Fayetteville

F’ville to put more cops at Pavilion

Interim Chief Scott Pitts. Photo/Ben Nelms.

In the wake of several brazen daylight armed robberies and carjackings at the county’s largest shopping center, interim Fayetteville Police Chief Scott Pitts in a May 2 report to the Fayetteville City Council announced his plans to beef up the police presence at the Fayette Pavilion.

Those plans include increased security patrols and the possibility of installing license plate readers and cameras on Pavilion Parkway. Read More»

5 comments

Deputies nab 2 armed robbers

Fayette County deputies on May 3 arrested two armed robbers who minutes earlier held night-shift employees of the Burger King restaurant on North Glynn Street in Fayetteville at gunpoint while they robbed the store. A description of their vehicle provided by a witness led to their capture on Ga. Highway 85 North. Read More»

2 comments

Hood Ave. school renamed in merger

The Fayette County Board of Education last month voted unanimously to rename Hood Avenue Primary School to reflect the school’s merger with Fayetteville Intermediate School (FIS) next school year.

The combined school will be known as Fayetteville Elementary School and will be housed in the building on the west side of the campus. The building closest to Tiger Trail will be closed.

Interim Superintendent Dan Colwell said the name Hood Avenue Primary is no longer appropriate since the school will function as a K-5 school beginning in August. Read More»

Nancy Bishop, 81, of Fayetteville

Nancy Bishop, 81, of Fayetteville, Ga., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 30, 2013.

Nancy was a native Georgian born in Cook County on December 28, 1931. She was for a number of years the proprietor of a local restaurant.

She was predeceased by her husband George W. Bishop. Read More»

Helen R. Meister, age 89

Helen was born on August 25, 1923, in Atlanta, Ga. and passed peacefully on Saturday, May 3, 2013.

She had been a resident of Baptist Manor in Palmetto, Ga. until she was recently moved to hospice care in Fayette County.

She retired from Norfolk Southern Railroad as a rate officer in Marketing & Research located in Washington, D.C. in 1979 after 36 years of service.

She was predeceased by her father, Grover Meister and mother, Agnes Tillman; nephews, Buddy Williams, Jimmy Bowen and Sandy Bennett. Read More»

Fayetteville police closing in on Kohl's attacker

Fayetteville police now have video footage of a man who attacked a Fayetteville woman Saturday morning in the parking lot of the Kohl's Department Store at the Fayette Pavilion just after 10 a.m.

The video depicts the assailant using the victim's credit cards to purchase gas at several service stations in Clayton County, police said.

Police also are saying they believe the attacker may have had a getaway vehicle waiting in the parking lot of Dick's Sporting Goods, and that he may have tried to rob someone there a few minutes before he walked to Kohl's and committed the attack. Read More»

4 comments

A 36-year tradition continues this weekend with a special choral performance

“Everything Music 2013: New York, New York,” marks the 36th year of a Fayette County tradition. The Fayette County Select Chorus show will incorporate singing, dancing, costumes, and sets to tell the story of a young person fulfilling a lifelong dream to hit it big on Broadway. An energetic show with an eclectic array of music, there will be something for everyone. You will hear new popular songs such as “Home” by Georgia native Phillip Phillips, “Already Gone” by Sugarland, and “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye. Many show tunes from various Broadway musicals will also be featured. Read More»

2 comments

Riley enjoys her special day with friends

Riley Peek gets a friendly visit from two puppies during Saturday’s annual Race for Riley in the Serenbe community in Chattahoochee Hills. With more than 1,300 runners, cyclists and supporters attending, the April 27 event raised $43,000 for the Joseph Sams School in Fayetteville. The awards this year were made by students from the school. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Pinewood Studios arrives in Fayette with hopes for 3,400 jobs

Land clearing and construction is underway April 30 at entrance. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Fayette County may soon be crowned as the TV and movie-making capital of Georgia, now that London’s Pinewood Studios has officially announced that its “full service film and entertainment studio complex” is under construction in rural Fayette County, directly across from Rivers Elementary School on Sandy Creek Road.
Read More»

Kateleen, 11, tells F'ville mayor how she'd run things

Fayetteville Mayor Greg Clifton congratulates sixth-grader Kateleen Kyle. Photo/Special.

Fayette Middle School sixth-grader Kateleen Kyle took the honors after winning the city’s annual “If I were mayor I would ...” essay contest. Kateleen’s family was on hand as her winning entry was announced at the April 18 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council.

In her essay, 11-year-old Kateleen described her aspiration to provide more parks for recreation, to help secure more jobs to benefit families and to promote law enforcement with the aim of helping make the city a safer place to live.

But perhaps it’s best to hear directly from Kateleen. Read More»

Traffic Alerts

Local Conditions