Fayette County News

Attention, National Board Certified teachers in Georgia who got hosed by the state in the last legislative session: I think I have found the guy in the white hat who plans to ride to the rescue.

Encore Fayette, in partnership with Clayton State Universitya s Continuing Education Program, will provide a Senior Leadership Program for retirees over 50 in January.

Legal 475 Notice to Debtors and Creditors All creditors of the Estate of Beth O. Boyd, deceased, late of Pike County, are hereby notified to render their demands to the undersigned according to law, and all persons indebted to said Estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned.

Peachtree City mayoral candidate Cyndi Plunkett picked up a couple of key endorsements Monday, as the Fayette County Republican Party and former County Commissioner Peter Pfeifer officially came out in support of her campaign.

The Fayette County Sheriffa s Department has made an arrest in a child molestation case.

Despite an impassioned plea by Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority Chairman Wade Williams, the Peachtree City Planning Commission voted unanimously Monday to deny an 18 acre annexation request along the citya s southern border that could have potentially delivered sewer service to a planned shopping center just beyond the current city limits.

Jane Hannon says she just loves to teach. She spent 20 years in the classroom, teaching students from third to eighth grade, and for the past six years, shea s been teaching teachers--and, sometimes, parents--how to teach.

A dispute over a car repossession turned deadly overnight in south Fulton County when two "repo men" were shot.

Of the annual patriotic American holidays, Veterans Day is perhaps the most somber and low key.

Fayette County voters overwhelmingly rejected a special local option sales tax renewal Tuesday, which would have raised an estimated $136 million for transportation projects and the acquisition of the countya s justice center.

Peachtree City mayoral hopefuls Scott Rowland and Cyndi Plunkett have raised and spent significantly more money on their campaigns than their fellow Peachtree City municipal office candidates.

Coweta County soon will be cutting the tall grass in the median of Ga. Hwy. 34 East between Thomas Crossroads and the Fayette County line, and it may elect to cut the grass in the future.

On Tuesday morning, residents across the country will be waking up with a little something extra to do.

Fayetteville city council Post 4 candidate Mickey Edwards has filed ammendments to his two 2009 state-mandated Campaign Contribution Disclosure Reports.

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.

Small is size, but meeting growing consumer demand. Of the more than 170,000 acres of Georgia farmland devoted to growing vegetables, only 3,000 acres are dedicated to growing organic produce.

The alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m. Vino Wong, vwong@ajc.com Diane Vaughan, 65, has been a school bus driver for 34 years and we spend the morning with her two runs picking up elementary and junior high students in Peachtree City.

She was born in College Park, GA, to Tasso and Rodie Culver.A She made Fayetteville her home in 1940 when she married her late husband of 53 years, Herschel L. Banks.A Mrs.

The Georgia Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction and sentencing of former school teacher and state legislative candidate Craig Steven Bowen on four counts of child molestation.

My son-in-law, Dr. Ted Wansley, teaches at Whitewater High School in Fayette County and coaches the school's cross-country teams.