An Arizona woman died Friday evening in a motor vehicle crash on Ga. Highway 314 near Kenwood Road, police said.

Helen Mumma, 86, of Youngstown, Ariz. was the passenger in a vehicle that was struck when the driver turned into the path of another vehicle, according to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office.

A developer of subdivisions aimed at the “active adult” lifestyle has set its sights on Peachtree City’s unofficial West Village, officials said Monday. Mayor Harold Logsdon says he favors that annexation plus all the rest of the “West Village” now outside the city limits.

By JOHN MUNFORD
and JOHN THOMPSON

A dormant proposal to link homes in Senoia to Peachtree City’s sewage treatment system has been resurrected. This time, with a new mayor and two new council members in the driver’s seat, the deal may go through.

Newnan resident Markino Byrd is arrested (above, R) for drug possession March 2 by Fayette County Sheriff’s Department Drug Task Force in front of the Peachtree City Home Depot.

The Fayette County Commission decided to break with the past last week as the board approved 24 new positions for the upcoming year.

County officials are clashing again with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department, this time over the sheriff’s cell phone bills.

Fayetteville Planning and Zoning commissioners said no Feb. 28 to a portion of a rezoning request that would locate a mixed use medical office and residential development near the southeast corner of Ga. Highway 54 and Burch Road.

Back to back busts in Fayetteville March 1 and in Peachtree City March 2 netted four arrests and charges for intent to distribute marijuana, crack cocaine and Ecstasy. A third bust March 6 in Fayetteville resulted in the arrest of three men on marijuana charges.

No gas. No gambling. That was the situation Friday night when the Phillips 66 Pit Stop at 630 N. Glynn St. in Fayetteville was shut down for illegal cash pay-outs on video poker.

In its years of service to residents throughout Fayette County, Promise Place has made a difference in the lives of victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. Continuing that expanding mission led Promise Place Director Sonja Strickland to ask Fayetteville City Council March 2 for funding assistance when council members begin planning expenditures for the upcoming fiscal year. Though no promises for funding were made, council members seemed receptive to the request.

An increase in flu activity during the past two weeks is normal for this time of year according to officials with the Georgia Department of Human Resources, Division of Public Health. After a relatively calm start to the 2005-2006 flu season, health officials say an increase in reports of influenza-like illness and positive lab reports in several regions indicate more typical widespread flu activity.

The Fayette Democratic Women will host their March breakfast meeting at 9 a.m. on Saturday at Du-Roc Café in Fayetteville. State Senator Valencia Seay (D-34), State Representative Roberta Abdul-Salaam (D-74), and Dana L. Lemon (member, State Transportation Board) will address the group on a variety of state and local issues.

The McIntosh High School Science Olympiad team won first place overall with gold medals in five events in the Georgia Science Olympiad regional competition at Macon State College. The team won a total of 34 medals and earned a position in the state competition March 25 at Emory University.

Are you worried about how much worse local and regional traffic is going to become as time goes by?

If so, you should attend a meeting hosted by the Atlanta Regional Commission Thursday, March 9, to inform citizens how to help plan improvements in land use, traffic, transit and other mobility challenges. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Fayette County Library.

No one was injured when a house in north Fayette County caught fire Wednesday afternoon.

Dear Voter,

I’ve lived in Fayette County for most of my life. I have attended school, built my business, met and married my wife, and we are now raising our children in this county. I am committed to building a future for Fayette County that our children will be proud of.

Malcolm Hughes is a Certified Public Accountant who has provided community leadership for over 25 years. He earned a degree in Business Administration in 1979 from Auburn University.

When Tracey Flandermeyer heard about the school system’s redistricting plan, she thought her children’s overcrowded conditions would be solved at Peachtree City Elementary School.

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon said Monday that the city isn’t about to open up the floodgates and seek to extend its sewer service beyond the city limits.

Fayette County Sheriff’s Drug Task Force members seize the remnants of a methamphetamine lab late Friday night at a vacant house on Sims Road near Dogwood Trail after the owner found that the house had been entered.

During last week’s Fayette County Commission meeting, Chairman Greg Dunn said he was “stunned” to learn that Peachtree City was considering providing sewer service to a development in unincorporated Fayette County.

Thursday night, the Peachtree City Council will consider significant changes to its “big box” ordinance in an effort to keep more massive retail stores from coming to town.

U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland explained to the Fayetteville Rotary Club Monday why he voted against a bill that provides $52 billion in relief related to Hurricane Katrina.

A group of homeowners in the Brechin Park subdivision just south of Peachtree City is concerned with the design of the road widening project for Ga. Highway 74 South.

Fayetteville Council members March 2 will hear a request from the non-profit Fayette County Council on Domestic Violence, Inc. for a $7,500 donation to assist in the provision of services to local victims of domestic violence and abuse.

Peachtree City volunteer firefighters may get a small financial incentive to respond to incidents on a trial basis, if the proposal is approved by the City Council at its regular meeting Thursday night.

A forum for Fayette County Post One Commissioners candidates is set for March 12. The forum is sponsored by the NAACP branch in Fayette County and will be moderated by branch president Rev.

Two candidates will be in Fayette County this Saturday to share campaign highlights, answer questions and share their goals if elected to office. Senator Casey Cagle, candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and Senator Brian Kemp, candidate for State Agriculture Commissioner will speak to visitors and members at the Fayette County Republican First Saturday Breakfast meeting.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

J.C. Booth Middle School Reading teachers last month recognized 437 students who have read 14 books or more over the current school year.