Fayette County News

With Peachtree City nearing build-out, Tom Hamall of the development authority has turned his attention inward to focus on the citya s existing commercial centers as part of what he calls a a oebusiness stimulus program.a Beginning with the Braelinn shopping hub, Hamall and the development authority are forming village business associations with ...

Happy 50th Birthday, again, Peachtree City. Although the citya s 50th anniversary date was in March, the citya s Fourth of July celebrations will have a birthday flair.

Therea s a big, giant lump in my throat as I struggle here to pen my last piece for the Fayette Daily News and Today in Peachtree City.

Fayette Newspapers, Inc., publishers of the Fayette County News, Today In Peachtree City, and The East Coweta Journal is pleased to announce that Matt Guthrie has been named publisher.

Anyone who came to hear Gov. Sonny Perdue talk politics Thursday was in for a surprise.

This is last call... Since coming to the Fayette County News 14 years ago, I have strived for one thing -- to put out a newspaper that this community could be proud of -- a newspaper that would inform, entertain and and interpret the news.

While filming for "Drop Dead Diva" continues around the Atlanta metro area, Lifetime Television crews will not be filming scenes this week near downtown Newnan as originally planned.

Since the extension of TDK Boulevard won't be happening any time soon, Coweta County is taking the money set aside for the project and using it for other projects.

The South Metro district of the American Red Cross thanked its supporters with a luncheon last week.

In two separate decisions handed down this week, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled a gay father does not have to shield his children from his gay friends and reversed a ruling that sentenced a female teacher to 10 years in prison for having an affair with a female 16-year-old former student.

Major League clubs selected five local baseball players in this week's First Year Player Draft.

Clayton State University honored the Fayette County Board of Commissioners and the County Development Authority June 11 in recognition of a oelong-standing generosity and support of higher education.a School officials noted that the Development Authority helped to bring the satellite campus to Peachtree City and the county commission provided ...

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday tossed out a trial judge's order that banned children in a divorce case from having any contact with their father's gay and lesbian friends and partners, and added strong language calling the restriction an abuse of the judge's discretion.

A 10-year-old Fayetteville boy was in intensive care Saturday night after his 12-year-old brother accidentally shot him in the head.

Georgia offered $13 million in taxpayer-funded grants as part of its successful bid to lure the world's leading provider of ATMs from Ohio, The Associated Press has learned.

The Honorable Christopher C. Edwards, Griffin Circuit Superior Court Judge, has been nominated for the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Burrell Sims is 87, so he doesn't travel so easily. No matter. He came here for John Kelly.

They dona t look like much from the ground and the untrained eye likely hasna t noticed the several new pieces of hardware mounted on a pre-existing tower located off of Fayettevillea s Ellis Road.

The Board of Commissioners has been notified that Fayette County is the recipient of a grant from the Georgia Department of Transportation in the amount of $491,074 from the Safe Routes to School Program.

June 3 is National Running Day which, according to the website maintained by several organizations including Running USA, is the day to "come together as a nation to take strides toward leading healthier, fitter lives". One Georgia man is celebrating the day by running to work.