Spalding County fire fighters and specialists with the Georgia Forestry Commission are keeping an eye on 150 acres of land just over the Fayette County border that caught fire midday Monday and took most of the remainder of the day to completely contain. Located about a mile from the southern tip of Fayette County and…
Updated on Friday, Aug. 19 A home on Porter Road in southern Fayette County was completely destroyed by fire Wednesday morning, but officials with the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services have reported that there were no occupants in the house at the time. According to Deputy Fire Chief Tom Bartlett, the call…
The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that six Fayette County teens have been arrested on charges stemming from a Feb. 16 burglary on Old Greenville Road that reportedly took place while a young resident was in the home. According to sheriff’s office spokesman Allen Stevens, deputies responded to a 12:47 p.m. call that day…
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…
Lifelong Brooks resident Bobby Ison, 72, and his wife Susie, 53, both died Friday morning, Dec. 5, when their Grant Road home burned in what investigators are calling an accidental electrical fire. According to Division Chief Pete Nelms with Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services, the blaze was reported by the Isons’ daughter,…
Veteran’s Day was celebrated throughout Fayette County in big ways and small. At Veteran’s Park in Tyrone, loved ones placed American Flags within the assemblage of memorial bricks. More than 100 people later gathered for an 11 a.m. Veteran’s Day featuring Sandy Creek High School’s chorus and ROTC color guard, city leaders, county leaders,…
The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia will be hosting the works of local artist E.K. Huckaby in an exhibit called “Anhydjinnic Molassicism,” with an opening reception tonight between 7 and 9 pm. Huckaby, a Brooks resident, said the exhibit will feature 60 of his new works completed over the past year. His works will…
