County ‘extremely busy' but helped by Fayetteville crews

A significant electrical storm touched off at least three structure fires in Fayette County — perhaps four — due to lighting strikes Thursday evening, officials said.

The Whitewater Wildcats finally had the opportunity Thursday to get on the field and play against someone other than themselves, facing Heritage in a preseason game in Fayetteville.

One westbound lane of Ga. Highway 54 West in Fayetteville was shut down Thursday afternoon as emergency crews worked to contain a gasoline spill from a tanker truck, officials said.

Former long-time Fayetteville Councilman Al Hovey-King announced today that he will run for Council Post 2 in the November election.

The theft of copper wire in the tri-county area of Fayette, Fulton and Coweta continued Aug. 20 when a Tyrone business owner opened his doors to find $6,500 worth of the economically precious metal stolen.

Fulton County Community Zoning Board sided with area residents Aug. 21 by recommending denial of proposals to construct 465 apartments and other residences and 26,000 square feet of retail on the already crowded Oakley Industrial Boulevard near Ga. Highway 138.

A Brooks teen was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when the Jeep he was riding in flipped, trapping him underneath, deputies said.

Tax would be collected in Fayette, 9 other metro Atlanta counties; legislature approval needed

The board of the Atlanta Regional Commission is proposing Georgia implement a one percent sales tax to address the current $3.1 billion shortfall in available funds for short-term transportation projects.

Pfeifer accuses Frady of redrawing map to aid reelection; Demo chair says, ‘It is about race, pure and simple

In an explosive debate that featured references to the Jim Crow South, the Fayette County Commission voted Monday morning to send new voting district maps to the state reapportionment office.

One commissioner, Peter Pfeifer, charged another, Herb Frady, with gerrymandering Frady’s district to protect against a future challenge from a former opponent.

Want to know where your elementary student will be going to school in the next couple of years? Wait until after three months of secret negotiations.

The Peachtree City Council narrowly approved doubling the salaries of the mayor from $9,000 to $18,000 a year and of council members from $6,000 to $12,000 a year.

Are employees working in the Fayette County School System getting paid what they’re worth? Are their salaries comparable to what employees in surrounding counties are earning?

Fayette County Commission Chairman Jack Smith is worried about the county’s future tax base.

During Monday’s meeting, Smith wondered if it wasn’t time for the county to build another industrial park.

Blaze damages bushes, landscaping

Fayetteville police are investigating who set fire to landscaping in front of the Fayette County Alternative School Sunday night, police said.

Six people were arrested by Fayetteville police Thursday evening after a fistfight broke out in the driveway of a home on South Shore Terrace, police said.

Fayetteville elections are just around the corner this fall and qualifying for those interested in running is even closer.

Fayette County Animal Services Director Miguel Abi-Hassan has been appointed by Agriculture Commissioner Tommy Irvin to the state’s companion animal board.

Melodie Reed has joined Neighborhood Community Bank as an assistant vice president and branch manager of their newest office in Tyrone at the intersection of Ga. Highway 74 and Carriage Oaks Drive. She has 10 years of experience in the banking industry including a four and a half year stint with Regions Bank in Peachtree City where she served as assistant vice president and branch manager of the Peachtree City Main Office. She is active in the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce and has served as a mentor for their Leadership Class for three years.

The Georgia School Counselors Association (GSCA) has selected Amor Kok (special education) as Georgia’s Multilevel Counselor of the Year.

It is just a small piece of property and likely the last remaining unincorporated island inside the corporate limits of Fayetteville.

Areas for residential development in Fayetteville are getting harder to find. One of those, along with a proposal for approximately 20,000 square feet of retail space, was heard at the Planning and Zoning Commission’s work session Aug. 14.

The Fayette County Board of Education voted 3-2 Monday to approve its 2008-09 school calendar, which features Aug. 11 as the first day of school and May 29 as the last day of school.

Is Fayette County ready for its own judicial circuit?

That’s the issue the county’s staff will be studying over the next few weeks as the Fayette County Commission gave the go-ahead Monday morning for a financial study of splitting away from the Griffin Judicial Circuit.

An Atlanta man wanted for a deadly shooting that occurred in Atlanta’s upscale Atlantic Station area in March was arrested Monday afternoon by federal agents in Tyrone, federal officials said.

The murder of two children followed by the suicide of the father who killed them struck Oakley Township subdivision Monday night.

The Fayette County Board of Education voted 3-2 Monday to approve its 2008-09 school calendar, which features August 11 as the first day of school and May 29 as the last day of school.

Fairburn Police have arrested two men in connection with the Aug. 8 murder of 18 year-old Palmetto resident Brandon Horton, who was shot in the head during an altercation near Johnson Road in Fairburn.

Fayetteville police are investigating who set fire to landscaping in front of the Fayette County Alternative School Sunday night, police said.

The American Red Cross is in urgent need of O-type blood donors, as supplies have dwindled to less than a day's worth, officials have said.

Police hoping for DNA match on criminal database



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The man who robbed the Southcrest Bank in Fayetteville shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday came prepared to execute the crime.

But he was sloppy, dropping an estimated three-quarters of the money in a wooded area behind the bank as he made his getaway, said Beverly Trainor of the Fayetteville Police Department. The gunman also left behind the white glove that he wore on his right hand during the heist, Trainor added.