adopt a resolution joining Georgia Municipal Association’s opposition to two House bills related to municipal annexation. Resolution 06-01 opposes any legislation that restricts the rights of property owners seeking to annex into a city.

Chattahoochee Hill Country Conservancy has expanded its board to keep pace with the area’s growth. The conservancy announced Jan. 20 the addition of four new board members.

Eighteen-year-old Fairburn resident Larry Marco Elder was arrested at Fairburn City Court Feb. 8 for stalking a woman in the Meadow Glen area during a two-week period in December and January.

An Atlanta man arrested Feb. 4 on multiple charges after soliciting sex from an undercover Atlanta officer is a suspect two Jan. 31 business burglaries in Palmetto.

Bear Creek Middle School students show off their talent and creativity making masks as part of the recent Harlem Renaissance workshop.

South Fulton Senior Services, Inc., in conjunction with the “My Medicare Matters” mobile unit, will host a Medicare Part D registration session for older Americans Thursday, Feb. 23, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Palmetto Senior Center.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn police between Feb. 1-7:

• James Thames IV, 27, McDonough, suspended license.

The City of Fairburn has received a copy of Tyrone’s recently approved sewer contract and should take up the issue at a February meeting.

From left, state Sen. Ronnie Chance of Tyrone, Peachtree City Mayor and Mrs.

Classy Cuts has opened its doors in Tyrone. A business with 25 years of operating experience in Union City, Classy Cuts brings their expertise to the new Shops of Southampton on Ga. Highway 74, midway between I-85 and Peachtree City. Across the street from Publix and next to Sonic, the owners of Classy Cuts, sisters Jody Shin Gannon and Samantha Kiernan, said they sought to find the ideal location to serve all their customers.

More than anything else, the Fairburn City Council retreat Jan. 28 was a glimpse into the future. It provided a path to create opportunities from which residents and businesses will benefit.

Woman’s cross-country trip focuses on issues

Kim Denmark is determined and convicted.

A Union City woman was one of 22 defendants charged Jan. 26 in a mortgage fraud case involving more than 40 homes and 230 condominiums in the metro Atlanta area.

Graduates, instructors and partners of Out-of-the-Box Financial Literacy program attend ceremonies Jan.

Their job is to take street and mid-level drug dealers off the streets of Fairburn, Palmetto, College Park, Hapeville and East Point. They are Tri-Cities Narcotics Task Force and their efforts are paying off in the millions.

Over 20 high school students from Creekside, East Coweta, McIntosh, Tri-Cities, Sandy Creek and Clarkston high schools graduated with enthusiasm and life-changing knowledge from the six month “Out Of the Box” (OOTB) youth financial literacy program developed and managed by the South Fulton Business and Empowerment Center in Union City.