About Fayette County news. (Fayetteville, GA) 2009-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 2025)
INSIDE: Fayette County Stops Whitewater in Softball, 10-2, Bl INSIDE: Community Spirit Found at 'Sweetest Place on Earth', A8 INSIDE: Fayette Schools Increase Outstanding Graduation Rates, B2 THE TRUTH SINCE 1886 FAYETTE COUNTY • NEWS fayette-news.net Vol. 153, No. 41 Wednesday, October 8, 2025 $1.00 Newsline Oct. 8, 2025 Advanced Voting Slated Oct. 14-31 Advanced voting for Nov. 4 municipal elections throughout Fayette County and the special election for Public Service Commis sioner will be held week days and on two Saturdays between Oct. 14-21, accord ing to Fayette County Elec tions Department. During early voting, ballots may be cast between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday- Friday, and on Saturdays, Oct. 18 and Oct. 25. Early voting locations include the following: Fay ette County Elections Office (ballot drop box location), 175 Johnson Avenue (Suite B), Fayette ville; Tyrone Town Hall, 950 Senoia Road, Tyrone; See Voting, A3 Fayetteville to Taint the City Pink' on Oct. 15 Join City of Fayetteville on Oct. 15, when organizers plan to “Paint the City Pink” with the city’s 2025 breast cancer awareness walk. The walk takes place at Fayetteville City Hall from 9-10 a.m. where the route will travel around City Center Park and through out downtown. Attendees are encour aged to wear pink and breast cancer awareness-re lated apparel. For more in formation, contact Carleetha Character at ctal- madge@fayetteville-ga.gov. FCDA Opens Stakeholder Survey for Public Input Dylan Shoemaker Reporter dshoemaker@fayette-news.net Fayette County Devel opment Authority recently opened an online stake holder survey for its five- year economic development plan and is encouraging cit izens to participate and pro vide input. See Survey, A3 Fayetteville City Council candidates participating in the recent Fayette County NAACP political forum, from left, include incumbent Scott Stacy, incumbent Rich Hoffman, and candidates Em mett Spurlock, Shannon Moultrie, and lyakise Ubom. Dylan Shoemaker/Fayette News Fayetteville Candidates Gather for Political Forum Dylan Shoemaker Reporter dshoemaker@fayette-news.net On Oct. 2, Fayette County NAACP held a municipal candidate forum at Fayette County Public Library for the upcoming Fayetteville municipal election, offering cit izens a chance to hear directly from those on the ballot. “This forum is more than a conver ¬ sation, it is a celebration of civic engage ment and reminds us that democracy thrives when people show up,” said NAACP Vice President Quentin Pullen. Incumbent Scott Stacy and Emmett Spurlock are running for Fayetteville Coun cil Post 3, with incumbent Rich Hoffman and Shannon Moultrie vying for Post 4 and incumbent Dr. Niyah Glover and lyakise See Fayetteville, A5 PTC Issues Moratorium on Multi-Family Developments Council Debates Ordinances for Feeding Wildlife, Cart Decals Luke Haney Editor lhaney@upsonbeacon.com During its Oct. 2 work session, Peachtree City Council unanimously approved a 180-day moratorium on property zoning requests that would allow multi-family residential devel ¬ opments. Multi-family, as defined by the morato rium, relates to apartments, townhouses, du plexes, condominiums, and assisted living facilities. Councilwoman Suzanne Brown moved to See Moratorium, A8 Tyrone to Begin Rec Renovations Council Approves 2026 AMWaste Rate Increase Dylan Shoemaker Reporter dshoemaker@fayette-news.net Tyrone Town Council met Oct. 2 and awarded Action Plumbing a $14,980 contract for plumbing renovations at the town’s recreational facil- ity. “As y’all recall, in De cember of 2022 the facility had water damage as a result of a frozen water line,” said Public Works Director and Town Engineer Scott Lang ford. The project is funded through 2017 special purpose local option sales tax proceeds and the general fund. “They are going to be fin ishing up the bathrooms first. I am assuming that would be the priority there first?” asked Councilman Billy Campbell. See Tyrone, A6 PTC Council Again Amends Agenda Process Luke Haney Editor lhaney@upsonbeacon.com For the second time in as many years, Peachtree City Council amended its ordi nance regarding how items may be placed on meeting agendas through a 3-1 vote during the Oct. 2 work ses sion. The primary change re moves the need for mayor and council consensus to deter mine if an item warrants being added to the agenda. The ordinance was last Georgia Power Schedules Public Input Meetings for Transmission Line Project Georgia Power Company recently released a notice of two upcoming public meet ings for input on its ongoing Ashley Park-Wansley 500kV Transmission Line project. Construction of the line “is needed to ensure safe and reliable electric service to commercial and residential customers in the surrounding area,” according to the notice. Public input meetings will be held at Fayette County Public Library (1821 Heritage Park Way, Fayetteville) from 3-4:30 p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m. Courtesy of Fayette County Fayette COUNTY FAYETTE COUNTY I TRAINING FACILITY I Fayette County Fire/EMS Achieves Landmark Accreditation Status for Advanced-EMT Program First AEMT Program in State to Receive CoAEMSP LoR amended on April 4, 2024, and debates about the topic have spawned in multiple council meetings since. The formerly amended version of the ordinance (2024) allowed for city staff, with approval from the city manager, to request an item be placed on the agenda by fil ing such request in writing with the clerk prior to noon on Thursday preceding the coun cil meeting. Additionally, the mayor or any council member could in- See PTC, A6 on Nov. 10. Officials noted the pur pose of the meeting is to pro vide public notice about Georgia Power’s intent to construct the line, for which the right of eminent domain may be exercised. The transmission line route begins at Ashley Park substation and departs the site in a northerly direction, inevitably traversing approx imately 35.8 miles through portions of Coweta, Heard, See Georgia Power, A3 Langford Announces Reelection Campaign for Woolsey Mayor Incumbent Brooks Mayor Dan Langford recently submitted the follow ing statement to announce his re-elec tion campaign: “Brooks Mayor Dan Langford has qualified to run for a fifth term as the south Fayette town’s mayor. Langford, a seventh-generation Brooks resident on his father’s side and a sixth-genera tion Fayette resident on his mother’s, was first elected to the Brooks Town Dan Langford Council in 1998 and has served continuously since then as either a council member (1998-2008), zoning administrator (2008-09), or mayor (since 2010). See Langford, A6 Fayette County Fire and Emergency Services announced Oct. 2 a major mile stone in its commitment to excellence in emergency medical services education: “The Fayette County Fire and Emer gency Services [Advanced-EMT] program holds a Letter of Review, which is not a [Commission on Accreditation and Allied Health Education Program] accreditation status, but is a status granted by the Com mittee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Serv ices Professions signifying that a program seeking initial accreditation has demon strated sufficient compliance with the ac creditation standards through the Letter of Review Self-Study Report and other doc umentation. However, it is not a guarantee of eventual accreditation,” officials shared. The achievement signifies that the AEMT program has demonstrated satis factory compliance with rigorous core standards and guide lines for accredita tion established by CAAHEP. Fayette’s AEMT program is now one of the elite few to Chief Jeffrey Hill reach this status nationwide, according to officials, and it is the first AEMT program in Georgia to receive a CoAEMSP LoR. "This has been an exhaustive process for our training staff, but they are continu ously up for the challenge," said Chief Jef frey Hill. "Every new program or project we See Fayette EMS, A2 INSIDE: OBITUARIES A2 SPORTS FAYETTE VIEWS A4 SCHOOL BI FAYETTE FOOTPRINTS B3 B2 LEGALS B4 CONTACT US: support@fayette-news.net - (770) 461-6317 ■ fayette-news.net ‘0 487 9 12633 v □ OPEN 7-DAYS A WEEK • HAPPY HOURS MONDAY 003 3,7 CORE ROAD
