Suspects (R) await trasport to the jail after a buy-bust operation Friday at Banks Crossing shopping center in Fayetteville results in three arrests and the seizure of 14 grams of suspected crack cocaine (L). The operation was conducted by the Sheriff’s Drug Suppression Task Force and Fayette County SWAT team. Photo/Ben Nelms.

During the last week, the county’s two races for school board got a lot less crowded.
Late last week, Fayette Superior Court Judge Tommy Hankinson ruled that both incumbent board member Greg Powers and candidate Kay Seabolt were ineligible to run in two July 18 Republican primary races.

The ongoing dispute between Piedmont Hospital and Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance company has left many of the county’s residents angry and confused over their healthcare options starting July 1.

It’s down to the wire for Tinseltown.

Fayette County’s highways and byways won’t be seeing any new billboards in the near future.
On Friday, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected outdoor advertising company Tanner Advertising’s request to allow more billboards and reject the county’s 1998 sign ordinance.

For more than two hours last Wednesday, the Fayette County Commission and the Peachtree City Council butted heads over the city’s allegation that city residents are being double-taxed for EMS services.

The Peachtree City Church of God and Peachtree Christian Fellowship invite all youth in the area to attend the JesusCultureAtlanta Youth and Young Adult Conference, which starts tonight at the Peachtree City Church of God on Ga. Highway 34 in Sharpsburg. The event will continue through Friday, June 16.

As in past years, The Citizen is again opening its opinion pages to candidates for contested local and locally-decided political offices.

Brent Brewer, a recent Sandy Creek High School graduate, and Lee Hyde, a Fayette County High school graduate currently with Georgia Tech's baseball team in a hunt for the College World Series, have both been drafted by major league teams on the first day of the draft.

In light of this weekend’s DUI arrest of Peachtree City Manager Bernie McMullen, Mayor Harold Logsdon has taken over one of McMullen’s tasks: overseeing the police department. It’s a first for Peachtree City.

Click here to read the police incident report of McMullen's arrest.

Clean it or close it. That’s the word from the city of Fayetteville to Tinseltown.

Fayetteville City Manager Joe Morton sent a June 1 letter to Fayette Pavilion’s Tinseltown 17 theater manager Brian Ortega informing him that his day in municipal court later this month is not his only problem.

It’s summertime (nearly) and dozens of area youngsters are preparing for fall football.

The Fayette County Board of Education recently approved applying for a $5,000 planning grant to determine if the system has enough funds to establish the county’s first charter school in 2007 — a special school that would focus on drop-out prevention.

Thursday night, the Peachtree City Council unanimously denied a request to provide sewer access to Senoia, which would have doubled the town’s sewer capacity and paved the way for dramatic growth in the historic town across Line Creek.

The Peachtree City Council was presented the staff-recommended draft of the city’s budget for the 2007 fiscal year Monday night.

A long-time and well-known Peachtree City tennis pro died early Saturday morning in an auto crash on Ga. Highway 16 in Spalding County south of Brooks, police said.

As in past years, The Citizen is again opening its opinion pages to candidates for contested local and locally-decided political offices.

The only thing left to do was to cut the ribbon. More than a year in the planning, city of Fayetteville officials June 1 formally opened Patriot Park.

The Fayetteville City Council approved Chapter 74 Article V of the city’s Code of Ordinances which sets forth the adoption of new parade routes and fees at its regular meeting last week.

Some of the biggest losers in Fayette are at Peachtree City Elementary, that is losers of body fat.

This spring the school’s staff had an opportunity to participate in their own variation of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” competition. Over a 10-week period, 22 staff members lost a total of 225.7 pounds.

Fayette County Board of Education has partnered with its own REACH students to provide them with valuable work experience.

A Peachtree City woman was arrested at her home Friday on charges of selling prescription narcotics to undercover agents with Fayette County Sheriff’s Drug Suppression Task Force. She told officers the profits were used to purchase crack cocaine.

A select group of graduating seniors at Fayette County High has been inducted into the National Technical Honor Society.

A student at Crabapple Lane Elementary School recently won highest honors in this year's WordMasters Challenge--a national language arts competition entered by over 225,000 students annually, which consists of three separate meets held at intervals during the school year.

The Fayette Democratic Women will host Fayette County’s largest candidates’ forum June 10. The “Blue Jean Brunch” is at Blue Moon Farm, the home of Dr. Richard and Judith Moore, in Fairburn (Fayette County).The brunch will begin at 10 a.m

A first for PTC, an OK would fuel growth machine in neighboring town; Senoia to get lower rate than PTC users.

It is getting to be a habit, and a bad one at that. Cinemark Tinseltown 17 movie theater in Fayetteville was hit again May 23 with yet another health violation. And again, it involves rodent urine and feces. The May 23 find has Tinseltown slated for an Aug. 22 appearance in Fayetteville City Court.

A large crowd turned out at Peachtree City’s Memorial Day ceremony Monday morning to honor citizens who have served in the military.

After spotting a burglar in his garage early Sunday evening, a Peachtree City man tackled the suspect as he tried to escape on foot moments before officers arrived on the scene in the Coventry subdivision, police said.

A developer wants to build a senior townhome development on a vacant site near the intersection of Petrol Point and Tivoli Gardens in the heart of Peachtree City.