A Thomaston couple was arrested Tuesday night in Peachtree City in a drug reverse involving one ounce of methamphetamine.

Fayetteville Planning & Zoning Commission Tuesday got a look at proposals for a commercial development at Ga. Highway 85 and Grady Avenue and small gated subdivision on White Road.

Newest councilman says sewer system needs money, might consider expanding outside PTC limits

The chairman of the Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority, Mike Harman, was chosen from nine applicants Monday night to fill the remaining term left on the Post 1 seat on the Peachtree City Council.

Harman was unanimously selected by council after it was announced he scored the most points of the four finalists who had been selected by council. Each council member scored each candidate on a points system and after the second and final round of voting, Harmon was the candidate with the most points.

Efforts by the Fayette County Commission and other local governments to maintain a firm hand on growth have been successful, according to a new study.

The Fayette County Commission could soon be asking the U.S. Department of Justice to review new voting districts that would equal out population in the districts.

Peachtree City police are rolling out a program that will email crime alerts and other information to citizens and businesses.

Rezoning would cut size of industrial park

Thursday night the Peachtree City Council may vote on a proposed pay raise that could double the salaries for the mayor and council members.

A multi-county drug investigation that began in Fayette County has resulted in 25 people indicted on federal charges stemming from a ring of houses where marijuana was being grown indoors, officials said Tuesday afternoon.

Students who attended their first day of classes at Bennett’s Mill Middle School Monday got the star treatment. School officials said 565 students attended the first day, and were greeted by teachers and staff workers snapping their pictures as students walked down a red carpet.

Undercover drug agents from the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department recently arrested a Peachtree City man who was dealing marijuana out of his apartment at Balmoral Village, police said.

Fayetteville police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Dollar General Store at the Banks Station shopping center Sunday evening.

Police find $1,600 cash and ‘large quantity’ of marijuana

Peachtree City police Thursday arrested a 16-year-old boy suspected of packaging marijuana for distribution, police said.

While Fayette County may not have an in-house attorney for another 60 days, the county Thursday night insured it will have a legal opinion until the hiring is completed.

Sixth-graders get the star treatment as they walk down the red carpet to cheers, camera flashes and signs welcoming them to the new Bennett’s Mill Middle School Monday.

A Fayetteville man is celebrating a quarter-million dollar win. Yongsang Yi, 44, matched the first five out of six winning numbers in the July 31 Mega Millions drawing and won $250,000.

The North Fayette Community Association will hold its quarterly meeting August 18 at 10 a.m. at the Liberty Baptist Church, 1077 Ga. Highway 314 North, Riverdale, Georgia.

Photos depicted 3-year-old witnessing sex act

Peachtree City police have secured arrest warrants of four people who were present when a 3-year-old girl was photographed observing sex acts at a Peachtree City home, police said.

Fayetteville police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at the Dollar General Store at the Banks Station shopping center Sunday evening.

Piedmont Fayette Hospital's maternity center welcomed its 1,000th baby into the world this week.

Eighteen year-old Palmetto resident Brandon Horton was murdered late Wednesday night in Fairburn after he and three friends were attacked by up to nine males.

A Tyrone man and a Chattahoochee Hill Country juvenile have been charged in the July 14 arson fire in Fairburn that destroyed a home and took the life of the family’s dog.

Fayetteville police are working on identifying a masked man and woman who robbed the Zaxby’s restaurant on Ga. Highway 85 near the Fayette Pavilion late Monday evening.

In his Fayetteville front yard, Walter Reeves, 3, takes a cool break from summer heat in this photo sent in by his mother, Ginger, as part of The Citizen's Summer Fun Promotion.

Members of the Fayette County Board of Education and other school system officials grab their shovels Thursday to break ground at the ceremony marking the start of construction for Inman Elementary School, set to open next year.

WASA approves talks with town on treating 500,000 gallons a day; Amos says developers are waiting for OK

The Board of Education unanimously voted July 31 to renew its contract with Dr. John DeCotis, the school system’s superintendent, for another three years, keeping DeCotis as far and away the highest paid local government official in Fayette County.

Several parties over the weekend in Fayetteville quickly went south as officers in three separate incidents arrested 17 people for underage drinking, four on drug-related charges, two adults for furnishing alcohol to minors and one arrest for a weapons violation.

A group of former county commission chairmen have banded together to speak up against the possibility of the current county commission adopting a defined benefit pension plan.

Armed with at least some feedback from city residents, the Peachtree City Council has decided to explore the possibility of choosing one privately owned garbage company to serve the entire city.

The Fayette County Board of Education met at a work session Monday, and it discussed possibly delaying the construction of a new elementary school at the Sandy Creek Road, Tillman Road school site.