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.

Grace Caldwell, right, and Gloria Furr are sworn i

Union City voters will go to the polls March 21 to decide on two general obligation bond issues totaling $12.575 million.

Like all the areas in South Fulton County, the population of Fairburn is growing. The city added nearly 1,000 residents to its population in 2005 but the crime rate through November showed a zero percent increase over the same period during 2004.

Union City council members agreed Dec. 20 to allow city employees to donate leave time to benefit fellow employees suffering from catastrophic illness.

The town of Tyrone has been turned into the state’s Environmental Protection Division for what one resident claims is multiple violations of environmental law.

Andre Allen, a student at Flat Rock Middle School, is the Fayette County winner in the fourth annual water conservation and preservation essay contest, sponsored by the Clean Water Campaign and the Water Use It Wisely Campaign. Allen, a sixth-grader, received a $25 cash prize. Allen was presented with an award Dec. 12 by Tyrone Mayor Sheryl Lee.

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.

Hwy. 74 Alliance may change its moniker, but not its mission

The Highway 74 Alliance produced a tentative mission statement at its December meeting. Alliance members also said the initiative might be up for a name change but it will not deter their intent to successfully address future traffic congestion in the area.

It’s nothing short of a tradition along Hobgood Road and Rivertown.

Violators will soon be paying higher fines in Fairburn

Parking violations on Fairburn streets are on the rise. And so is the price of fines resulting from them.

Recent burglaries at residential construction sites in Fairburn were solved through the efforts of city police officers and detectives.

Stephanie Gaines has plans and the determination to see them through. Recently hired as Union City’s special projects coordinator, Gaines envisions a greater community participation geared to empower residents and unify and strengthen neighborhoods.

The customary Ga. Highway 74 gridlock at I-85 might ease a bit if Fairburn gets its way.

Everyone who travels Hwy. 74 in the vicinity of I-85 knows that traffic congestion is a mess. But that mess is not limited to the south side of the expressway. Fairburn has made a proposal to the Georgia Department of Transportation that would alleviate some of the congestion on the north side of I-85 for motorists traveling south by installing a right turn lane that would provide quicker access to southbound I-85.

Bear Creek Middle School will present its Winter Concert Dec. 20, featuring the students in the school’s band, orchestra, and chorus.