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It's still dangerous on the roads ... even at 2 p.m.

Peachtree City Police reported a crash on Peachtree Parkway near Windgate Road that resulted in the parkway being closed in both directions as the driver was entrapped.

Just another reminder that caution is strongly advised if you HAVE to go anywhere. While ice on many roads has melted, there are still some slick spots out there, particularly on shady stretches of road.

How to get a job at Pinewood Atlanta Studios

How to get a job at Pinewood Atlanta Studios

There have been a few questions about the staffing agency tagged on the city of Fayetteville’s website as the contact point for employment opportunities at Pinewood Atlanta Studios being located in Newnan.

Keeping with the “Fayette-centric” approach promoted by Pinewood, the Future Staff agency is the first onsite tenant at the Pinewood Production Centre. Read More»

Fayette school closed Friday for students, 11 a.m. start for staff

Photo of Fayette County's historic former courthouse in the snow Tuesday night courtesy of James Breest Photography, Fayetteville.

Major roads OK, but side streets remain icy in shady patches

UPDATED 4:50 p.m. Jan. 30 — The Fayette County School System will remain closed Friday, Jan. 31 “due to concerns about the icy conditions of secondary roadways,” according to system spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach.

But officials expect all schools will be operating normally Monday. Read More»

‘Vision’ assessment outlines Fayette’s future challenges

‘Vision’ assessment outlines Fayette’s future challenges

Solutions sought to attract young families; Fayette 2nd lowest birth rate in Ga.

A new stem to stern data-driven assessment of Fayette County is focusing on the county’s strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for both residents and local businesses to help pave the way to success for all.

The 50-page “competitive assessment” document, available at www.fayettevision.org/project_downloads, blends the results of a citizen survey along with interviews of local residents and factual data ranging from demographics to crime statistics and more. Read More»

Fayette home sales improve in 2013

Fayette home sales improve in 2013

The long-lasting effects of the recession and the toll it took on home sales and home prices in Fayette County seem to have abated. Average home sale prices in 2012 inched up after several years of decline. Home sales in 2013 continued the upward trend, resulting in an increase in the number of homes sold and in an increase in the average sale price to more than $254,000.

The number of homes sold in 2013 and the average sale price throughout Fayette may have signaled a return, but those numbers are still far from what was experienced in Fayette prior to the recession. Read More»

Winter visits Fayetteville’s Waterfall

Winter visits Fayetteville’s Waterfall

A visit by this winter’s frigid temperatures Jan. 24 left the water in the Waterfall retail development at Grady Avenue and Ga. Highway 54 frozen in place. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Jimenez murder verdict upheld by Ga. Supreme Court

The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of a Fayette man who stabbed his wife to death in front of the couple’s three young sons Jan. 20, 2012 outside their north Fayette home.

Attorneys for Jesus Ojeda Jimenez filed the appeal, contending that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to support the jury’s guilty verdict. Jimenez also argued that a judge should have granted his request for a new trial, but the Supreme Court noted in its opinion that a judge reviewed the trial transcript and determined the new trial motion had no merit. Read More»

F’ville man, 21, charged with rape, sodomy of Riverdale woman, 19

A Fayetteville man has been charged with rape and aggravated sodomy in a Jan. 20 incident involving a 19-year-old Riverdale woman.

Herminio Gutierrez, 21, of Booker Avenue, was charged with rape, aggravated sodomy, making terroristic threats and acts and misdemeanor battery, according to Fayetteville Det. Mike Whitlow.

Whitlow said the incident occurred in the early morning hours of Jan. 20 after Gutierrez and the woman returned from a date in Atlanta and went to his residence.

“He became sexually aggressive and she rebuffed him,” Whitlow said. Read More»

ID thieves stole customer info, counterfeited personal checks

A Fairburn woman and a Jonesboro man have been charged on multiple counts of financial identity theft involving Fayette County victims.

Catraya Vogt, 29, of Fairburn, was charged with 15 counts of identity theft. Her accomplice, 28-year-old Douglas Allen, of Jonesboro, was also charged with 15 counts of identity theft, according to Sheriff Barry Babb.

Babb said between November 2012 and January 2014, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office investigated over 30 identity theft transactions with a similar modus operandi. Read More»

Chase ends in arrest of Molena man, 24

A Molena man was arrested Jan. 27 after a car chase in north Fayette and Fulton counties.

Twenty-four-year-old Thomas Moore was charged with DUI and driving on a suspended license, according to Sheriff Barry Babb.

Babb said deputies in the early morning hours of Jan. 27 conducted a traffic stop near the Fayette County and Fulton County border. Read More»