Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission started on a path Jan. 10 designed to consider implementing a golf cart ordinance, the county seat’s first.

Members of the Fayette County High School Class of 2006 celebrate as they receive their diplomas Friday night.

The Peachtree City Council will again consider how to improve the intersection of Walt Banks Road and Peachtree Parkway at its regular meeting Thursday night.

Local seniors enrolled in the Medicare insurance program are invited to learn about a new plan that eliminates monthly premiums.

Students who failed the previous administration of the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) will have an opportunity to retake the test this summer.

Staff Members Nominated for State Awards

Everyday Fayette’s school clinics help students and teachers perform at their personal best by protecting their health through prevention, maintenance and education.

The spring 2006 Georgia High School Graduation Test results show an increase in the percent of students scoring in the “pass plus” category for all subjects tested.

Fayette’s young scientists proved that they are among the best in the state after earning three top awards in the Elementary State Science Olympiad.

More than half of Fayette’s fifth graders have demonstrated that they can write clear, well-developed narratives that engage readers, according to reports from the Spring 2006 fifth grade writing assessment.

Air Force Junior ROTC (AFJROTC) Headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama has selected GA-20024 at Sandy Creek High to receive the 2005-2006 AFJROTC Distinguished Unit Award. This award recognizes AFJROTC units that have performed above and beyond normal expectations and that have distinguished themselves through outstanding service to their school and community while meeting the AFJROTC mission of producing better citizens for America.

Two of Fayette County’s top emergency officials have been awarded for their contributions to the field of emergency medical services.

Office Depot is opening its store in Peachtree City with a special donation to three area charities Thursday morning at 11:30.

Fayette County Clerk of Superior Court Sheila Studdard has been appointed to serve on a volunteer board by Ga. Gov. Sonny Perdue.

A Fairburn man died late Monday evening when his car ran off Sandy Creek Road, police said.

Terance A. Fancis, 20, was thrown from his 1994 Lexus GS 300 when it left the road and overturned around 11:25 p.m., according to Capt. Bryan Woodie of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department. A passenger in the vehicle, Omari Grey, 18, of Lawrenceville received minor injuries in the crash.

Plans to expand a portion of the CSX railroad in Peachtree City have sparked concerns about safety issues, as trains containing hazardous chemicals could be parked for up to 12 hours at a time on an unguarded stretch of track near the Home Depot-Wal-Mart shopping center and several neighborhoods to the north.

One of the most scenic vistas in Fayette County will soon be the site of another restaurant.

The Old Mill Fish and Grill is applying tomorrow night for its on-premise liquor consumption license at the Fayette County Commission. The license is being sought by Neil Davis, who owns the land around the old Bennett’s Mill on Ga. Highway 54 between Fayetteville and Peachtree City.

Peachtree City’s Memorial Day celebration Monday morning will specifically honor veterans of World War II in addition to all others who have served our country in the armed forces.

Everybody loves a parade, but somebody’s got to pay for them. Fayetteville City Council May 18 heard a proposal to formalize the parade permitting process and establish a parade fee.

A 15-year-old Fayetteville student attending Landmark Christian School in Fairburn faces felony charges after he was arrested Monday for bringing an explosive device to school. Students and teachers were evacuated as a precaution while bomb squads from area law enforcement agencies searched the school for other devices.

Working at the Main Street booth at the Taste of Fayette event this past Saturday are (L-R) Joyce Waits, administrative assistant for Main Street, and Olga Bialuk, general manager of the new Hampton Inn, Fayetteville.

The new look at Fayetteville’s Banks Crossing continues. Now underway is the renovation of the old Stein Mart building, destined later this summer to become home to a branch of the nation’s largest musical instrument retailer.

A local church’s faith has been tested — and strengthened — after it was looted early Friday morning.

Thieves broke into Antioch Baptist Church on Woolsey-Brooks Road early Friday night and got away with so much stuff that they likely used a moving truck and perhaps a trailer, according to the Rev. Jerry Garner, the church’s pastor.

Fayetteville police are trying to identify a man who accosted the manager of the Pizza Hut Sunday morning and took the store’s deposit bag from her.

PTC to pursue land swap for shopping center

Proposal would give city tract including lake at nature area

A Peachtree City man was convicted of criminal trespassing and acquitted on several other charges stemming from several domestic disputes at his ex-wife’s Fayetteville home in fall 2004.

The South Metro Advisory Board of the Atlanta Red Cross has kicked off its annual Heroes fund-raising campaign.

Dozens of volunteers in the community have pledged to raise $1,000 each for the Red Cross. All proceeds will aid local residents in the southern crescent counties who suffer the loss of their homes due to fire, flood, tornado or other disaster.

Starr’s Mill High has been listed by Newsweek magazine as being one of the top 1,000 high schools in the nation.

Periodically the magazine ranks the nation’s high schools by taking the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate tests all students take in a given school divided by the school’s number of graduating seniors.

Three Fayette eighth graders have been named a TBS (Turner Broadcasting System) Goldstar student.

Caroline Winstead of Rising Starr Middle, Johnathan Richardson of Fayette Middle and Justin Matthew Greene of Whitewater Middle are among the 75 Georgia students recognized for their significant improvements in attitude, academics and/or attendance.

Edgar Chapman of Peachtree City has joined Coweta-Fayette EMC’s Operation Round-Up Trust Board. He will serve a three year term as one of nine members on the board. The Trust Board is the governing body that makes decisions on how the Operation Round-Up funds will be used.

One Rising Starr Middle student is going to get the summer vacation of a lifetime.