Fayette County High School quarterback Justin Murray fires the ball out of bounds as he is hit by a Jonesboro defender in scrimmage action Friday. The Tigers lost the game 21-14 and open their season this Friday at Stockbridge at 7:30 p.m. For complete football coverage, look inside for our football preview section. Photo/John Munford.

Higher education classes in Fayette County are getting more and more crowded.

According to Dr. Kevin Demmitt, director of Clayton State-Fayette, the university’s less-than-a-year old instructional site has a total registered enrollment for all courses of 578 for the semester that opened Aug. 18.

The Peachtree City Council balked last Thursday at approving an easement to build a sewer line between the soccer and softball fields at the Jim Meade sports complex.

A Peachtree City manufacturing facility has received a national award for reducing its use of water, electricity and two other components of its manufacturing process.

TDK Components USA received the National Performance Track award from the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

The Fayetteville City Council Aug. 21 approved a new parade route that will give a boost to fund-raising efforts for Cleveland Elementary School’s Sept. 13 Curious Fun Run.

The Fayette County Commission is expected to set its final tax rate for residents Thursday night.

In previous years, the rate was set earlier, but the county had to wait on the school board this year. The Board of Education had to adjust its rate after getting more bad economic news from the state.

Fayette County School Superintendent John DeCotis last week was named one of four finalists statewide for the 2009 Georgia School Superintendent of the Year award.

Fayetteville Police were busy last weekend responding to numerous calls on a variety of issues. Two of those calls ended in arrests for carrying a concealed weapon, battery and cruelty to a child.

It is your 1-cent special local option sales tax at work. Construction is well underway for the widening of Jimmie Mayfield Boulevard in Fayetteville.

Fayette County should be drawing water from Lake McIntosh by 2011, despite having to seek a different way to fund part of the project.

Fayette County students will be starting school the second week in August for the next three years, the Board of Education decided Monday night.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty:

Tonight's scheduled meeting of the Peachtree City Planning Commission has been canceled.

The commission will meet Thursday at 2 p.m. to discuss one of the items that was on the agenda for this evening. The commission will consider approving new exterior colors for the first phase of the Kedron Village shopping center which includes a Kroger store.

National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch from 4 p.m. Monday through Tuesday evening for a large portion of north and west central Georgia that includes Fayette and Coweta counties.

The Boykin surname is one that has haunted the Starr’s Mill Panthers in the past.

Brandon Boykin, a former standout quarterback/cornerback at Fayette County who is now playing at Georgia, helped lead his team to a 28-14 victory over Starr’s Mill last season.

It was only a scrimmage, but the Sandy Creek Patriots looked impressive Friday, defeating the Salem Seminoles 14-7 at The Battlefield in Tyrone.

141 citations issued so far in 424 hours of path patrol

So far this year, Peachtree City police have logged 424 hours of patrol on the cart path system.

Some groups using Peachtree City facilities will have to pay more starting in January thanks to new fees that will be charged.

The Tyrone Town Council got a huge dose of reality Thursday night.

“We’re broke,”said Finance Director Mary Sturm.

3 concerts left give amphitheater chance to improve results

A plan to cut the number of concerts at Peachtree City's amphitheater in half was approved along with next year's budget for the city's tourism association Thursday night.

Panasonic has donated $13,000 to kick start fund-raising for a new K-9 program for the Peachtree City Police Department.

An estimated $40,000 is needed to start the program with two dogs, equipment and training, police said.

Will add to base of tower, not height, as Verizon upgrades equipment

Verizon Wireless will be allowed to update the equipment on a cell phone tower off Senoia Road thanks to a variance approved Thursday by the Peachtree City Council.

The Peachtree City Planning Commission will get its first look Monday night at a plan to build an AutoZone at Wilshire Village on Ga. Highway 74 South.

Tyrone Planning Commission several months ago began the arduous task of going through the town’s previously approved Comprehensive Plan page by page to determine what changes might be needed. Those efforts continued at the Aug. 14 work session. Making their way through little more than a dozen pages of the voluminous document, commissioners’ only differences of opinion came on topics such as density and sewer.

This image shows the same suspect entering the store and approaching the counter during the robbery. Photo courtesy Fayette County Sheriff's Office.

Eatonton resident Jason Pollard, 29, who allegedly robbed the BP gas station on Ga. Highway 138 north Thursday morning is now in jail after being arrested at 11 p.m. Thursday, according to Fayette Sheriff's spokesperson Belinda McCastle. Pollard was a former resident of Fayette County, McCastle said.

Click here for the BP robbery video that helped lead to the Pollard's apprehension

Det. Josh Shelton credits the video being broadcast on Fox5 Atlanta for helping generate multiple tips on the Pollard's identity. The video led to multiple anonymous tips on the Pollard's identity, he said.