Tyrone

Sandy Creek’s SkillsUSA team members going to state conference

Winning students proudly display their medals from the SkillsUSA regional conference. Photo/Special.

When Sandy Creek High’s SkillsUSA team competes, they go all out. Not only did all 18 contestants medal in their events at the SkillsUSA Region Competition, but they also had the most team members competing from their geographic area that stretches from Rockdale County in the north to Crisp County in the south.

Sandy Creek’s team took home first, second and third place medals from 12 competitive events. All first and second place winners will advance to the state competition in March. Read More»

Wayne Edward Vise, Sr., of Sharpsburg

Wayne Edward Vise, Sr.

Wayne Edward Vise, Sr. (Papa) of Sharpsburg passed away Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.

Mr. Vise served as deacon at his previous church, Greentree and was currently attending Dogwood Church in Tyrone. Read More»

F’ville man charged with Tyrone child molestation

A 19-year-old Fayetteville man has been charged with child molestation stemming from an early December incident involving a 4-year-old girl for whom he was babysitting for a Tyrone family.

Harrell T. Moore, of South Jeff Davis Drive, was arrested Feb. 6 on charges of child molestation, according to Tyrone Police Detective Philip Nelson. Read More»

Tyrone Police arrest reports for January 2012

The following arrests were made by Tyrone Police during January. Those arrested are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Jennifer Clark Baker, 45, of Line Creek Circle, Sharpsburg, for DUI alcohol, failure to maintain lane and open container.

Hema Bhagavan, 41, of Farr Lake Drive, Tyrone, for simple battery.

Bakari Rashi Dennard, 34, of Piney Fork Lane, College Park, for driving while license suspended or revoked (felony) and less than an ounce of marijuana. Read More»

Tyrone candidates raised $34K for local elections

Required campaign disclosure reports filed with the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission for the 2011 Tyrone municipal elections show that the races for mayor and two council seats generated a total of more than $34,000 in contributions. Read More»

Presberg responds to editor’s opinion

[Editor’s note: Chairman Leonard Presberg was invited last week to respond unedited to a Cal Beverly opinion column about his vote and his election as chairman. The following is his email response.]

If any citizen in our county has any questions or concerns about our school system or decisions coming before the board, I would be pleased to discuss.

Please contact me at presberg.leonard@mail.fcboe.org.

Leonard Presberg, Chairman

Fayette County Board of Education

Tyrone, Ga.

New ‘Jane Eyre’ Jan. 27 at Tyrone's Legacy Theatre

New ‘Jane Eyre’ Jan. 27 at Tyrone's Legacy Theatre

“Jane Eyre,” Charlotte Bronte’s haunting love story first published in 1847, tells the story of a young governess thrown into a world of mystery, deceit, and adventure.  The popular gothic romance has inspired countless BBC adaptions, television mini-series, and Hollywood films (most recently in 2010 with Alice in Wonderland’s Mia Wasikowska as Jane and X-Men:  First Class’s Michael Fassbender as Rochester).  The book has also inspired numerous stage adaptions.  One of the most memorable adaption being the lush and technically impressive Paul Gordon/John Caird musical that opened on Broadway i Read More»

State probing Tyrone church’s ‘no’ sign on election day

Flap resulted in Tyrone officials re-locating polls to library for future elections

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office is investigating a complaint about a political sign that greeted Tyrone voters in November’s municipal election. Read More»

Quick fix for I-85/Hwy. 74 interchange?

There are two different plans for improving the often-clogged Atlanta commute for residents of western Fayette County.

One costs more and will take longer ... but will provide more capacity.

And while the other has less capacity for the future, it can be done much quicker and cheaper ... and is actually planned for potential construction in 2018 by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Which one will become reality? That comes down to the results of the regional transportation sales tax vote this summer. Read More»

In 3-2 vote, Tyrone Mayor Dial to replace Steele on ARC

Tyrone Mayor Eric Dial. File photo from November 2011.

The defeat of former Fayetteville Mayor Ken Steele in November’s election insured that Fayette County’s cities would have a new representative sitting on the board of the Atlanta Regional Commission.

And with a split 3-2 vote Monday from Fayette’s five mayors, new Tyrone Mayor Eric Dial was elected to the position over Peachtree City Mayor Don Haddix.

Voting for Dial were Brooks Mayor Dan Langford Jr., Gary Laggis of Woolsey and Dial himself. Voting for Haddix were new Fayetteville mayor Greg Clifton and Haddix himself.
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