Fayette County Board of Education has become the county’s first and only tax-levying entity to provide a higher level of accountability by producing a word-by-word accounting of its meetings available to the world.

‘Store’ allows kids, parents to shop free of charge for clothes and other items

A new “store” that will allow Fayette County foster children to “shop” for clothes and other items is seeking the public’s help in stocking the aisles.

Best Buy in Fayette Pavilion is about to get a new neighbor. The Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission Oct. 28 approved a requested change in elevations to the new home for Conway Stores, a New York-based family clothing and home furnishings chain.

The Fayette County School System’s CARE (Children at Risk in Education) program got an unexpected gift this week.

Mike Stachura, ministry team pastor of Grace Evangelical Church in Fayetteville, presented CARE Coordinator Karen Spangler with a $200 donation from the congregation. Spangler says the funds will be used to fund After School Program (ASP) Scholarships for working families that cannot afford to pay after school tuition.

Fayetteville police are investigating a suspicious package reported at the Fayette County Republican Party's headquarters in downtown Fayetteville.

The intersection of Raymond Hill Road and Fischer Road in east Coweta County remains closed until Thursday or longer. 

United Way in Fayette County has embarked on what is being called the most critical fundraising campaign in recent times. With the changing economic climate, United Way in Fayette County and its eleven community partners are seeing the needs of the community rise dramatically, particularly in the past six months.

Bank of North Georgia, which has four branches in Fayette County, has been named one of the top places to work in Georgia by Georgia Trend magazine.

The numbers crept up a little higher by the end of early voting Friday. Totals showed more than 55 percent of Fayette County’s voters had cast a ballot.

Data doesn't include today's figures; no early voting Monday

As of the end of business Thursday, more than half of Fayette County’s eligible voters have done their civic duty, elections officials reported.

Regional law enforcement officials announced today the seizure of $22 million in cash and 41 people indicted in an investigation of a drug cartel that was caught twice transporting drugs and cash through Georgia.

Former Rising Starr Middle School teacher and Senoia resident Craig Bowen was convicted Oct. 28 in Coweta Superior Court on four counts of child molestation. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 5 years probation.

Regional law enforcement officials announced today the seizure of $22 million in cash and 41 people indicted in an investigation of a drug cartel that was caught twice transporting drugs and cash through Georgia.

One of Peachtree City’s oldest industrial tenants is poised for a major growth spurt.

Gov. Sonny Perdue and NCR Corporation Senior Vice President Christine Wallace announced Tuesday that NCR, a Fortune 500 technology company, will establish a global Center of Excellence in Georgia, co-locating several key components of its Worldwide Customer Service operations and creating 916 new jobs in the next 26 months.

Schools, law officers battle about 8 gangs now operating here

Gang expert Wally Marchant, noting that gangs are prevalent in Clayton and south Fulton counties, summed up Fayette County’s problem in a seminar of local officials Friday afternoon:

Wally Marchant has made gang investigations his life’s work.

So at a seminar Friday in Fayette County, local officials were all ears when he spoke about how to recognize the signs of gang activity.

Special to The Citizen

After more than three decades of service to Fayette County, Sheriff Randall Johnson will officially retire at the end of this year. Sheriff Johnson’s distinguished career will be recognized with a public celebration in his honor on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Kiwanis Fair Complex, 939 Goza Rd. in Fayetteville.

A lot of Fayette residents decided not to wait until next Tuesday to go to the polls. A whopping 36 percent of the county’s eligible voters had cast their ballots by noon Tuesday.

Special to The Citizen

The portion of Ga. Highway 314 from the Fulton County line to its junction with Ga. Highway 85 in Fayetteville has been designated the “General William Livsey Highway” in honor of the four-star general who has resided in Fayetteville since his retirement from active duty in 1987.

Some Fayette County employees in all county departments will be able to swipe their way toward minor purchases instead of filling out tedious purchase orders.

Voter turnout in Fayette County is impressive, with approximately 34 percent of the county’s eligible voters having cast their ballots by 1:20 p.m. Monday.

Starting at 8 a.m. this morning, Fayette voters will have more places to vote in the general election.

Today through Friday, running from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. four locations will be open to accept voters, in hopes of relieving a potential crush of electors on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Sandy Creek 24,Starr's Mill 7

Whitewater 21, Fayette Co. 6

Northgate 35, McIntosh 14

Mt. Pisgah 44, Our L

A man who ran away from a Fayetteville police officer during a traffic stop this afternoon didn't get away for long.

The suspect eluded apprehension briefly by disappearing into a kudzu-covered area near Sweet Returns Recycling off Ga. Highway 85 and Georgia Avenue. But officers responding to the scene got solid information on the suspect's whereabouts immediately that lead to his capture, police reported.

Implement a four-day school week. Raise student-teacher ratios to the state limit. Reduce pay for high school sports programs. Keep a new elementary school empty. Stop buying new computers and school buses for a year.

These were among the cost-cutting suggestions given Monday night to the Fayette County Board of Education by its Cost Cutting Committee. Facing a shortfall in state funding, a squeeze on local tax revenue and an uncertain outcome on a Nov. 4 education sales tax vote, the board approved only two small measures immediately.

Position cuts by Fayette County School Board that began toward the end of the 2007-2008 school year continued Monday night with the approval of further reductions by attrition.

A review of the most recent financial disclosure statement filed by Fayette County Board of Education Chairman Terri Smith in January raised questions on her fiduciary responsibility in one company and a company owned by her husband that was not noted in her report.

Candidates for several local races in the Nov. 4 election were grilled Sunday afternoon by citizens at The Gathering Place in a forum hosted by the Senior Adult Council of Peachtree City.

A Cartersville man died Monday after his motorcycle struck a sport utility vehicle on Sandy Creek Road near Eastin Road, sheriff’s deputies said.

Honor Flight Fayette is preparing to embark on its third trip to send veterans of World War II to the WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C.