Shoppers in Tyrone will have a new place to shop for basic consumable merchandise at everyday low prices when Dollar General opens its new store at 989 Senoia Road. The grand opening is scheduled to begin today at 9 a.m., and continue through tomorrow. The new 7,406-square-foot store employs approximately six to 10 people.

Nineteen year-old Riverdale resident Brian Talaiferro Smith is still being sought by Union City Police in the Nov. 11 shooting of five teenagers at Union Station Apartments on Flat Shoals Road.

Fairburn council members voted Nov. 14 to submit the Community Assessment and Public Participation portions of the Fairburn Comprehensive Plan to Georgia Dept. of Community Affairs (DCA) for approval.

Students Daniel Contreas Cardenas, Victoria McDaniel, David Jones, Charles Camp, Tania Stephenson helped Palmetto Elementary celebrate Childrens’ Book Week by dressing as their favorite character.

Union City council members Nov. 15 approved a measure to give city employees the ability to sell back a portion of their accrued sick leave on a once per year basis.

Tyrone’s 2001 sewer deal with Fairburn is coming under intense scrutiny from Tyrone’s residents who are wanting answers to some questions.

Tyrone Councilman Lyn Redwood is getting closer to having a one-stop zoning checklist to accompany new rezoning applications.

A manufacturer of small ammunitions will soon be calling Tyrone home.

American Ballistics got the OK from the Town Council last week to locate a manufacturing facility in Shamrock Park.

Over 300 people turned out for an end of the season party celebrating the success of the inaugural year for Tyrone Youth Soccer.

Agustin Rodrigues works on the brick facade for the new Dollar General store in downtown Tyrone.

A Riverdale man is being sought by Union City Police in the shooting of five teenagers at Union Station Apartments on Flat Shoals Road Nov. 11.

Students at Palmetto Elementary School celebrated Veterans’ Day last week with a parade and reception for veterans.

It may well have been a landmark meeting as Fairburn council members Monday gave their approval to the first portion of a development that will draw shoppers to a nearly one million square feet commercial magnet on Ga. Highway 74.

Two cities in Southwest Fulton have said no to a proposed plan to split up Fulton County.

It’s another step along the way for the emerging community of Serenbe.

A technical error related to the advertising and the specific wording of the Nov. 8 bond referendum for Union City’s new fire station and streets projects led to the invalidation of the vote.

Delays on I-85 are expected this weekend due to lane closures. Beginning Nov. 18 at 9 p.m. and continuing until No. 21 at 5 a.m.

You have heard me use the term on a number of occasions “One South Fulton”.

Lester Pointe subdivision builder Legacy Communities ran into a snag Monday when Union City planning commissioners would not support the company’s request to decrease the minimum garage size for the 166-lot development.

There’s a new focus on Tyrone.

The Tyrone town Council heard Thursday night that the the town’s new focus group, Tyrone Focus is now up and running.

Savannah Berry, left, and Stephanie Bodkin of Tyrone Elementary played the part of Native Americans as the school celebrated a traditional Thanksgiving lunch Thursday afternoon.

Tyrone Councilman Mike Smola was blasted Thursday night during the town’s council meeting by a former part-time employee of the town.

To celebrate the feast of Thanksgiving, St.Matthew Catholic Church in Tyrone will hold its annual Bread Exchange and Blessing during a special Thanksgiving Eve Mass, at 7 p.m. November 23.

A workshop on the use of pesticide on sports fields will be held at City Hall in Peachtree City Tuesday, Nov. 29 at 5:30 p.m.

Olympia Haney defends a shot from Jenna Jackson during drills at a recent practice.

Members of the Atlanta Shakespeare Tavern visited Sandy Creek Friday to teach 10th- and 11th-grade students about “Julius Caesar,” which the actors from the Tavern will perform next Friday.

Grace Caldwell and Gloria Furr were voted onto the Tyrone Town Council Tuesday, but they won by varying margins.

A Georgia Tech student was arrested Thursday at the Peachtree City Library after arranging to meet a girl he thought was 14 years old for a sexual act, police said.

Next year could be a whole different ball game for the Tyrone Town Council as they look to deal with a host of growth-related issues.

It was quite a night Tuesday in Southwest Fulton. Local election results showed that voters’ preferences largely favored challengers.