The Fayette County Commission is expected to vote Thursday on the latest proposed alignment for the second phase of the controversial West Fayetteville Bypass.

Hundreds of local residents turned out Monday to remember those who paid the ultimate price of their lives to secure freedom for our country.

There will soon another option for college students living in Fayette County. Brenau University announced last week that it will open its Fairburn campus this summer. To be called South Atlanta/Fairburn, the new Brenau campus will open in the 2009-10 academic year on Aug. 28. Brenau will join Georgia Military College (GMC) at the Fairburn campus. GMC opened the new site in 2008, and approximately 25 percent of GMC’s students live in Fayette County.

It is expected to be a great show for a great cause. The Building Dreams ’09 Entertainment & Variety Show fund-raiser to benefit the projects of Square Foot Ministry will be held June 6 at Sams Auditorium in Fayetteville.

A Fayetteville woman was arrested Friday after she struck two vehicles and subsequently fled from police officers after 1 p.m., police said.

Tragedy struck and family and friends of 28-year-old James “Jay” Chapman May 22 when the South Cobb High School teacher and former Fayette County High School student was killed in a head-on collision on I-59 near Slidell, La. Chapman was to be married this summer.

Heart attack victim saved; new protocols speed process

Piedmont Healthcare representatives recently thanked the professionals of the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services for their commitment to excellence and congratulated them on the record-breaking response time that saved the life of Ramzan Batliwala of Fayetteville. Batliwala and his family joined in the congratulations and extended their thanks to all those who were involved.

November 7 will be the date for the American Cancer Society’s 7th Cattle Barons Ball. This year the total money raised to support research, prevention, and treatment will top one million dollars. Fayette County businesses and citizens have been very generous in their support for this boot stompin gala every year.

Starr’s Mill head baseball coach Brent Moseley knew he had a resilient team. Their come from behind 6-5 win over the Loganville Red Devils in the first game in the AAAA state semifinals just served as further proof.

Anika Fredericks, 5, of Fayetteville waved a flag during Peachtree City's Memorial Day ceremony this morning.

Fayette County and Fayetteville firefighters will be conducting a boot drive to raise money for the south metro chapter of the American Red Cross Saturday night during a free concert at The Villages Amphitheater in Fayetteville.

A woman tried to swim away from police early this afternoon as they tried to arrest her for a hit and run case in Fayetteville.

Fayette County and Fayetteville firefighters will be conducting a boot drive to raise money for the south metro chapter of the American Red Cross Saturday night during a free concert at The Villages Amphitheater in Fayetteville.

Sheriff’s deputies have a man who ran on foot from a sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop this morning and then hid in a house in the Timberlake subdivision, police said.

Not so ‘cool’ to hang out around movie theater with heat from cops, curfew

Fayetteville Police seem to have solved the problem of youths “hanging around” outside the Tinseltown movie theater at the Fayette Pavilion.

A possible outsourcing of Peachtree City’s Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center will be discussed Thursday night by the City Council.

The Fayette County Commission Thursday night postponed a vote about the staff-proposed alignment for the second phase of the West Fayetteville Bypass.

Fayette County students taking the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) topped the state average again this year and bested their own scores in English and science over last year.

The Fayette County Board of Education Monday decided to go the public route to refinance the 1999 bond for which the system owes $24.9 million.

Budget time is fast approaching for the Fayette County School System. With budget issues soon to be hammered out, Comptroller Laura Brock on May 18 provided an initial budget summary that showed a decrease of approximately $10 million from the current $195 million budget.

Fayette County resident and former Fulton County Police veteran Gerald Copeland has another charge leveled against him involving the assault of a prostitute.

The moral of the story is to make sure not to leave anything of value in plain sight in a parked vehicle. The windows in five vehicles were broken out over the weekend in Fayetteville, allowing thieves to help themselves to the contents.

The Fayette County Commission Thursday night decided to hold off on a vote about the staff-proposed alignment for the second phase of the West Fayetteville Bypass.

UPDATE 3:30 p.m.

All four lanes of Ga. Highway 54 near Ebenezer Road and Brittany Way are open as of 3:30 p.m, officials reported. The road had been closed for over four hours Friday, May 15 while emergency crews worked on repairing a major gas line break in the area.

Carrollton physician Dr. Phil Astin III was sentenced in Newnan May 12 by U.S. District Judge Jack T. Kemp to serve 10 years in federal prison for his January conviction on 175 counts of illegally dispensing prescription drugs from 2002 until his arrest in 2007. Astin was the personal physician for wrestler and Fayette County resident Chris Benoit.

Pastors and local officials join hands to pray for our nation and its leaders during the prayer breakfast last week at Grace Evangelical Church in Fayetteville. Photo/Ben Nelms.

February figures suggest local tax collections likely to remain in slump, mirroring state’s 21% April decrease

This weekend, J.C. Booth Middle School’s Science Olympiad team will be seeking its 10th national title in competition at Augusta State University.

A former maintenance worker for New Hope Baptist Church was arrested this weekend on four counts of child molestation for incidents that occurred on the church’s campus on New Hope Road, police said.

Three local families stand to lose their homes should the latest alignment of the West Fayetteville Bypass second phase be approved by the Fayette County Commission Thursday night.