Fayette County

A group of dentists and orthodontists in Georgia is working on a better protective mask for first responders.  The mask uses shop vac Hepa filters, 3-D printed parts and elastic straps from old swim goggles. They say it will provide better protection than paper or cloth masks.

The Fayette County Schools are stepping up to help Piedmont Fayette Hospital fight against the coronavirus with badly-needed medical supplies.  

Two of the big names from "The Walking Dead" have opened a pop-up grocery store and they are offering some of the hardest-to-find items including sanitizer and toilet paper.  Norman Reedus and Greg Nicotero tell FOX 5 that it’s their way of helping the Georgia town that means so much to the show.  

It was a loadout day at the Midwest Food Bank warehouse in Peachtree City. Churches, other non-profits and food pantries that distribute food to the elderly or families with financial needs loaded up and took the goods back to the neighborhoods they serve.  

Peachtree City Police are looking for the vandals who destroyed $15,000 worth of youth football equipment during an overnight break-in.  Fayette County Community Football and Cheerleading says it will be forced to fundraise to replace the equipment.  

The Senoia Coffee and Cafe is a Georgia landmark. And in a town that depends on tourists from the hit cable show The Walking Dead, business has boomed in good times.  But now owner Brent Anderson is looking at creative ways to not just stay open, but continue to serve his local customers.

A new crime has been linked to the trio of women accused of stealing employees' wallets at retail stores across north Georgia.  

It appears a trio of wallet stealing women has struck again, this time in Peachtree City.

Police in Peachtree City need the public’s help in identifying two women who ripped off workers at a Starbucks for more than $5,000. The women claimed to be cheerleading coaches who were buying gift cards as a fundraiser.  

Police say the suspect grabbed over $600 in vacuum cleaners and then left the store through an emergency exit.

Police say the man touched himself inappropriately multiple times at the one McDonald's.

A special program in Fayette County is aimed at helping 911 operators deal with stress on the job by pairing them with a puppy.  It’s called Headset Heelers. The dog comes from the county animal shelter and will be up for adoption later.  

Larry Jenkins and his younger cousin said they were pistol whipped, robbed and carjacked outside of a restaurant in Fayetteville Friday night. 

A Walmart shopper steps up to help police catch a shoplifter on the run. It’s captured on surveillance video and it appears the shopper times his moment just right and rolls his shopping cart into the path of the shoplifter.  

Police in Peachtree City said they have arrested a re-“Pete” graffiti artist.

Peachtree City police are on the lookout for “Pete” and have offered a reward for his arrest. The graffiti artist has racked up thousands of dollars in damage by tagging both public and private property in the last two weeks.

Fayetteville police have released new surveillance video in their shooting investigation that left a passenger in a car injured this week. Previously, they’ve said that two carloads of men got into an altercation at a local gas station.  

We are learning more about the victims of a tragic plane crash in Coweta County last weekend.  A Senoia family lost both their 13-year-old son and a close family friend when the plane went down near a small airport on January 25. The boy’s father and the friend who died are both pilots with Southwest Airlines and partners in an award-winning aerobatic team called the Twin Tigers.  

Police are on the hunt for the gunman involved in a shooting at a Fayetteville gas station.

The Fayette County 911 center is doing its part to help Australian wildlife devastated by fires.