2 defendants plead after jury selection

An Atlanta man who attempted to run over several sheriff’s deputies and crashed into an innocent bystander while fleeing an undercover drug bust in Tyrone pled guilty Tuesday to several charges in the case.

It is an innovation in drug transport that did not pan out. Fairburn r

After Tyrone’s Town council voted down the latest proposal for downtown development, what’s next?

The Town Council could soon find out, according to town manager Barry Amos.

Did north Fayette man try to grab deputy’s gun?

A north Fayette man accused of trying to take a deputy’s weapon during a scuffle in August walked away from court a free man Wednesday.

Two Morrow residents are in custody and others are being sought by Fairburn Police in a Sunday night shooting that resulted in two injuries after approximately 100 shots were fired into a home at 915 Fellowship Road. Nine people were in the home at the time of the shooting.

Anybody up for a music festival? Fulton County Community Zoning Board believed the idea would fly, voting March 21 to approve a permit request by Rivertown Entertainment, LLC to hold an annual music festival on a 2,047-acre site in south Fulton.

With a little creativity and help from local businesses and organizations, students at Sandy Creek High raised $3,000 for Pennies for Patients, nearly sextupling the amount raised over the last two years.

They came to have fun and that is exactly what they did. Several hundred people made their way to Tyrone March 17 for the St.

March 17 in Tyrone began like a cold, breezy winter day. But by the time the festivities got underway, several hundred residents and visitors made quick work of the many venues available at the town’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival.

It is more than just an ordinary visit for Rico native Charity Smith Whitney.

A ceremony for the inaugural recruit class graduation for Fairburn Fire Department is held on March 2 at city hall.

Approval for Palmetto’s first new residential development since a wastewater treatment-related moratorium on new construction was lifted came March 5 on a 5-1 vote by the city council.

Spring registration for rising kindergarten and new elementary school students has been set for May 2-3 at all Fulton County elementary schools. The registration dates are planned for students who will be entering elementary school for the first time in 2007-08. To register, parents should visit the elementary school their child will attend in the fall. Students zoned to attend the new Oakley Township elementary school in Union City should register at the elementary school currently serving their home. Registration hours are from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. on May 2 and from 8 a.m. – 7 p.m. on May 3.

“I did it for the thrill.”

That was the response this week of a local resident cuffed for multiple burglaries.

Palmetto Police are seeking information on the theft of handguns in the recent burglaries of two local pawn shops.

Detective John Cooper said the burglaries occurred March 1 at The Pawn House at 582 Main Street and on March 8 at The Pawn Shop at 202 Fayetteville Road.

There won’t be additional office space on Dogwood Trail in tyrone in the near future.

For the second time in two years, the Town Council Thursday night turned down a proposal to rezone 632 Dogwood Trail from R-42, Single Family Residential to Office Institution. The property is near the Marketplace office complex at the intersection of Dogwood Trail and Ga. Highway 74.

The town of Tyrone’s master plan for revitalizing downtown took a major hit Thursday night as the Town Council denied developer Burt Clark’s zoning request for more than 50 acres of prime downtown real estate near Palmetto Road and Swanson Road.

The Tyrone Town Council Thursday night unanimously approved acting Chief David Mullis as police chief.

An exciting new relationship has been born recently in the local Christian community. The Saint Vincent de Paul (SVdP)-Tyrone and the Palmetto Baptist Church Food Pantry forged a new relationship. The common cause the two champion is helping the poor in our community.

The man hired to run Palmetto’s fire department may be new to citizens and to the city’s new department, but he is not new to firefighting. Fire Chief Henry Argo comes with 30 years experience in firefighting under his belt.

The Fulton County Board of Education says it wants to build eight new schools in south Fulton and make classroom additions to three others. Speaking Thursday, Superintendent James Wilson told members of the South Fulton Chamber of Commerce the March 20 vote to continue the schools system’s one-percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) will provide the means to build the new schools and make additions and upgrades to others.

They came with a room full of questions and concerns about their future. More than 60 residents of Cliftondale and south Fulton County met with Congressman David Scott at a town hall meeting March 3 at Cliftondale Community Center to discuss issues ranging from eminent domain and recent annexations to illegal immigration and the war in Iraq.

It was down to the wire Feb. 26 with a tie-breaking vote required by Mayor Betty Hannah to annex a 14.49-acre tract owned by Safeguard Construction & Demolition (C&D) Landfill into Fairburn city limits.

The preliminary plat for Williamsburg, Fairburn’s newest proposed subdivision, won approval from the city council Feb. 26 on a 4-2 vote and with the opposition of neighbors taken into account. Though previously approved and in compliance with city ordinances, the council put conditions on the approval that addressed some of neighbors’ concerns.

Liam McDermott as Little Red Riding Hood and Erika Hamburg-Brown as the Wolf in Offshoot Productions’ “Fairy Tale Project.” The play will run at Tyrone’s Roger Spencer Community Center through Sunday and then begin touring.

Representatives of Creekside High School join other members of the 2006-2007 Fulton County Youth Commission reciting the oath of office administered by District 6 Commissioner Nancy A. Boxill during the February 21, 2007, Board of Commissioners meeting. Their purpose is to advise the Board on youth issues while learning the process of government. Creekside representatives include Chantai Meadows, Juliet Collins and Jazmine Fanning.

The battle lines have been drawn, and next week’s meeting of the Tyrone Town Council could be one for the ages.

On one side is developer Burt Clark, who wants to makeover the town’s downtown area and bring a denser development to the area, along with a residential area that would cater to the area’s growing population of senior residents.

People to People has tapped a Flat Rock Middle student as a future civic leader and has invited her to participate in the organization’s World Leadership Forum.

The Tyrone St. Patrick’s Committee has set the schedule of events for the first St. Patrick’s Day Celebration on March 17 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This community event will offer something for everyone. All activities will be held in downtown Tyrone at Shamrock and Triangle parks. Here’s the schedule

Sandy Creek High School recently staged its Miss Sandy Creek 2007 pageant.