A June 6 “drug reverse” conducted by Fayette Sheriff’s Drug Task Force (DTF), FBI and DEA agents at Fayette Pavilion resulted in the seizure of approximately $275,000 in cash and approximately one pound of “ice” (methamphetamine) and the arrest of six Mexican nationals.

Things would have turned out better if they had only come to Fayette County for a simple Friday night dinner. Instead, five men from Clayton and Henry counties were arrested June 8 in the parking lot at O’Charley’s restaurant on Ga. Highway 85 in Fayetteville as they attempted to sell 11 pounds of marijuana to local undercover agents.

To watch a video of the rides at DixieLand click here.

Every year when David Glover and the staff of DixieLand Fun Park asked their patrons what they would like to see at the park, the number one response was always, “a roller coaster.”

Fayette County’s new multi-purpose building for senior citizens is seeking a little help this week from the Fayette County Commission to deal with large utility bills when the building opens this fall.

Hallene Minter & Barbara Seger recently presented Fayetteville Police Chief Steven D. Heaton with a $500 grant from the Allstate Foundation to help the city’s neighborhood watch program.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty.

Not many teachers can say they have worked in the profession for 40 years.

Vivian D. Young can.

After 40 years of teaching, all in Fayette County, Young will officially retire Friday, June 1.

Synovus, the Columbus, Georgia-based diversified financial services company today announced plans to merge three Synovus banks.

The Fayette County Democratic Committee will gather for a brunch meeting on Saturday, June 16. The meeting will be held at Onyxx restaurant in Fayetteville at 10 a.m. Brunch will be available for $7/person.

Three Fayette students were among the top 100 selected to compete in the Georgia Geography Bee.

Robert Worley, 8th grade, J.C. Booth Middle; Sanjay Sridaran, 8th grade, Rising Starr Middle and Sam Burgess, 4th grade, Braelinn Elementary qualified to compete in the statewide event after taking a written test administered by the National Geography Bee.

Fayette always has a strong showing at the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program and this year is no exception.

A total of 25 students from Fayette’s five high schools will participate in the six-week study program this summer in Valdosta. The program provides intellectually gifted and artistically talented high school students challenging and enriching educational opportunities not usually available during the regular school year. Activities are designed to provide each participant with opportunities to acquire the skills, knowledge and attitudes to become independent, life-long learners.

It was like a whirlwind zeroing in on the parking lot at O’Charley’s Restaurant on Ga. Highway 85 as Fayette County drug agents in the early evening hours Friday seized 11 pounds of suspected marijuana and arrested five men.

The Peachtree City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to put the controversial TDK extension on hold indefinitely.

Watch as the council votes:

Not bad for a night’s work. Fayette Sheriff’s Drug Task Force, FBI and DEA agents pulled a drug reverse June 6 at Fayette Pavilion, seizing approximately $275,000 in cash, approximately one pound of “ice” (methamphetamine) and arresting six Mexican nationals living in Norcross.

It may seem like a crackdown but it actually provides more discretion in handling what is currently a one-way ticket to a criminal record. Fayetteville City Council Thursday adopted an ordinance prohibiting children under age from six being left unattended in vehicles.

Three Clayton County teens have been arrested after several gunshots were fired into the air late Sunday night following a graduation party at Dazzles Skating Rink in north Fayette County, police said.

Fayette County Library employee Jessica Kuhr (L) helps Karen Edkins of Fayetteville register for the library’s adult reading program at the summer reading kickoff event which brought hundreds of residents out for games, inflatables, face painting and a magic show.

The first draft of the 2007-2008 budget for Peachtree City includes a quarter-mill tax increase and a dip of nearly $550,000 into the city’s cash reserves.

A Peachtree City man has filed a lawsuit against the city, asking the court to nullify a vote taken May 3 to annex two large parcels of land that would house 1,075 homes on 782 acres in the city’s West Village area.

A hearing has been scheduled for July 6 in the pending lawsuit over the extension of TDK Boulevard from Peachtree City into Coweta County.

It’s one of the largest developments south of Interstate 20 and has Peachtree City residents worried that traffic from the more than 3,000 homes will overwhelm the city’s capacity.

It should be a full meeting Thursday as Fayetteville City Council hears the second reading of an ordinance protecting children left unattended in vehicles and the first reading of ordinances on maximum residential occupancy, residential parking and group homes.

Peachtree City staff is recommending that a traffic engineering firm study two key intersections on Peachtree Parkway to determine what improvements should be made at each.

While students are busy whiling away the lazy days of summer, workers in the Fayette County School System’s Facility Services Department are moving into crunch mode to make sure all the schools are ready when school opens Aug. 13.

Their dreams are so big, that over 85 percent of the school’s 480 students participated in the Georgia Statewide Essay Contest, “My Dream,” that was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” collection at Morehouse College.

Georgia residents are being urged to watch their mail for a lottery-style scam from a company claiming to be the Atlantic Lottery Corporation.

Georgia residents are being urged to watch their mail for a lottery-style scam from a company claiming to be the Atlantic Lottery Corporation.

The old Fuddrucker's building at the Peachtree Crossings East shopping center is getting a makeover in preparation for a new tenant: Starbucks coffee company.

“Not one physical test was performed on a single person or animal in our community during the time of exposure or even now 11 months later.”

Authorities are trying to determine who was responsible for leaving a potentially deadly bomb that was discovered early Tuesday morning at a north Fayette gas station.