The Tyrone Town Council voted 3-2 Thursday in favor of exploring the possibility of purchasing sewage capacity from the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority.

Proudly displaying school supplies donated by The Avenue in Peachtree City is Shounda Coulter, secretary; Diann Ferrante, secretary; Kim Tanaglo-Minshew, marketing manager for Atlanta Avenues; Karen Spangler, CARE coordinator and Brooke Svoboda, school counselor at Robert J. Burch Elementary.Photo/Special.

A Tyrone man and a Chattahoochee Hill Country juvenile have been charged in the July 14 arson fire in Fairburn that destroyed a home and took the life of the family’s dog.

The rolling hills of south Fulton County will be alive with the sound of music this fall as the first of what is expected to become an expansive annual music festival kicks off Oct. 12-14. Billed as an environmentally friendly event, The Echo Project will headline numerous bands and offer on-site camping with an emphasis on environmental awareness and eco-friendly attractions.

The evening of August 6 at Duncan Park in Fairburn will be a time for families to enjoy food, activities for the kids and receive information on a variety of personal and family safety topics. Now in its second year in Fairburn, National Night Out provides a way for law enforcement and the community to share ideas in a family-fun environment.

Suspect believed to live in surrounding area

Peachtree City police are looking for a man who robbed the Home Town Dollar Plus store at the Wilshire Pavilion at gunpoint just before 1:30 p.m. Thursday.

State Sen. Ronnie Chance of Tyrone has been named the Georgia co-chair of the Rudy Giuliani presidential campaign.

Chance will work with House Speaker Glenn Richardson, the other co-chair, to help build the campaign’s statewide organization.

A Tyrone business owner was denied an exemption to the town’s sign ordinance at Thursday night’s town council meeting.

Net result is tax increase due to reassessments

Tyrone’s Town Council unanimously approved keeping its current millage rate for the coming budget year at its regular meeting Thursday night.

Would give second option to current service with Fairburn

Tyrone officials have asked Peachtree City sewer officials if it is possible to hook up to Peachtree City’s sewer system for the treatment of up to 500,000 gallons a day of sewage, according to Larry Turner, general manager of the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority.

The town of Tyrone this summer became the first municipality in the county to give back money to builders who do business in the town.

Tyrone resident Dick Shelley has filed suit against the Town of Tyrone, town administrative staff, the mayor and council and planning commission over what he maintains was unfair and illegal treatment in zoning and other issues relating to his rental property located at 117-119 Palmetto-Tyrone Road.

Tyrone Town Council Thursday completed the second of three public hearings that will result in a 3.42 percent net tax increase for residents. While the council is holding the millage rate firm at 2.9 mills, the town did experience growth at approximately five percent, mainly through reassessments.

John Wieland’s River Oaks neighborhood on Ga.

Fayetteville’s Mike Faulklner appeared before Tyrone’s Town Council alst night and received a special exception to operate a storage facilty in an M-1 industrial zoning.

Tyrone Police are seeking information related to an armed robbery near midnight Monday at the BP/Amoco station on Ga. Highway 74 and Tyrone Road. No one was injured in the incident.

It was a gesture intended to lend a helping hand for those who need it. Representatives of John Wieland’s River Oaks development on Ga. Highway 74 presented Tyrone Police Monday with two bullet-proof vests as a show of support for local law enforcement efforts.

Tyrone Police are seeking information regarding an armed robbery near midnight Monday at the BP/Amoco station on Ga. Highway 74 and Tyrone Road.

Tyrone’s new library is starting to reach for the sky as construction continued this week. The library should be finished in December. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Despite the protestation of three former Fayette County Commission chairmen, the County Commission Thursday night decided to seek a different direction for its legal services.

With a 4-1 vote, the County Commission ended the 27-year career of county attorney Bill McNally. Commissioner Eric Maxwell made the motion to hire an in-house county attorney, and to use McNally’s law firm only if the scope of work exceeded what the staff attorney could do.

After 30 years of starts and stops, Lake McIntosh received its final permit from the Army Corps of Engineers this week.

It was a precautionary tale Tuesday night as Tyrone Police responded to a suspicious, but ultimately harmless, briefcase found behind Southhampton Village shopping center on Ga. Highway 74. Officers evacuated the few open businesses prior to members of the Clayton County bomb squad determining that the briefcase was empty and posed no threat.

Another of the Olde Towne Tyrone projects moved a step closer to reality June 28 as Tyrone Planning Commission heard and signed off on the conditions related to the approval of the final site plan for Lot #9. The issue was continued from May.

Manoli and Alex Vlachakis enjoy a pretzel stick dipped in chocolate and sprinkles, courtesy of the Young Chefs Academy, at a recent screening of Ratatouille at the Georgian Cinemas 14 in Newnan.

A Fairburn man was arrested June 25 on first-degree arson and aggravated assault charges after striking his girlfriend and setting fire to their apartment.

The conceptual site plan for Tyrone Crossing commercial/office development on Tyrone-Palmetto Road near Ga. Highway 74 received unanimous approval by the Tyrone Planning Commission Thursday night after resolving a question that arose last month over a legal question relating to the zoning category of the two-acre site. Plans call for construction of seven buildings of 5,000-7,000 square feet.

The town of Tyrone staged a British soccer camp this week and kids of all ages participated in the summer festivities.

Touted as quickest, cheapest way to address backlog at 74/I-85

Fayette County Commission Chairman Jack Smith, speaking at Peachtree City’s Town Hall meeting Tuesday night, said transportation improvements are necessary to relieve increasing traffic waits for commuters.