For the fourth consecutive year in its five-year history, the Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) Unit at Sandy Creek High as been designated a Distinguished Unit.

The spring 2007 Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) results show an increase in the percent of students passing the examination for all subjects tested.

Eddie Lusher, president of Lusher Builders, and Sandra Boda, executive officer of the Home Builders Association of Midwest Georgia awarded the Jerry Ballard Memorial Scholarship on May 3, 2007, to Griffin Technical College students Larry Puckett, Air Conditioning Technology, and Ronald Driskell, Electrical Technology. The scholarships will help pay tuition, fees, and books for the students as they complete their coursework in preparation for employment in the building industry.

Whitewater Middle administrators celebrated their special day on May 1 with a catered lunch and tokens of appreciation from parents.

When it comes to helping others, some people give their time while others donate items or money but students, parents and staff at Robert J. Burch chose to give something very personal – their hair.

A Fayetteville family is offering a $500 reward, hoping to get information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who burglarized their home recently.

The trial against a Powder Springs woman accused of killing her ex-husband at a Peachtree City business Oct. 26 has been postponed.

April Dawn Ulrich, 46, was initially scheduled to be on trial today, but the matter has been continued by an order of Fayette Superior Court Judge Christopher C. Edwards. Ulrich's defense attorney sought the continuance so Ulrich could undergo further mental evaluations.

It has been about a year since Tinseltown Theaters had a problem with rodents. Those days are back, with a four year-old moviegoer recently producing a dead mouse from under his seat, much to the dismay of his family.

No one was injured when a mobile home was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon at the Shiloh Mobile Home Park just outside of the Peachtree City limits off Ga. Highway 54 east.

The cause of the fire is not yet known but it is being investigated by the Fayette County Fire Marshal, according to Lt. Scott Roberts of the Fayette County Department of Public Safety.

Freshman Erin Emerson (24) scored two goals for the Whitewater Lady Wildcats in their 4-2 win over Lakeside-DeKalb last Friday.

Many proponents of the West Village annexation approved by split votes of the Peachtree City Council last week had one major item on their mind: the extension of MacDuff Parkway.

Slingshots and otherwise legally permitted firearms could soon be banned as illegal in solidly Republican Fayette County’s parks.

State officials have further restricted outdoor watering in light of the current drought.

Now residents and businesses with odd-numbered addresses can water only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays from 12 midnight to 10 a.m. Even-numbered residences can water only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, also between midnight and 10 a.m.

Fayette County, and Delta Airlines, came through in a big way this year raising funds for the American Cancer Society in the 2007 Relay For Life this past weekend.

A 17-year-old Tyrone man was charged with weapons offenses and making terroristic threats after altercations May 4 and 5 at a friend’s house in Fayetteville.

The Metro Fayette Kiwanis will hold a Trivia Challenge May 12. It is at the LaFayette Education Center, the old Fayette County High School.

This Friday afternoon, The Citizen Newspapers will launch a video wrap-up of the week’s news and a look ahead at the big issues and events in the area.

Fayetteville City Council May 3 complied with its recently adopted ethics ordinance by establishing a three-person ethics board. Appointees include former Fayetteville Mayor and Councilman Mike Wheat; former coach, teacher and Fayette County School Superintendent Trigg Dalrymple; and founding partner and managing director of Mainstay Capital Markets Consultants, Inc., Mike Newman.

A new look will be coming to downtown Fayetteville after all. Renovation plans submitted by Town Square Jewelers were approved May 3 by the City Council after being denied by the planning and zoning commissioners last month.

The Atlanta Braves and AT&T have recognized three Fayette teachers for excellence in education.

Ashley Williams, Sara Harp Minter Elementary, Bonnie Hicks, Whitewater Middle and Jack Jean, Whitewater High are among 24 metro Atlanta teachers selected from over 1,000 nominations to receive the 2007 Atlanta Braves/AT&T Excellence in Education award. The teachers were honored during on-field ceremonies on May 7 and 8.

Krakeel: system will need more accountability than seen previously

Change is afoot in Fayette County government, and that was on display at Wednesday’s workshop meeting of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners.

The Fayette County School System is one of the best public school systems in the nation, according to Expansion Management Magazine.

An indoor concert entitled UNLEASH THE BUBBLE is set for Friday May 11th at 7:30pm. at "The Bubble," formerly called Glenloch Recreation Center 601 Stevens Entry in Peachtree City.

No one was seriously injured when a car crashed through a storefront at the Hudson Plaza shopping center in Fayetteville Monday afternoon.

Deputies: suspects caught with stolen items in car

A Fayetteville resident helped sheriff’s deputies solve his burglary almost right on the spot Thursday afternoon, police said.

The Fayette Branch of the NAACP will sponsor a free home buyers’ seminar on Saturday, May 19 at the Olivet Baptist Church. The church is located at 877 Highway 314 North in Fayetteville.

The Piedmont Fayette Hospital Auxiliary will host its annual Spring Book Fair on Tuesday, May 8 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 9 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Thursday, May 10 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first floor of the Hospital.

Suspect faces trafficking charges; sold to PTC kid

An Atlanta man was arrested on drug trafficking charges Tuesday afternoon after he sold more than 4 grams of heroin at the Publix shopping center in Tyrone, according to Capt. Mike Pruitt of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department’s Drug Task Force.

Joan Velsmid examines some of the student art work on display at the student art show sponsored by the Peachtree City Rotary Club at last weekend’s 2007 Festival of the Arts at the Fayette Family YMCA. Photo/Michael Boylan.

The Fayette County Board of Education was given a detailed preview of the proposed $191 million general fund budget for the 2007-2008 school year at its regular meeting Monday night. And a school tax increase might be ahead.