Is another environmental problem looming over Tyrone?

During Thursday’s Town Council meeting, James Norton, who works for Industrial Combustion Services, pleaded with the town’s leaders to do something about air pollution from an industrial facility.

The Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta, Inc. (CBC) will present the Religion Award to South Fulton County minister, Bishop Shirley W. Cotton, at the organization’s 18th Annual Salute to Black Mothers Celebration Saturday, Oct. 28.

The follwing arrests were made by Fairburn Police between Oct. 4-10:

Diane Miller, 67, Fairburn, trespass

Junior Bright, 43, Fairburn, trespass

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There’s nothing that draws a crowd like redrawing school boundary lines and Monday’s meeting of the Fayette County Board of Education was no exception.

Jacque Reid just wants to make sure her children are safe, and she’s not sure that can happen at Flat Rock Middle School.

A plan to discuss an increase in salaries paid to the Peachtree City mayor and City Council has been postponed.

The issue was originally scheduled to be discussed at Thursday night’s meeting but it was removed from the agenda Tuesday afternoon.

A Fayette teen accused of bringing four firearms and more than 150 rounds of ammunition to Whitewater High School in August is out of jail but on house arrest, monitored by a GPS computer-locating system.

Fayetteville City Council Oct. 19 will hear the first reading of a rezoning request for the Stella Place development on 38.15 acres located at 335 Grady Ave.

It has been a week since The Citizen ran a story about north Fayette resident Larry Wicker and his need for assistance with repairs to his home. That assistance is coming in and in a way Wicker had not first envisioned. And so is online criticism from some people incensed about some of his writing posted on the Internet.

A personnel appeals hearing for former chief detective Bruce Jordan of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office has not yet been scheduled, according to Fayette County Sheriff Randall Johnson.

Two Fayetteville teens have been arrested for the Friday armed robbery of a Peachtree City man at Chateau Marnelle mobile home park, and the victim was later arrested for criminal trespassing in what may have been an attempt to get revenge for the crime.

Location tied up in lawsuit over access agreement

There’s a holdup in Chick-fil-A’s plan to locate its corporate jets to a hangar adjacent to Falcon Field in Peachtree City.

To be or not to be, drive-in style. A discussion item Oct. 10 by Fayetteville Planning and Zoning board members centered on the appropriateness of having a Sonic drive-in restaurant along Ga. Highway 85 at Fayette Village South shopping center at Grady Avenue.

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

Congressman Lynn Westmoreland will host a Town Hall meeting Thursday from 4:45 to 6 p.m. at City Hall in Peachtree City.

The banning of the Confederate flag on clothing at Flat Rock Middle School has opened a racial chasm at the school and is setting the stage for perhaps a bitter battle over upcoming new school boundary lines.

Jake Fisher, 15, and Katie Simpson, 15, both of Fayetteville, enjoy a spin on the Scrambler at this year’s Fayette County Fair, sponsored by the Kiwanis Club.

A Peachtree City woman presented the City Council with a petition Thursday night urging the city to make significant changes to the proposed annexations for the West Village area.

A proposed national law that would allow property owners to file property takings cases in federal courts passed the U.S. House of Representatives nearly two weeks ago, with a favorable vote by local U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland.

Attorneys for Fayette and south Fulton residents alleging harm from chemical releases at the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant near Fairburn have amended the proposed class action lawsuit to include a broadened definition of the harm done to residents and their property.

What is needed is a hand up, not a hand out. And for north Fayette resident Larry Wicker and his family, that hand would be especially meaningful.

A little over a year ago, Pastor Glen Allen was heading from his home in New Orleans to deliver a sermon in Shreveport, La. He was bringing his wife, Carla, and two children, Glen Jr. and Zoe, with him for the weekend, but their journey would last a lot longer than a weekend and would take them much farther than Shreveport.

Thanks to Georgia lawmakers, Peachtree City has had to water down its sign ordinance.

A new statute passed by the General Assembly has forced the city to remove its time limit restrictions for political signs, according to City Attorney Ted Meeker. The newly amended ordinance was adopted Thursday night by the council.

Repairs to the spillway at Huddleston Pond won’t occur until the spring, according to Peachtree City officials.

The fix was initially projected for this month, but the problem was more extensive than originally thought and the pond level has been lowered at the recommendation of the consulting engineering firm to reduce the risk of a dam breach, officials said.

No one was seriously hurt early Thursday evening when a Doraville man sped briefly into oncoming traffic in Fayetteville as sheriff’s deputies tried to arrest him on drug charges stemming from an undercover sting.

Attorneys for both sides in the waste treatment plant class action lawsuit will be able to have their say after all. An Oct. 4 ruling in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia gave attorneys the ability to discuss aspects of the case with putative, or supposed, members in the class action case.

United Way has announced that the 2007 United Way Community Impact Fund grant process is now open to eligible participants. The Community Impact Fund awards one-year grants to local organizations with programs aligned with Fayette County United Way community priorities. Trained volunteers review applications, conduct site visits and award grants.

A Starr’s Mill High student will have a hand in advising State School Superintendent Kathy Cox about matters impacting the state’s educational system.

The Fayette Democratic Women will host Pat Pullar, Deputy Director of the Democratic Party of Georgia, on Saturday. The breakfast meeting will be held at the Cox residence in north Fayette County. The breakfast meeting begins at 10 a.m..

The Fayette County Women's Connection is holding its annual Country Fair Oct. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost if $12.50 inclusive for the luncheon. There is a complimentary nursery.