The fallout has started from the Fayette County Commission’s decision not to retain Bill McNally as county attorney.

Fayetteville Police have arrested two teens for robbing another teen at gunpoint near the Bank of America ATM at the Banks Station shopping center late Friday night, police said.

“I moved here for quality of life, not to live through this.”

The words of Eugene Jackson mirrored the sentiments of many of the 80 in attendance July 19 at Bethany United Methodist Church in north Fayette County.

The Fayette County Branch of the NAACP along with the Fayette County Board of Education and the Theta Lambda Lambda Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity is sponsoring an event to encourage adult men and young men ages 14-18 to endeavor to reach extraordinary heights in school, society and in life as they stand and operate in the full image of God. The conference also encourages young men to strive for excellence in academics; and help build stronger relationships between younger men and their adult role models and mentors.

The Peachtree City Police Department is looking for persons 18 and over who are interested in learning how to help themselves and the community after an emergency event.

A bolt of lightning touched off a significant house fire just before 2 p.m. Friday in the Wood Creek subdivision just south of Peachtree City, officials said.

UPDATE: Juvenile to be tried as adult

Fayetteville Police have arrested two teens for robbing another teen at gunpoint near the Bank of America ATM at the Banks Station shopping center late Friday night, police said.

A bolt of lightning touched off a significant house fire just before 2 p.m. Friday in the Wood Creek subdivision just south of Peachtree City, officials said.

It was a long journey for the final piece of Fayette County’s water puzzle.

After 30 years of jumping through government hurdles, Lake McIntosh received its final permit from the Army Corps of Engineers last week.

Twelve million copies of the final installment of author J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” series will be released in the United States at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, and local libraries and book stores are getting in on the magic act, helping muggles, young and old, get their hands on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.”

A developer is asking the Peachtree City Council to consider lifting the multi-family housing moratorium to consider a rezoning for a senior living community with up to 350 units on Ga. Highway 74 South near Holly Grove Road.

Peachtree City’s proposed $28.36 million budget for the 2007-2008 fiscal year will be the subject of a public hearing at Thursday night’s City Council meeting, which begins at 7 p.m.

It will be a full agenda Thursday night as Fayetteville City Council looks to approve the 2008 budget and increases in the water and sewer rate and considers two annexation requests near Piedmont Fayette Hospital.

A tenure of nearly three decades came to an end Thursday night, despite the protestation of six former Fayette County Commission chairmen.

Bill McNally’s term as county attorney did not end quietly, and continues to dominate the news, as a letter in today’s edition indicates. (See Page A4 for the letter and publisher Cal Beverly’s opinion.)

Residents from Quail Hollow and Hunter’s Glen subdivisions had concerns July 10 as Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission heard a rezoning request that would put 109 single-family homes on a 58-acre site at the intersection of Beauregard Boulevard and Ramah Road.

Peachtree City Councilwoman Cyndi Plunkett knows that her request to increase the pay for the city’s mayor and council members will not be terribly well-received.

For the second time in two years, the Fayette County Commission turned down Heritage Christian Church’s request to connect to the Peachtree City sewerage system.

Congratulations to new Fayette Idols Callie Routon and Teria Litman.

Aspiring singers gathered at the Villages Amphitheater near downtown Fayetteville last weekend to perform in the fourth annual Fayette Idol competition.

Under low clouds and receding sunlight, contestants from across the spectrum of age sang before the crowd of several hundred for nearly three hours. The participants were divided into under-13 and over-13 groups, with a dozen in the former category and almost twice as many in the latter. Night had fallen as Teria Litman, 11, triumphed for her rendition of “Summertime,” while Callie Routon, 19, won with “Settlin’” by the country duo Sugarland.

Development plans for a proposed veterinary clinic at Summit Point Shopping Center include the construction of a one-story, 9,000 square-foot veterinary clinic on 2.37 acres at 565 South Glynn St., the Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission was told at the July 10 work session.

Toxicology tests have shown that Daniel Benoit, 7, was drugged with the anti-anxiety drug xanax at the time of his death, and his pro wrestler father Chris Benoit had been taking the steroid testosterone along with a “therapeutic” level of xanax, according to Georgia Chief Medical Examiner Kris Sperry.

One tailed burglar’s getaway path, directed deputies to location

Two quick-acting Fayette residents helped sheriff’s deputies foil two burglaries Monday afternoon by calling 911 to report suspicious activity near their homes, officials said.

Fayetteville police arrested three men early Thursday morning after an officer spotted them acting strangely in the parking lot of the Jiffy Lube.

Like a proud parent showing off a new baby, Bennett’s Mill Middle School principal Rae-Presley King showed off the county’s newest school to the parents and media Monday.

7-year-old son drugged with xanax before killing

Toxicology tests have shown that Daniel Benoit, 7, was drugged with the anti-anxiety drug xanax at the time of his death, and his pro wrestler father Chris Benoit had been taking the steroid testosterone along with a “therapeutic” level of xanax, according to Georgia Chief Medical Examiner Kris Sperry.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is expected to provide an update this afternoon in the investigation into the deaths of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, his wife and their son, who were found dead three weeks ago in their Fayette home.

Fayette County sheriff deputies arrested two suspects — and were looking for two more — immediately after a burglary in progress was reported in a neighborhood off New Hope Road early Monday afternoon, police said.

Fayetteville police arrested three men early Thursday morning after an officer spotted them acting strangely in the parking lot of the Jiffy Lube.

The Fayette County Branch of the NAACP along with the Fayette County Board of Education and the Theta Lambda Lambda Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity is sponsoring an event to encourage adult men and young men ages 14-18 to endeavor to reach extraordinary heights in school, society and in life as they stand and operate in the full image of God. The conference also encourages young men to strive for excellence in academics; and help build stronger relationships between younger men and their adult role models and mentors.

A rezoning request that would put 109 single-family homes on a 54-acre site came before Fayetteville Planning & Zoning Commission at the July 10 work session.

Fayetteville Planning & Zoning Commission July 10 heard a proposal to construct a one-story, 9,000 square-foot veterinary clinic at 565 S. Glynn Street.