The Peachtree City Dog Park Association will meet 7:30 p.m. tonight at the city recreation building off McIntosh Trail.

The Greater Fayette Republican Women will install new officers at their meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, at the International House of Pancakes in Fayetteville beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The Genius Series, sponsored by the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce, is an in-depth training program for business owners and employees interested in taking their business to the next level of success. The Series has been created to provide quality, affordable “how to” training in all areas of business. The curriculum is divided into quarterly areas of focus: Quarter 1, Marketing; Quarter 2, Finance; Quarter 3, Customer Service; Quarter 4, IT Organization.

Andy Petty thought he was doing the right thing by allowing administrators at Fayette County High School to search his car in late October.

Four Peachtree City teens were found delinquent in juvenile proceedings last week stemming from the planned armed robbery of another child on the golf cart path near Blue Smoke park Dec. 22, officials said.

Another candidate wants to represent the citizens of Fayette County.

Wendy Felton, 44, qualified early Tuesday morning for the County Commission special election.

Roughly 20 residents of the Lexington Park subdivision appeared at Thursday night’s Peachtree City Council meeting to oppose plans for a package store right next to their neighborhood.

A move is afoot to make the Peachtree City Tourism Association a fully-volunteer board.

Currently, the city manager and a city council member hold positions on the five-member board. But Councilwoman Judi-ann Rutherford said she’d prefer the association not have such direct political ties. Instead, she suggested the city manager and city finance director could serve on the association’s finance committee, which would allow council to keep an eye on the group’s finances.

It had the feeling of an old-fashioned church revival.

Practically all the previous neighborhood opposition to the Grove Park residential development on Ga. Highway 314 had evaporated by the time the issue got to Fayetteville City Council members Jan. 5. The occasion was the first reading of the proposed development.

Sun City is planning to build a retirement community in Spalding County, but is still pursuing building a community in Fayette County.

Local law enforcement officers responded to the needs of Fayetteville citizens during the Christmas season by raising $6,600 for the Shop with a Cop and grocery gift card programs.

The Fayette County Board of Education kicked off the new year Monday night by holding elections for chairman and vice-chairman.

Did you know that foster children often move their belongings in garbage bags? That's why Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS), the largest private oncology/hematology practice in the Southeast, along with WSB-TV, the largest TV station in Atlanta, will be collecting new or gently used suitcases and backpacks for Georgia's foster children on Martin Luther King Jr. Day during its fourth annual Totes 2 Tots suitcase drive.

The 2006 Relay For Life - Fayette County will kick off its annual fundraiser for the American Cancer Society Tuesday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. at Glendalough Manor in Tyrone. This event is held each year to give anyone interested in participating in Relay For Life an opportunity to find out about the event, and to distribute informational packages to new and returning participants.

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the Fayette County Development Authority will hold a Peachtree City Stormwater Utility update meeting Friday, Jan. 20, at 10 a.m. at Cooper Lighting in Peachtree City. Representatives from Peachtree City and the consulting firm on this project, Integrated Science and Engineering, will present an overview of the proposed utility and credits available to Peachtree City businesses.

A south Fayette man fought with nine deputies after breaking into a home near his house on Rising Starr Road Thursday, police said.

Two men dressed in all black clothing robbed the employee of an emissions shop on Ga. Highway 138 north early Monday evening, police said.

A plot by several juveniles to rob a 16-year-old was foiled Christmas Day, and then the gunman accidentally shot himself in the ankle while they tried to speed away from the scene, police said.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past two weeks. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty.

No one was hurt when a tornado ripped through northwest Fayette County Monday afternoon, but it left plenty of serious damage in its wake.

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A family’s life was spared Monday afternoon when a tornado apparently passed directly over their northwest Fayette home.

With many participants donning party hats and clutching noise-makers during warm-ups, those who attended the first Father Time Invitational Road Race in Brooks, Ga., on New Year’s Eve knew they were in for a unique experience.

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Although qualifying doesn’t start until next week, another candidate has thrown his hat into the ring for the vacant County Commission post.

Tyrone’s two new councilmen will barely have time to get their feet wet Thursday before a controversial item hits the agenda.

Peachtree City’s three new City Council members will take their oaths of office Thursday night, and they will also consider setting a deadline for accepting annexation plans from developers.

The first meeting of 2006 for the Fayetteville City Council will be the first for newly elected Post 5 Councilman Paul Oddo who, along with returning council members Larry Dell and Walt White, will be sworn in.

Pilot killed; tried to land at Falcon Field

A single-engine plane based in Macon crashed in Senoia Sunday night, killing its pilot, officials said Monday morning.

It just wasn’t the best possible year for for drug dealers in and around Fayette County. Efforts of agents working with Fayette County Sheriff’s Drug Suppression Task Force seized enough drugs and cash in nearly 90 cases in 2005 to give drug dealers nightmares.

The Fayette Samaritans is a non-profit organization serving needy Fayette Countians.

For January, the charity’s top needs for donated items are as follows: