The parade just couldn’t come soon enough for one little onlooker.

Braelinn, Kedron tops in elementary scores, while Rising Starr leads county’s middle schools

Friday’s release of the individual school scores for the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests present an interesting overview of the differences at Fayette County’s schools.

The circumstances of the deaths of wrestler Chris Benoit and his family have stirred much attention locally and nationally in past weeks. So has the funneling of prescription medication to Benoit by Carrollton physician Dr. Phil Astin.

“It’s been a problem child for us. It looks like a landfill,” said Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon.

That blunt assessment Monday night of the Lexington Circle development in Peachtree City set the tone for what many residents and city officials hope will soon be a renaissance of the area.

If you mention the word “Democrat” almost anywhere in Fayette County, you may receive a sneer or laughter, perhaps even both.

The mental competency and murder trials for April Dawn Ulrich, set to begin Wednesday, have been delayed due to the death of the psychologist who was to be an expert witness for her defense.

It’s all smiles this week at the Fayette County School System after officials received the county’s Adequate Yearly Progress report.

The Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services has inducted two new quints, fire apparatus with five major functions, into its fleet of response vehicles.

Brain Balance of Atlanta is bringing Dr. Dan Murphy, a nutrition and neurology expert and worldwide speaker, to Peachtree City July 20, 2007 at 6:30 p.m., to speak on the role of nutrition and brain functioning.

Two Fayette students are the recipients of the nation’s only federally funded scholarship program.

Craig Western of McIntosh High and Lauren Powers of Whitewater High have both been selected as 2007 Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholars.

East Fayette Elementary took the President’s Challenge and proved they are serious about being physically fit.

Students in grades 3-5 participated in the Challenge, a program that encourages all Americans to make being active a part of their everyday lives. Participants took a physical fitness test to determine their level of physical fitness in five events: curl-ups or partial curl-ups, shuttle run, endurance run/walk, pull-ups or right angle push-ups and V-sit or sit and reach.

Coweta-Fayette EMC recently received an Award of Excellence for their employee newsletter “News Flash” in the 2007 “Spotlight on Excellence” national awards program, sponsored by the Council of Rural Electric Communicators and the National Rural Electric Association.

The Board of Regents, the 18-member governing body for the University System of Georgia, elected Regent Allan Vigil to a second consecutive one-year term as the board's chair.

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce is adding an exciting dimension to its 2007 Job Fair and Business Expo.

As part of its “Entrepreneur Friendly” efforts, the Chamber, working with the Georgia Department of Labor, will include an Entrepreneur Extravaganza event presented by the Fayette County Development Authority in the Chamber’s Business Expo September 25 from 3 – 7 p.m. at New Hope Baptist Church’s North Campus in Fayetteville.

The Governor’s Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA) announced today that the Administrator of the Fair Business Practices Act of 1975, Joseph B. Doyle, has filed an action in the Fulton County Superior Court against Bill Heard Enterprises, Incorporated and Bill Heard Chevrolet Company alleging a repeated practice of sending false and deceptive advertisements to Georgia consumers.

Fidelity Bank is pleased to announce that Linda L. Schneider has been hired as vice president and manager of its recently opened branch in Newnan. Schneider has over 25 years of banking experience and joins Fidelity from Wachovia Bank in Fayetteville.

The American Legion, Fayette County Post 105, took advantage of Flag Day on June 14, to continue one if its ministries, the proper disposition of worn flags.

Summer is here, school is out and unfortunately, many kids in the Peachtree City area will be sitting in front of a TV, computer or playing video games all day. It’s usually the time of year when kids get lazy, apathetic and gain weight.

Starr's Mill High has been recognized by EF Foundation for Foreign Study as a 2007 School of the Year. This award is given annually to high schools that make hosting exchange students a top priority and that foster environments of international awareness and cultural celebration.

The mental competency and murder trials for April Dawn Ulrich, set to begin Wednesday, have been delayed due to the death of the psychologist who was to be an expert witness for the defense.

When the dust cleared Friday in Fulton County Superior Court, Peachtree City had the option of making good on Georgia Regional Transportation Authority’s (GRTA) insistence that the bridge on TDK have four lanes or face possible funding restrictions on future transportation projects in the area.

Members of the Peachtree City Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Fayetteville American Legion posts will join together today to hand out some 4,000 U.S.

Campers enjoy a good period dance in the summer sun last week at the International Folk Dance Camp at Victorian Adventures in Fayetteville. The children learned dances from several European countries and made costumes and sampled foods from various regions. Visit www.victorianadventures.com for more information on the other camps offered this summer. Photo/Ian Davis

State records indicate most people in north Fayette and south Fulton counties who reported illnesses following last summer‘s release of chemicals that smelled like onions were never contacted by state or federal agencies for a follow-up health report.

Attorneys for Peachtree City and the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority will appear in court Friday to argue whether GRTA can force the city to make certain transportation improvements.

Linda Crowden is tired of seeing cars for sale dotting the scenic byways of Fayette County.

During last week’s County Commission meeting, Crowden, a 10-year resident, said she saw occasional cars for sale in a yard or a vacant lot. But now, the problem has got much worse.

The personal doctor for Chris Benoit has officially been linked to prescribing a large amount of anabolic steroids to the pro wrestler, who police believe killed his wife and son, then himself at their Fayette County home June 23-25.

With commute times steadily increasing and gasoline at chronically high prices, Sara Reams resolved to help out Fayette residents beleaguered by their long, lonely, costly trips to work.

The expanding medical alley along Ga. Highway 54 West might get a couple of new additions inside Fayetteville city limits. Planning and Zoning commissioners June 26 voted to recommend annexation and rezoning requests that would put Dogwood Forest assisted living center and a proposed 40,000-square-foot medical office building near Piedmont Fayette Hospital inside the city.

The committee that will decide Fayette County elementary school boundaries for the 2008-2009 school year is having a busy summer so far.