Tyrone News

U.S. Army Lt. Dan Berschinski, 25, a lifelong resident of Hapeville and Peachtree City, was severely wounded in an IED explosion in Afghanistan, in August.

November 8 The Peachtree City 50K and 25K Road Races will begin at 7:30 a.m. at Luther Glass Park.

The campaigning is over and the voting has begun as Fayette voters visit the polls today to decide the fate of a countywide SPLOST, Sunday drink sales in Tyrone as well as races in three of the countya s municipalities.

Fayette voters rejected the SPLOST renewal referendum by a three to one margin in the Nov.

Why are you running for office? Quality of life, responsive government, strong public safety and managed growth first prompted me to run for elected office.

On Tuesday, Nov. 3, local residents will have the ability to vote in municipal elections in Fayetteville, Peachtree City or Tyrone, a Fayette County-wide SPLOST renewal referendum, and in Tyrone, Sunday liquor sales.

Candidates for mayoral and City Council offices in Fayetteville, Peachtree City and Tyrone appear in a question-and-answer video forum available online and on local cable television.

Pamela Megill has been hired as Tyronea s new town clerk. Outside, the rain poured down on Tyrone Town Hall Thursday night.

The Peachtree City Planning Commission rejected an unusual reaffirmation request concerning the 2007 annexation and rezoning of two large tracts in the Wilksmoor Village.

Dona t want to wait in a long line on election day? Maybe youa re one of those poor souls who would have to visit two polling places in order to cast your vote in both the city council race and the county SPLOSTa Sreferendum on Nov.

Early voting for this year's municipal elections in Fayette County begins Wednesday and runs until Oct.

A crowd numbering well into the hundreds gathered at Peachtree Citya s Airport Saturday morning to officially dedicate the new Falcon Field Veterans Memorial.

Within the next month, voters who need to visit two precincts on Nov. 3 will receive postcard reminders from the Fayette County Elections Office informing them of where they need to go.

The procession bearing the remains of Sgt. 1st Class Shawn P. McCloskey will leave Falcon Field in Peachtree City headed to a Fayetteville Funeral home today about 11 a.m. Information on the Web site of Carl J. Mowell and Son Funeral Home indicated the procession would travel along Georgia Highway 74 and then Georgia Highway 54 to Fayetteville, ...

Lakeside High School students used some of their class time this week to watch Luke Skywalker and Han Solo rescue Princess Leia from the Death Star.

A 42-year-old Marietta man was arrested Wednesday on a federal child exploitation charge.

Political hopefuls from across the county began qualifying for 2009 municipal races early this week, with 14 candidates officially tossing their hats into the ring by late Monday afternoon.

The Fayette County Commission voiced its opinion on the future use of the north 74 Highway corridor Thursday night, but not without dissent from one of its members.

The Highway Patrol has identified two people who died in a fiery wrongway wreck on U.S. 74 late Tuesday between Monroe and Charlotte.

Citing Atlanta as one of the most notorious cities in the country for the commercial sexual exploitation of children, the Ethics and Public Affairs Ministry of the Georgia Baptist Convention and TeenPact are teaming up for a briefing on the topic.