The other shoe may be dropping: Pass the 1-cent education sales tax in November or face big cuts in the Fayette County School System.

Fayette voters can head to the polls all this week to vote in the Republican and Democratic runoffs to determine the winner of two local races and one statewide race.

After years of legal battles, the Fayette County Commission settled a lawsuit Thursday night to allow two billboards to be erected in the county.

It does not get any better than this. All of Fayette County 28 public schools met the federally-required Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standard for 2008. Fayette was one of 34 school systems in Georgia where every school in the system met the standard.

The Fayette County Chamber will provide an opportunity for local businesses to showcase their products and services to the community at the “Find it in Fayette” Community Expo coming in September. Why fight Atlanta traffic when we can “Find it in Fayette?” Fayette businesses provide a wide variety of goods and services, and the Expo will spotlight what is available right here in our backyard.

The Fayetteville police and fire departments will join the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office in hosting a “National Night Out” back to school event at the Target store in the Fayette Pavilion from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday night.

Victim calls 911, unable to leave home

Fayetteville police are investigating a case in which a woman was reportedly locked in a home on south Jeff Davis Drive for several hours at a time last week.

Fayette County Public Schools is seeking input from parents and the community regarding the 2009-2010 school calendar.

Fayette voters can head to the polls all this week to vote in the Republican and Democratic runoffs to determine the winner of two local races and one statewide race.

It is not exactly the Dean’s List. It is better. Fayette County public schools are one of 34 school systems in Georgia with 100 percent of its schools making the federally-required Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP).

Peachtree City Police are reporting that a woman reported missing earlier this morning has been found and has returned home. Using the reverse 911 system, authorities had asked for public assistance in locating a 26 year-old woman.

Get ready to have your say. The Fayette County Board of Education (FCBOE) is exploring the possibility of asking voters to approve a one percent ESPLOST (Education Special Local Option Sales Tax) in November to help the school system maintain its current level of education while lowering property taxes, school board officials said Thursday. A public input meeting on the issue will be held July 31.

A school SPLOST may be in your future.

The Fayette County Board of Education is searching for a way to offset the economic downturn, state austerity cuts and rising fuel prices while addressing needs in areas such as technology, debt service, facility upgrades and transportation. Their idea is a 1-percent local option sales tax.

A letter obtained by The Citizen from Fayette County’s Permits and Inspections Department indicates the department may be more concerned about developers than whether swimming pool fences are built according to state-mandated standards.

Parental responsibility continues to be in the forefront of Fayetteville’s efforts to stem juvenile activities that can run afoul of the law. An upgraded juvenile curfew ordinance adopted in early June was followed at the July 17 City Council meeting with the first reading of an upgraded loitering ordinance aimed at having parents bear the burden of responsibility for the children’s actions.

Sunday alcohol sales in Fayetteville restaurants? A July 17 vote by the City Council puts the issue on the November ballot so voters can decide for themselves.

Two elected seats in Fayette County are still up for grabs because none of the candidates got a majority in last week’s Republican primary election.

FORWARD OPERATING BASE LOYALTY, Iraq — Patriot Brigade Soldiers and soldiers from the Iraqi Army took to the streets of Baghdad as they conducted combined dismounted patrols in the Rusafa security district, July 2.

The 2009 Fayetteville General Fund budget totaling $10.588 million is a done deal. It represents a $470,577 increase beginning Aug. 1 to cover personnel costs, jail costs and 911 services. Council members at the July 17 meeting also heard the first reading of Phase 3 of increases that will affect sewer rates by an average of $5.78 per month per user.

Monday morning Ben Miller Jr. assumed his new duty as chief juvenile court judge for the Griffin Judicial Circuit, which includes Fayette County.

Donors asked to give immediately

Blood donors are urgently being sought as the blood supply for the southern region of the American Red Cross has dropped below a 24-hour supply, with type O positive dipping to a six-hour supply Monday evening.

The idea of rezoning the proposed single-family Stella’s Place development at 335 Grady Ave. near Ga. Highway 54 to one of attached homes for older adults was viewed favorably by Fayetteville City Council at the July 17 meeting. With the first reading behind, them the council will take up the issue again Aug. 7 for a final vote.

Fayette School Board held a called meeting Monday night to discuss the idea of placing a one-percent local option sales tax on the November ballot. If they reach agreement and if voters approve the measure, it is expected to generate $100-115 million in revenues the board said would meet a variety of needs and reduce the debt service millage rate by .83 mills in 2010.

Coweta Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man that attempted a robbery at a bank in the Thomas Crossroads area early Monday afternoon.

Fayette County School board will meet tonight at 7 p.m. to discuss putting a one-percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) on the November ballot.

Fayette County School board will meet Monday night at 7 p.m. to discuss putting a one-percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) on the November ballot.

Charles Dickens would have felt right at home in Fayetteville Tuesday night, as it was the best of time and the worst of times for candidates seeking the public’s vote.

Coweta murder suspect Kip Harris has been arrested by Coweta Sheriff’s deputies in connection with the Wednesday shooting of south Coweta resident Leon Dennis. Maj. James Yarbrough said 39 year-old Harris was taken into custody around noon at the home of an uncle at a south Coweta address.

Fayetteville police have three men in custody for the armed robbery of the T.J. Maxx store at the Fayette Pavilion May 31.

Wayne Hannah won just over 50 percent of the vote, beating three challengers to become the next sheriff of Fayette County according to results from Tuesday's primary election.