Tyrone Police Officer Doug Morris was the hero du jour Wednesday after single-handedly putting out a fire at a local business before any other emergency help arrived. According to Police Chief Brandon Perkins, emergency personnel were notified around 5 p.m. Wednesday that an electrical fire had broken out in the back room of Majestic Nails,…
Qualifying for mayor and two city council seats in Fayetteville ended at 4:30 this afternoon, and the final results are that incumbent Mayor Greg Clifton will be challenged this fall by Mayor Pro-Tem Ed Johnson, newcomer Harland Shirley will run unopposed for Johnson’s vacated Post 1 city council seat, and newcomer Kathaleen Brewer will challenge…
Fayetteville City Councilman and Mayor Pro-Tem Ed Johnson has qualified to run for mayor against incumbent Greg Clifton. According to Fayetteville City Clerk Anne Barksdale, Clifton officially qualified earlier today to run for reelection. Local artist Kathaleen Brewer, daughter of former Fayetteville City Councilman Glen Brewer, also qualified to run in the mayoral race, having…
Municipal qualifying week in Fayette got off to a slow start, as only three candidates signed up to run as of late Monday afternoon, though there are a total of 13 seats up for grabs this November across the county. Tyrone Town Hall reported that only incumbent Councilwoman Linda Howard officially qualified to run for…
Qualifying begins Tuesday morning and runs through Thursday afternoon for people interested in serving as Fayetteville mayor or council member of posts 2 and 3. Incumbent Mayor Greg Clifton and councilmen Edward Johnson and Mickey Edwards have all said they intend to seek reelection to their current seats. There have been no public announcements of…
As the September 15 special election draws nearer, the race is starting to take shape. The three candidates to fill the Post 5 seat on the Board of Commissioners met with the public Tuesday night at a forum. Angela Bean, Peyton Riley, and Charles Rousseau spoke on a variety of questions posed by moderators and…
Fayette County News has confirmed that Fayette County Commission Vice-Chair Pota Coston died today as a result of a months long battle with breast cancer. Coston has the distinction of having been the first black candidate to serve on the Fayette County Board of Commissioners when she was sworn in this January. Coston has been…
“The biggest thing she would want all of you to do is continue to love thy neighbor. Continue to be there for one another, because that’s what my mom did on a continual basis.” –Bernie Coston By Josh Akeman There was a remarkable outpouring of love during Thursday night’s prayer vigil for County Commissioner…
By Amy Scott Tyrone experienced a powerful microburst weather event Wednesday near the south end of Senoia Road resulting in trees falling on many homes, vehicles and power lines. The bulk of the damage seems to have occurred in the Whispering Pines mobile home community, which had several homes completely taken out by fallen trees….
A new study on upward economic mobility reported in the New York Times indicated that growing up in Fayette County is a relatively good proposition for the future income of children in lower income families. The study by Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren examined the relationship between the county in which children were raised and…
