The move to establish a live/work office and retail development at The Villages on Ga. Highway 54 in Fayetteville continued March 11 at the Planning and Zoning Commission.

What may seem to some to be commercially useless wetlands property might provide a source of revenue for the Fayette County Board of Education.

Flat Rock Middle School's 7th and 8th grade girls and boys basketball teams have donated $400 to send World War II veteran James Yarbrough on the Honor Flight Fayette trip to Washington, D.C. scheduled for May 14th.

Comcast Channel 24, the official news source for Fayette County Schools, needs the community’s input for the development of future programming and expansion of the channel.

Less than a year in existence and Whitewater High’s DECA Club, a student business and marketing club, has already racked up numerous awards at the regional and state level competition.

Mathematics textbooks under consideration for adoption by the Fayette County Board of Education for Math I, Math II, Accelerated Math I, Accelerated Math II, AP Calculus and AP Statistics will be on display for public review March 18-April 21.

Two co-defendants testify against Rainey

A Lumber City, Ga. man was sentenced to 35 years in prison and a $600,000 fine Tuesday after he was convicted by a jury of attempting to traffick in cocaine and marijuana in June.

Fayetteville Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a fetus found dead Sunday afternoon in a restroom toilet at the Wal-Mart at Fayette Pavilion.

Fayetteville Police arrested three males Sunday for burglary at Fayette Intermediate School and Fayette County High School.

The Starr’s Mill Lady Panthers celebrate after Katrina Frost’s game-winning goal off of a free kick Monday night.

For years, the state’s leaders have argued about solving the region’s transportation woes. From a possible Outer Perimeter to bus-only lanes on the interstate highways, trial balloons have been floated and shot down.

State Rep. Virgil Fludd (D-Tyrone) has joined with the Fayette County NAACP in convincing state officials to investigate the rate at which Fayette County Department of Family and Children Services “takes” minority children — that is, removes them from their homes for safety or other reasons.

The latest plan for a shopping center off Ga. Highway 54 West looks similar to the previously favored “Kohl’s” plan, just without the Kohl’s and with smaller big box stores in its place.

Abby Sullivan is an outgoing 6-year-old who does all the things little girls do. She plays soccer after school and has sleep-overs with friends at her home in Peachtree City. She takes trips with her parents, Don and Dawn.

Local entrepreneur Barney Walker has been named as the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Business Person of the Year. This native Fayette Countian has been around for 77 years and started his business in November 1953 with three other investors for a total capital investment of $8,000 and four employees.

Fayetteville residents can breathe a little easier about their parched plants, at least for the time being. Council members March 6 agreed to water use exemptions effective April 1 for swimming pools and landscape watering suggested by Gov. Sonny Perdue.

For just over a year, Fayette County’s government has operated with two senior employees in interim capacities.

Former Public Safety Director Jack Krakeel has served as the county’s administrator, while Deputy Chief Allen McCullough stepped into Krakeel’s slot as public safety director.

The Reverend Dr. Howard W. Creecy Sr., one of Georgia’s most beloved pastors and a leader in the civil rights movement, died of heart failure Feb. 28 at his home in Atlanta, but the impact the dynamic preacher and community leader made on those closest to him and the Fayette and south metro community still is being felt.

The riot is spreading. But not the kind of riot that involves aggression. It is one that involves kindness and giving and love, while asking or expecting nothing in return.

Fayetteville Council members March 6 heard the first reading of a budget amendment aimed at addressing a $211,700 deficit brought on by a sluggish local economy and its effect on city revenues.

It has been a long time in the works and it is still not here. Fayetteville City Council March 6 edged closer to reaching a resolution to the dispute with former police officer Harold Simmons over a 2005 lawsuit claiming racial discrimination. The council voted 4-0 to approve a settlement with Simmons.

Vice President of Honor Flight Fayette, Mark Buckner, spoke recently to Peachtree City American Legion Post 50 regarding the foundation's scheduled May 14th trip to the nation's capitol, which will be a free day trip for the WWII veterans who are going on the flight.

Fayette County recently was recognized for once again being designated a “Storm Ready” community.

To be recognized as “Storm Ready”, a community or county must meet criteria established jointly between the National Weather Service and state and local emergency management officials. These criteria include:

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service still seeks student entries for the 2008 Junior Duck Stamp competition. Deadline for entries to be postmarked is by midnight March 15, 2008.

The Henry County Chamber of Commerce hosted over 80 community leaders from Henry, Clayton, Spalding and Fayette counties February 13, for the review of a concept for transit in the Metropolitan Atlanta Region.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty:

The beautiful voices of the Starr’s Mill High Cathedral Choir will fill the sanctuary of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC this April.

The Fayette Democrats invite everyone to join them March 15 at 11 a.m. at the Starbucks on Hwy. 54 east of Peachtree City in the Publix Shopping Center.

Over $26,000 in grants has been awarded to educators by the Fayette County Education Foundation to help fund innovative teaching ideas at public schools throughout the county.

Young scientific minds put on a show for judges at the regional competition of the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair in Griffin.