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Champions!
The Starr’s Mill Varsity Competition Cheerleading team won first place and Grand Champions in the 5-A Division at the Northgate Cheer Classic October 25....
Africa’s tragedy
Here’s how my Aug. 11, 2003, column began: “Anyone who believes President Bush’s Africa initiative, including sending U.S. troops to Liberia, will amount to...
Race card? Dems play whole deck
Forget the race “card.” In this election, Democrats have been playing the entire race “deck.”
The Wall Street Journal has listed some of the more...
Eagle Scouts have an impact in Fayette
Boy Scouts of America, Troop 79 has four new Eagle Scouts. Nicolas Eatman, Taylour Butler, Preston Earle and Joseph Noffsinger all recently earned the...
Still no evidence for PTC pay raise
In the Oct. 8 edition of The Citizen, Peachtree City Councilman King was quoted saying “Being in the 35th percentile is an embarrassment....
BoE’s Todd responds to criticism of innovation grant ‘no’
I read the recent article giving the response from each of the candidates for Post 4 on the Fayette Board of Education concerning the...
Loggers gone, big, expensive mess left
days ago a reporter from a television station knocked at the door wanting to interview the owner of the house about the 60-foot-in-diameter-by-12-foot-high...
Student growth model: What does it really measure?
Here are some comments about Wednesday’s article with the new test scores:
Georgia Student Growth Model (GSGM) — What does it really measure?
The Georgia Student...
Woodard Travis Whitaker, 73, of Fayetteville
Woodard Travis Whitaker, 73, of Fayetteville, Ga. was a native Georgian born in Fitzgerald, Ga., on January 7, 1941.
Travis passed from this life...
Max Darrow Strozier, 86, of Fayetteville
Max Darrow Strozier, 86, of Fayetteville, passed away November 3, 2014.
He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Eva Strozier, as well as...
Arrest made in PTC kidnapping
A Talmo man was arrested Nov. 4 in Peachtree City on charges of kidnapping and sodomy.
Verlon Tuck, 34, of Talmo, was charged with theft,...
PTC Veterans Day observance set for Sat.
On Saturday, Nov. 8, veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will be honored at Peachtree City’s 2014 Veterans Day Observance hosted by...
Girl Scout refurbishes courtyard
Caren Bowers, an eighth grader at J.C. Booth Middle School, completed her Silver Award Project by refurbishing her school’s courtyard. Bowers and her...
Public relations…
A few years back, someone I knew ever so slightly died. Though I didn’t know him well, I knew him to be mean, egoistical,...
Students honor teacher during Oct. 31 game
Starrs Mill High School students painted themselves pink at the school’s Oct. 31 football game in order to honor a SMHS teacher, Ashley...
Students use science fair winnings, award students and support new teachers
The Fayette Innovations in Research, Science and Technology (FIRST) Foundation is gearing up to offer an additional award this year to recognize outstanding student...
Liberia: a greater call
by Sandy Whittle
Ashley Stoll dreamed she’d move to Nashville and work for a record label. After graduating from Fayette County High School in 2001,...
Fayette deputies pursue, arrest three in separate violations
Deputies with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office corralled two vehicles on Nov. 1 and 2 whose drivers were trying to get away from officers...
Police department gets safety grant
The Peachtree City Police Dept. has received a $10,000 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS) for its efforts in reducing crashes,...
McIntosh falls 49-13 at Drew
The McIntosh Chiefs’ place in the subregion standings was decided before the kickoff of Friday night’s game against the Drew Titans, but the outcome...
A moving ceremony
On Oct. 20, Boy Scout Troop 175 held its 13th annual flag retirement ceremony at the Peachtree City United Methodist Church Scout Lodge. Col....
PTC man arrested for kidnapping, assault
A Peachtree City man was arrested Oct. 27 on charges of kidnapping and aggravated assault in connection to a domestic disturbance where he kidnapped...
More than 8,000 have voted in Coweta
Election day is around the corner and Coweta County voters on Nov. 4 will have their say on a number of statewide races.
County elections...
Zaxby’s is coming to south PTC
The Peachtree City Planning Commission at the October meeting made quick work of an agenda that brought approvals for a Zaxby’s restaurant and Osmose...
SCHS ends season, state semifinalists
The Sandy Creek Lady Patriots saw their 2014 volleyball season come to an end Wednesday in a match against Buford. The final score was...
Big Stone Gap
Some months ago, I came across an article about an upcoming movie, “Big Stone Gap.” The movie is to feature Ashley Judd and Whoopi...
Pickleball in PTC
The Peachtree City Pickleball Club kicked off in Peachtree City Sunday, Oct. 12. Close to 100 friends and family members gathered at the tennis...
Students go all out for reading
More than 10,000 Coweta County school children participated in the national “Read for the Record” event held Oct. 21. The annual event was part...
Unemployment rate is on the decrease
Unemployment numbers in Fayette and Coweta counties are finally moving in the right direction - down. Jobless figures for both counties dropped nearly a...
Civil Air Patrol, Alpha team staging search and rescue mission Nov. 8
On Nov. 8, the Alpha Team K-9 Search and Rescue of Atlanta and Civil Air Patrol Peachtree City Falcon Field Composite Squadron, will team...
SouthCrest & NURA join for volunteer day
The city of Newnan Urban Redevelopment Authority (NURA) will partner with students and life group members from SouthCrest Church in a Volunteer Day on...
Scouts tour Senoia
The Senoia Area Historical Society will host a history walk of Main Street Senoia for the Coweta Charter School Boy Scouts on Monday, Nov....
Gated district
We’ve finally made it. The Wife and me, we now live in a gated community with not one, but two guards. Positioned on either...
Officers ‘go bald’ for cancer fundraiser
On Oct. 9 the Fayetteville Police Dept. and the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office held a fundraiser to benefit the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. More...
