A Senoia family will try to prove they have the right stuff as they try to take down a family from Michigan on the “Family Feud” television game show that will be aired April 22.

The Pope family from Senoia will face off against the Parker Family from Lansing, Mich., in front of a live studio audience in Atlanta with the chance to win up to $100,000 and a brand new car, along with some serious bragging rights, said Family Feud spokesperson Megan Barker. The show airs Monday, April 22 at 7 p.m. on WUPA (The CW 69). Read More»

Fayette County State Court Solicitor Jamie Inagawa is being asked to determine whether former county attorney Scott Bennett violated Georgia open records laws by having all the data wiped off his office and laptop computers, both of which are owned by the county, just as he was ending his employment contract with the county late last year.

Violations of the state’s open records laws are classified as misdemeanors, which is why the matter is being sent to Inagawa, who handles misdemeanor cases in Fayette County State Court. Read More»

Last week, several Fayette County commissioners made it clear they are not moving forward with the proposed East Fayetteville Bypass.

Those voices against the project were missing the week before, when county staff made a presentation on the project during the county’s retreat April 5. The presentation noted that the project would exhaust the remaining $28 million in funds left from the county’s transportation sales tax and require another $5.8 million to complete. Read More»

On April 4, Attorney General Sam Olens spoke to the Fayette County Bar Association about the 2nd Annual Legal Food Frenzy.

The Legal Food Frenzy is a canned food drive competition for law firms throughout the state. This competition is a joint effort by the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia, the Attorney General’s Office, and the Georgia Food Bank Association. Read More»