Southbound traffic on Ga. Highway 85 approaching the Fayetteville square was redirected Friday afternoon due to a water main break.

Eddie Robbins III is innocent on all counts, a Fayette County Superior Court jury found Tuesday afternoon, less than two hours after beginning deliberations in the double murder trial.

State transportation officials have sped up the timeline for widening the southern leg of Ga. Highway 74 in Peachtree City, which will create four traffic lanes from the driveway leading to Cooper Lighting south to Ga. Highway 85.

Fayetteville sanitation rates are going up in January.

The long road to the approval of Grove Park subdivision came to an end Dec. 6

If you have ever driven on Ga. Highway 85 from Fayetteville to Riverdale on a weekday afternoon, you know how stressful it can be.

Runners from all over the area are preparing to have a truly rocking New Year’s Eve by participating in the first Father Time Invitational Road Race in Brooks, Ga., on Dec. 31.

Two office-industrial rezonings and traffic control on Ashland Trail top the agenda for the Thursday night Tyrone Town Council meeting.

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A former Fayette County teacher of the year now can add another title to her name. The Council for the Social Studies has named Jan Daniel of Fayette County High Outstanding Social Studies Educator of the Year.

The annual Christmas Bird Count, sponsored by the National Audubon Society and the Georgia Ornithological Society, will rally the troops Saturday to count the birds in Peachtree City and eastern Coweta County.

Christmas shoppers who want to find amazing deals, up to 75 percent off retail, and contribute to a good cause at the same time need to visit 1200 Commerce Drive starting at 9 a.m. Dec. 9.

Did your teacher ever take you to a theme park or use a model of a rollercoaster to teach physics concepts in class, allow you to learn fractions and angles by building a gingerbread house, or measure force and motion on the basketball court? Highly qualified science and mathematics teachers bring these types of lessons to life for their students.

U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland today voted for the Tax Relief Extension Reconciliation Act of 2005. The bill, which passed 234-197, will keep taxes on capital gains and dividends at 15 percent through 2010.

The Optimist Club of Peachtree City held its annual Youth Appreciation Banquet Nov. 14 at the Peachtree Wyndham Conference Center. The second week in November is set aside by Optimist International as Youth Appreciation Week. High School Guidance Counselors and Youth Agencies nominated students to be honored. The criteria for nomination was based on the student’s ability to demonstrate leadership skills, their participation in volunteer programs, participation in community improvement projects, involvement in extra-curricular school activities, demonstration of environmental awareness and scholastic achievement.

Ryan Thwaits, a seventh-grade student at J.C. Booth Middle School, was presented with a certificate Nov. 4 by Principal Ted Lombard for being a People to People Student Ambassador for the United States for the second consecutive year.

Kellie Beal has been chosen by Landmark Christian School as their 2005/2006 representative to the 47th annual Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership Conference (HOBY).

The Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty organization’s offices will continue accepting donations for the annual U. S. Marine Corps Reserve “Toys for Tots” campaign through Monday, Dec. 19.

If you participate in a Health Savings Account, "Flex" plan or "Cafeteria" plan, you may be leaving money on the table come Dec. 31. That's because many of these plans which allow employees to set aside money from their salary to cover health care expenses require that funds be spent by Dec. 31.

The Georgia Public Service Commission has published the December natural gas marketer prices on the December 2005 pricing page on the Commission Web site, www.psc.state.ga.us, along with an “apples to apples” comparison of rates and a total bill comparison showing the differences among marketer rate plans.

Heating oil costs are expected to skyrocket this winter, but there’s an old-fashioned alternative that can offset those increases: firewood.

It is estimated more than 500,000 vehicles and an unknown number of boats suffered flood damage during the 2005 hurricane season.

Prosecutors don’t have any physical evidence that puts Eddie Robbins inside the north Fayette home where two of his friends’ bodies were found in May 2003.

Fayette County Department of Family and Children's Services has partnered with a community group to administer the holiday program for DFCS families. This groups is the Fayette Holiday Helpers.

Eddie Robbins of Jonesboro, on trial for killing two men in a north Fayette home in April 2003, watched his two sons take the stand as prosecution witnesses Wednesday afternoon.

December 31, 2005 11:45pm

The Father Time Invitational Road Race is the beginning of a new tradition that will take place in Fayette County, on December 31 every year.

Perhaps the most crucial piece of testimony in this week’s murder trial against William Edward “Eddie” Robbins will be called into question by defense attorneys, thanks to testimony expected from the former prosecutor who was involved in the case.

Citizens of Peachtree City:

First, I want to thank all of you who came to Christmas At the Fred, part of Peachtree City’s Hometown Holiday event on Saturday evening.

By the beginning of the year, a large Atlanta developer expects to reveal more development plans for the company’s first foray into Fayette County.

“I was very impressed with how polite everyone was last week.”

That was Fayette County School spokesman Melinda Berry-Dreisbach’s assessment of the boundary hearings last week at Booth Middle School.