A north Fayette man was arrested early Sunday after he shot his girlfriend during a domestic dispute, police said.

Christopher McDaniel, 29, of 350 Carriage Drive remains in the Fayette County Jail after he was denied bond on one of the four charges filed against him.

Say hello to Georgia’s newest city. Eighty-three percent of Chattahoochee Hill Country residents voting June 19 cast their ballots in favor of establishing their own city.

Fayette County undercover drug agents and uniformed officers take down a suspect and seize two pounds of “ice” methamphetamine and two handguns in a June 14 drug bust at Banks Crossing shopping center in Fayetteville.

Dr. Ferrol Sams signs copies of his new novel, “Down Town,” at a celebration at the Fayette County Public Library last Saturday. Over 2,000 people attended the event, which featured the book signing and a free picnic. Commented the physician and writer known to many as Sambo, “I was just overwhelmed at the number of people who remembered me.” Photo/Emily Baldwin.

Peachtree City residents may get a chance to vote on two expensive additions to the city’s recreation system this November.

The results are in, and once again, Fayette’s students have excelled at another standardized test.

Late Friday afternoon, the Georgia Department of Education released system-wide results for the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test.

A proposal from Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray would provide significant starting salary increases for police officers in an effort to lure more high-quality candidates to the department.

The Peachtree City Police Department’s SWAT team forcefully apprehended a suspect who barricaded himself in a home in the Wynnmeade subdivision late Monday afternoon.

It’s going to be a busy election season in the county’s municipalities this fall as two mayors’ positions will be up for grabs.

Medical Alley in Fayetteville continues to expand. The most recent evidence came with two proposed annexation and rezoning requests along Ga. Highway 54 West, heard by Planning and Zoning commissioners at the June 12 work session. Both properties are close to Piedmont-Fayette Community Hospital.

Officials: Sparks could start wild fire in Fayette

With an eye toward the coming July 4th holiday and the area’s current drought, Fayette County fire officials are asking residents to take extra caution to prevent wildfires.

One of the latest versions of Peachtree City’s proposed budget for the 2008 fiscal year was lowered to show no millage rate increase for the coming year.

It will be an interesting, if not lengthy, meeting Thursday night as Fayetteville City Council considers passage of ordinances on group homes, maximum residential occupancy and parking. Also up will be a public hearing and the first reading of the 2008 budget and a host of other ordinances.

It’s all about the money. Two pounds of “ice” methamphetamine made its way from Mexico to Gwinnett County and on to Banks Crossing shopping center in Fayetteville June 14, where two metro Atlanta men were arrested for trying to make the sale to undercover agents.

The plan by undercover drug agents was to have Earnest Ray Toney and Jon Lawrence Bottrell come to Fayetteville June 14 to purchase a half-pound of “ice” methamphetamine.

Fayette County parents have until August to make their feelings know about four different calendars for the 2008-2009 school year.

The hits just keep on coming. A June 13 drug reverse on Ga. Highway 92 led to the arrest of three men from Atlanta, Riverdale and Lumber City on multiple drug and firearms charges when they attempted to purchase 25 pounds of marijuana and one kilogram of cocaine from undercover agents. The men tried unsuccessfully to convince an undercover agent to travel to Union City to complete the transaction.

A Fayetteville woman was arrested Friday by police for cruelty to children after a spanking left deep bruises on her 5-year-old son that lasted for two days.

A significant new service for domestic violence victims was recognized Monday afternoon as Promise Place celebrated the opening of its emergency shelter in an event at the Fayette County Justice Center.

Charges are pending for two Hispanic males after they tried to sell two pounds of “ice” methamphetamine to undercover drug agents Thursday night at Banks Crossing shopping center.

Here we go again. Three men from Atlanta, Riverdale and Lumber City were arrested on multiple drug and firearms charges Wednesday evening in a drug deal on Ga. Highway 92 when they attempted to purchase 25 pounds of marijuana and one kilogram of cocaine from undercover agents.

Fayetteville Planning & Zoning commissioners heard a request Tuesday that could lead to the annexation and rezoning of two properties on Ga. Highway 54 West.

If the recent drought continues, the state Department of Natural Resources may increase outdoor watering restrictions across Georgia.

Rate of increase of mortgage defaults leads metro area

[Editor’s note: This is the first in a summer-long series about the foreclosure market in Fayette County.]

To some people a new Fayetteville ordinance may seem overly strict while to others it may even seem accommodating. Either way, the message sent June 7 by the City Council was consistent: Do not leave young children unattended.

PTC Council votes 5-0 to halt all work on the bridge and road into Coweta

Even though the Peachtree City Council has voted to halt the proposed extension of TDK Boulevard into Coweta County, there still is a chance the project could be revived in the future.

Those who are living with debilitating diseases and injuries are desperately seeking cures. Embryonic stem cell research could provide the cures they are searching for, many scientists, physicians and politicians say.

A plan to locate a 89,000-square-foot Kohl’s Department Store on Ga. Highway 54 West in Peachtree City near the Cardiff Park and Planterra Ridge subdivisions has been withdrawn from consideration by the development company that initially proposed it.

The Peachtree City Council will hold its third workshop meeting on the 2007-2008 budget Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall.

Residents will have their first chance to speak out tomorrow night on Fayette County’s $51.4 million general fund budget. The budget does not call for a millage rate hike, but will not roll back the assessments this year because of tight financial constraints, said Finance Director Mary Holland.