Phone messages to victim played in court

Testimony continued Tuesday in the case of a Tyrone man accused of assaulting his girlfriend in front of their children in September of last year.

Undercover drug agents arrested three men Monday for trying to buy 36 pounds of marijuana at a local gas station, police said.

Suspects broke into car at gym, used stolen credit card at Pavilion

Fayetteville police caught two suspects red-handed Wednesday after they used a stolen credit card at the Target store at the Fayette Pavilion in a “shopping spree."

Fayetteville Police have filed charges on a suspect for the Aug. 12 robbery of the Dollar General Store at the Banks Station shopping center.

A former Tyrone woman testified Monday that she was afraid her estranged boyfriend was going to kill her when he attacked her in front of their two young children in September of last year.

Fayette, Coweta and South Fulton residents have been ordered to drop almost all residential outdoor watering as the state continues to reel from drought conditions.

The Fayette County Commission may consider amending its noise ordinance to allow a resident’s request for his children to ride dirt bikes on a track they built on their property.

Graphic above shows current and future work (in brown and green) to add a new look and a pedestrian-friendly flavor to a portion of Fayetteville’s historic district, including the area along Ga. Highway 85 between Stonewall Avenue and north beyond Lanier Avenue and between Lanier and Tiger Trail. Graphic provided by the city of Fayetteville.

There is a new look coming to a portion of Fayetteville’s historic district.

Currently underway with completion expected in December, the “Lanier Avenue and Highway 85 Streetscape” project will provide pedestrian-friendly accents to Lanier and along Ga. Highway 85 from Stonewall Avenue and extending north of Lanier.

Fairburn City Council Sept. 24 agreed to initiate a $10 million project that will construct a downtown college campus designed to house Georgia Military College (GMC) and possibly other satellite campuses from area colleges and universities.

The Whitewater High School Marching Band performs its show, “Medieval Times,” at the second annual Fayette County Marching Band Exhibition.

Fayette County’s largest and most expensive park is finally set to open Oct. 6.

Kenwood Park, located just off Ga. Highway 279, offers more than 175 acres of greenspace in the county’s fast-growing northern section. In 2004, the Fayette County Commission approved the master plan for the park, which is roughly the same size as Atlanta’s famed Piedmont Park.

The committee charged with drawing new elementary school boundaries is taking a road trip tomorrow night to view two of the county’s schools.

A 12-year-old girl described sordid details of her then-stepfather molesting her on numerous occasions to a Fayette County jury Tuesday morning.

A Newnan man was convicted Tuesday of trafficking methamphetamine stemming from an undercover drug bust in Tyrone last December.

The Georgia Association of School Nurses has named School Health Services Specialist Debbie King, RN, BSN, Georgia School Nurse Administrator of the Year.

A new student in an unfamiliar school can often feel isolated and alone but not at Sandy Creek High thanks to the school’s Patriot Ambassadors.

A Peachtree City man wanted on charges of disorderly conduct stemming from his verbal confrontation with his son’s youth football coach has been arrested, police said.

A doctoral student at the University of Georgia pled guilty Monday to engaging in an explicit online conversation with an undercover Peachtree City police officer whom he thought was under 16.

The Starr’s Mill High Choral Department has been invited to perform at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

The Peachtree City Dog Park and Georgia Heartland Humane Society are inviting all animal lovers to join them for the 5th annual Doggie Dash Sept. 29 at Shakerag Park in Peachtree City. Doggie Dash is a 5k walk to benefit homeless and abused animals in our community. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. and the walk begins at 10:30 a.m.

Beginning in January 2008, the Clayton State University School of Business will be offering its new Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program in Peachtree City.

The Duke University Talent Identification Program (TIP) has announced that the Fayette County Public School System is one of the top 10 school systems in Georgia for participation in its talent searches.

With the holidays just around the corner, it won’t be long before most people will be enjoying the tastes of the season with family and friends. But for a special group of Fayette County residents, the joy of having a delicious holiday meal wouldn’t be possible without the support of a community with a big heart and an organization with a knack for turning a meal into a generous act of love.

The voters of unincorporated south Fulton were heard Tuesday as the call to form the City of South Fulton failed in a landslide vote.

Redistricting may shutter county’s oldest elementary school

Is Fayette County close to shutting the doors to one of its schools even as it’s building one new elementary school and planning for a second?

The next time you head for the local hospital emergency room for treatment, you better have a real emergency, or you may have to pay up-front and you could be in for a long wait.

The Peachtree City Planning Department and Comprehensive Plan Advisory Board hosted the third of seven public forums Thursday at the Gathering Place in Peachtree City to discuss updating the city’s comprehensive plan.

Faced with a firestorm of protests from Peachtree City residents, The Kroger Company announced Friday that it intends to keep its smaller store open at the Peachtree Crossings East shopping center.

(For a sampling of the controversy, see letters and Free Speech)

Sandy Creek High School’s volleyball parents are hotter than the un-air-conditioned gymnasium and blasted the school system Monday night for a lack of coolness.

Upon further review, the Fayette County School System will be able to hook its Jenkins Road school campus to Tyrone’s sewer system.