The Fayetteville City Council at the Sept. 3 meeting will hear the first reading of a proposed amendment to the Alcohol Permit Ordinance. The principal changes relate to the rejection of an alcohol handling permit and the appeals process if a permit is rejected.

Electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) across Georgia, including Coweta-Fayette EMC, are warning consumers to be wary of imposters who have manufactured another telephone scam in order to obtain personal information.

The effort to remove Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan from office was dealt a legal death blow in LaGrange this morning.

Sick students still coming to Fayette schools, increasing potential spread of flu

With the numbers of ill students increasing in Fayette’s public schools in recent days, parents may be a little more worried about the affects of the novel H1N1 strain of flu.

A Superior Court Judge from the Coweta circuit will hear arguments Friday on a recall review petition filed by Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan.

Increasing numbers of Fayette County children are coming down with flu-like symptoms and are being sent home from schools, education officials confirmed Tuesday.

A Fayetteville couple was attacked and robbed outside their home Aug. 21 near The Villages Amphitheater and downtown Fayetteville. Police have no current suspects in the robbery.

The Fayetteville City Council at a called meeting Monday agreed to work out details to have a November referendum for voters to have their say on establishing a city redevelopment agency to initiate and oversee redevelopment projects called Tax Allocation Districts (TAD). The issue will require a board resolution to be signed by mid-September.

More state cuts in local funding could mean as many as 5 more students per classroom

Fayette school classes could each get five students larger if the state slashes more funding later this year.

It was supposed to be an appeal of a Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission denial over lighting concerns at the sports field on Tiger Trail and Hood Avenue owned by Thomas Stephens.

It was essentially a formality Thursday night as the Fayetteville City Council voted unanimously to hold the 2009 millage rate at 2.988 mills.

A Hampton man died this morning after his car struck a tractor trailer on Ga. Highway 279 near Imperial Way shortly after midnight.

A Clayton County man was arrested by Fayette County sheriff’s deputies Thursday for burglarizing a home on Graves Road July 17.

It is a mechanism used in some Georgia localities to turn economically deficient areas into productive ones. The Fayetteville City Council will meet in called session Monday at 4 p.m. to consider the feasibility of initiating a Tax Allocation District (TAD) process in the city.

The Fayette County Commission is expected to vote Thursday night to maintain the current maintenance and operations millage rate of 5.4 mills for the 2009-2010 budget year.

Fayetteville’s ever-growing Market Day was a good place to get fresh area-grown produce Saturday morning at the county office complex across from the courthouse square. Local crafts were also available for purchase, including handmade dresses and other items. The event is hosted by Fayetteville Main Street and the next one is scheduled for Sept. 19. Photo/Michael Boylan.

The youthful 70-year-old Mike Flynn (at far right wearing his custom birthday gear and top hat that was likely designed by his wife Donna, who is outfitted with a snorkel and goggles) was joined by 100 friends and representatives of Fayette Humane Society Saturday for a birthday party where people were asked to bring gifts for pets. Several Humane Society staff in attendance said the birthday bash raised approximately $1,000 in donations and several hundred dollars in pet-related products. Photo/Ben Nelms.

New tax already has opposition from anti-bypass group; 1¢ tax would raise $135 million over 6 years

Lowering bond repay at same time will result in smaller total school tax bills

The Fayette County Board of Education is proposing to raise one tax and lower another, for a net decrease in what you pay.

Pretty soon the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office will have another weapon in the never-ending battle against criminals, petty and otherwise.

Fayetteville property owners, your city tax bill is about to go — down?

That’s not a typo: The Fayetteville City Council is expected to hold the 2009 millage rate steady at 2.988 mills when it meets Thursday night. The rate represents a net decrease in projected taxes of .78 percent, or $21,855, reflecting the impact of the recession.

He had the look of any bank customer, come to make a transaction Saturday while running errands.

But the young bald black man had malice hidden behind his sunglasses when he pushed a note at the teller inside the Bank of America on Ga. Highway 314 North in Fayetteville. That note led to his robbing an undisclosed amount of money from the bank, police said.

Fayette County sheriff’s detectives are still investigating the armed robbery of the Chevron gas station in Woolsey Wednesday night after 9:15.

The Fayette Pregnancy Resource Center is looking to relocate to a .92-acre lot at 360 East Lanier in Fayetteville. Planning and Zoning commissioners got a look at the development plans at the Aug. 11 work session. Plans aside, there is still a long way to go to construct the building.

The Fayette County Board of Education agreed Monday to borrow $14 million through tax anticipation loans to help with expenditures until property tax revenues begin to come in later this year.

Recession blamed for stagnant growth in numbers throughout Atlanta metro area

Hampered by strong recessionary forces, Fayette County had only a growth of 700 new residents from 2008 to this year, according to estimates from the Atlanta Regional Commission released Aug. 17.

Fayetteville police have released a photo of a man who robbed the Bank of America on Ga. Highway 314 Saturday morning.

The first draft of recommendations for Fayette County’s transportation plan will be unveiled Tuesday, Aug. 18 at 6:30 p.m.

The Fayetteville City Council at its meeting Thursday night is expected to adopt the 2009 millage rate that will maintain the current 2.988 mills. The rate represents a net decrease in projected taxes of .78 percent, or $21,855.

North Carolina-based Community United Effort (CUE) and Sharpsburg’s Lighting the Way Home, both groups that search for missing persons, will be at Drake Field at 153 Willowbend on Aug. 18 at 7 p.m. as part of the CUE “On the Road to Remember” National Road Tour 2009. The public is invited to attend.