Federal judge orders district voting in Fayette

Fayette County is about to get district voting for all five seats on both the Fayette County Commission and the Fayette County Board of Education.

County Commission Chairman Steve Brown, while expressing his astonishment that the federal judge brushed past a significant legal hurdle to find for the plaintiffs, said Tuesday afternoon that an appeal is not certain. Read More»

Rivers Elementary School sold to Pinewood Studios group

It has been a long time coming, but the Rivers Elementary School property on Sandy Creek Road across from the future Pinewood Atlanta Studios property has been sold to River’s Rock II, LLC for $5.17 million — about half the cost of the original land and building. Read More»

More than 1,600 will graduate Friday in Fayette Perfect end to perfect season New PTC plant to employ 42 to make livestock feed additive Lightning damages steeple at F’ville 1st Baptist PTC listed among safest cities in the nation
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News

Two Fayette men charged with arson

Two Fayette County men have been charged with arson in relation to a May 20 house fire on Lester Road.

Arrested May 23 on first-degree arson charges were Gerald Stout Bryan, 76, and David Gerald Samuel Bryan, 25, said Fayette County Sheriff Barry Babb. The men were arrested following an investigation conducted by the Fayette Fire Marshall’s Office and the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office.

Though both men are resided at the home, neither was present when the initial call was made to Fayette County 911, Babb said. Read More»

Breaking ground at the site of Calpis America’s new U.S. headquarters and manufacturing operation in Peachtree City are (L-R) Stephen Hogan, Peachtree City WASA; Nancy Price, Peachtree City Convention and Visitors Bureau; Vanessa Fleisch, Peachtree City Council; Masato Yoshida, CEO/President Calpis America; Don Haddix, mayor; Kim Learnard, Peachtree City Council; Jim Pennington, city manager; David Rast, P&Z. Photo/Special.
The 2013 Fayette County valedictorians and salutatorians include: (front row L-R) Whitewater Salutatorian Amy Melton and Whitewater Valedictorian Haley Brown; (middle row L-R) FCHS Salutatorian Tanaz Meghjani, FCHS Valedictorian Danish Dhanani, McIntosh Valedictorian Hannah Mason and McIntosh Salutatorian Tori Kinamon; and (third row L-R) SMHS Salutatorian Christopher Pham, SMHS Valedictorian Shane Mudrinich, SCHS Salutatorian Tyler Hall and SCHS Valedictorian Daniel Schoon. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Government

Commission to get first crack at budget Thursday

Thursday at 5 p.m., the Fayette County Commission will conduct its first workshop meeting on the 2013-2014 budget proposed by County Manager Steve Rapson.

The meeting will be at the county’s Stonewall government complex in downtown Fayetteville.

No property tax increase is planned and the budget is projected to add $728,964 to the county’s reserve fund by the end of the year, providing $33.48 million in reserve and rainy day funds. Read More»

Duane Lawson, Michael Dixon and Sherry Harris. Photo/Special.
Coweta County Administrator Theron Gay was recently awarded the 2013 Jerry R. Griffin Excellence in Public Service Award by the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia. Pictured, from left, are ACCG Executive Director Ross King, Theron Gay and Walton County Commission Chairman and ACCG 1st Vice President Kevin Little. Photo/Special.

Opinion

The editor responds to BoE member Presberg’s letter

Cal Beverly's picture

This response is directed not to his wife and children but to Mr. Presberg, who holds (appointed) public office and should know better than to expose his “progressive” worldview for Fayette voters to examine.

Mr. Presberg essentially makes three points:

1. How dare any student report such negative information about Sandy Creek High School to a parent?

2. How dare the parent write a letter based on that information to a newspaper?

3. And — most egregiously, in Mr. Presberg’s opinion — how dare this newspaper print such a letter? Read More»

Editorial cartoon for Jan. 30, 2013
Editorial cartoon by Glenn McCoy.

Lifestyle

Peachtree City Memorial Day ceremony is Monday

Peachtree City’s annual Memorial Day ceremony is Monday at 9 a.m. at City Hall Plaza. Join our local American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars for a patriotic ceremony commemorating those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms. The special guest speaker will be Major General George B. Harrison, Retired

President of The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation J. Mark Davis, PAGE Foundation Chair and VALIC Southeast Region Vice President Allen Thomas, 2013 Runner-up State PAGE STAR Student Shane Michael Mudrinich, 2013 Runner-up State PAGE STAR Teacher Nancy Close, PAGE Executive Director Dr. Allene Magill and PAGE President Dr. Tim Mullen are pictured following the awards presentation.
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