The constrcution project along I-85 is winding down but closures will be in effect this weekend.

Portions of I-85 northbound and southbound will be closed until Monday at 5 a.m.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn police between Dec. 7 through Dec. 13:

• Malissa Barber, 53, Union City, theft by receiving.

Over 1,000 attend meeting to discuss future of S. Fulton

It was a question about the future of unincorporated South Fulton County.

Palmetto police are searching for two men who may be connected to two recent armed robberies.

Thirty-eight pounds of marijuana nabbed Nov. 29 at a vacant house in north Fayette County was part of a larger joint effort that included Tri-Cities Narcotics Task Force.

A Union City man was found dead Monday night by motorists outside Palmetto. A car thought to be connected to the homicide was found a short time later in a Palmetto apartment complex.

It's always fun when Santa arrives. His arrival Dec. 2 at Mayor's park in Union City was no exception. The kids loved it, almost as much as the adults.

What surfaced recently as a request to the City Council a few months ago by young residents of Palmetto culminated Monday with the approval to create a skateboard park at the end of Cobb Street.

Campbell County was created in 1828, in part, from Fayette County. The two communities were close then and are close now.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn Police between Nov. 30 and Dec. 6:

• Charles Johnson, 53, Savannah, Fulton County warrant.

The Tyrone Town Council met in a called meeting Wednesday to discuss the town’s sewer agreement with the City of Fairburn and agreed to temporarily put the issue on hold until new council members are seated in January.

Santa made his annual pre-Christmas stop in Fairburn earlier in the week.

A Riverdale man wanted by Union City Police in the Nov. 11 shooting of five teenagers at Union Station Apartments turned himself in Tuesday.

It is definitely going to be upscale.

It’s going to be a blue Christmas for someone.

Angela Hudson is a woman who sees from more than one perspective. Hired in mid-October as Union City’s new finance director, Hudson brings with her education, experience and a sense of accountability that spans the spectrum of city services.

The Georgia State Patrol reported that 19 people died on state roadways during the Thanksgiving holiday. That fatality count exceeded the prediction of 13 traffic-related deaths by 46 percent. But in Union City, the Click It or Ticket campaign paid off.

The following arrests were made by Fairburn police between Nov. 23-29:

• Lajuana Frost, 29, Fairburn, deposit deposit account fraud.

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.

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”.