The City of Peachtree City is accepting applications for vacancies on four volunteer boards. A total of five positions are open among the Airport Authority, Tourism Association, Recreation Commission and the Water and Sewage Authority. An alternate member is also chosen for each board.

Bill Luckie has resigned as head coach of Northgate in Newnan. He was 20-31 in five seasons.Northgate was 3-7 this year and lost a Region 5-AAAA play-in game to Mays 35-32 last week.Northgate opened in 1998 and reached the quarterfinals of Class AA in 2000 but has made the playoffs three times since, each time losing in the first round.

Comedian Katt Williams, fresh from an overnight stay in the Coweta County Jail, will not be charged in an unrelated incident involving a 17-year-old boy, a sheriff's deputy confirmed Tuesday.The youth called 911 last Tuesday night, claiming Williams was holding him against his will at the Newnan estate where Williams is staying while in town filming a movie.

Parents-to-be are invited to attend several classes offered by the Maternity Center at Piedmont Fayette Hospital.Among the offerings:Breastfeeding Basics -  The Maternity Center at Piedmont Fayette Hospital offers a three-hour group participating discussion on the benefits of breastfeeding and instructions.

The McDonough man accused of collecting over $2 million from more than 20 victims across three states has been sentenced for his “Ponzi” scheme.Attorney Steven H. Ballard, 53, was charged with one count of wire fraud in U.S. District Court in Atlanta.

Police are asking residents to be on the lookout after a woman was attacked while walking on a Peachtree City golf cart trail.The woman was walking on the path near Huddleston Pond around 1:45 p.m. Sunday when the attack occurred, Peachtree City Police Capt.

Marietta residents voted Tuesday to tax themselves and spend millions on parks.Voters approved a $25 million parks bond issue with 53 percent of the vote."I'm very, very pleased the people saw the need to invest in our city," said Marietta City Council member Holly Walquist.

There were plenty of fresh faces at the state volleyball tournament last weekend, with the champions of the two largest classifications -- Pope and Whitewater -- being first-time winners. Here are quick looks at each team's championship memories, along with an outlook for its title defense:Pope (Class AAAAA): The Greyhounds are the early favorites to repeat as champs next year, as they lose only one starter to graduation -- setter Hannah Farmer.

Peachtree City police are investigating what may have killed a man found dead Thursday. The man, whose identity has not yet been released, was found in a wooded area behind an Autozone store on Ga. Highway 74 near Holly Grove Road.No foul play is suspected, said police Capt.

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. The candidates were asked about leadership, land use and transportation and were given equal time to respond.

Newnan Cougars star college prospects serve as role models 
to the area’s youngest players.

Sandy Creek running back Raijon Neal snatched away any hope of an upset Friday when he streaked up the left sideline with less than eight minutes left to play against Starr’s Mill. His 67-yard touchdown run avenged an earlier lost fumble and sealed a 31-13 road win on the Panthers’ senior night in Fayetteville.

Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan was placed on 12 months' probation and fined $800 after pleading no contest Thursday morning to charges of misdemeanor possession of marijuana and expired tags.Horgan was sentenced as a first offender in a plea bargain.

The Fayette County Chamber of Commerce is offering a series of four workshops to teach local businesses how to take advantage of social media networking. The workshops will be held eachTuesday at the Chamber office from 8 to 10:30 a.m. starting Oct. 27 and ending Nov.

The alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m. For 34 years, Diane Vaughan has started the day before the sun comes up. She thinks of the children she transports to and from Fayette County schools each day, whispers a prayer and trudges on.Just how precious that cargo is and the huge responsibility she shares with thousands of other metro Atlanta drivers weigh heavily on her.

It was only the third play of the game, but it might have been the biggest.Lendell Arnold’s 79-yard pass to Alec Ogletree set up Newnan’s first touchdown one play later, giving the relentless CougarS defense more than enough cushion in a 20-0 victory over Westlake.

Three men suspected of smuggling 170 kilograms of cocaine into Peachtree City's airport have been indicted along with an accomplice from Roswell, officials said Friday.Donald Fontana, 68, Jorge Olivo,24, Adrian Perez, 23 and Rene Perez, 31, all of Texas, were charged with felony conspiracy to possess and sell the drugs flown from Texas to Falcon Field airport in Peachtree City.

Fayette County’s Rivers Alive program is asking for help to clean trash out of Morningside Creek in Fayettville on Saturday. Volunteers should meet at
9:45 a.m. at the Fayette County Administrative Complex parking lot at the intersection of Ga.

Early voting for this year’s municipal elections in Fayette County begins Wednesday and runs until Oct. 23.

Candidates for mayor and City Council in Peachtree City will appear at a forum sponsored by the Peachtree City Civic Association from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Wednesday at McIntosh High School.Twelve candidates are on the ballot for mayor and three of the city’s four council posts.

The first shipments of swine flu vaccine hit the ground in Georgia on Monday and some health care workers say they expect a rush of people.

Alex Chandler was introduced to the Libertarian Party through his father’s political activism.In 1998, Walker Lawrence Chandler ran unsuccessfully for state attorney general. The elder Chandler, a lawyer, said his son would have found his way to the Libertarian Party even without his father’s influence.

A three-member panel has ruled that Fayette County Commissioner Robert Horgan violated two sections of the county’s ethics ordinance as a result of his arrest on drug charges last May. The panel, consisting of county attorneys from outside Fayette, was convened after two private citizens filed a complaint with the county in June.

Steven Hunnicutt wanted to bring a little happiness to seniors at nursing homes.So for the past five or six years at facilities in Fayetteville and Union City, the deacon at New Hope Baptist Church would arrive bearing hugs, ministerial words — and gifts.

Teacher salaries are being cut across Georgia, but none more dramatically than in Fayette County, one of the state’s wealthiest counties with one of its finest public school systems.With the three unpaid furlough days ordered this summer and an across-the-board pay cut imposed last February, Fayette County teachers — who already were among the lowest-paid in metro Atlanta — face a 6.