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Young runners lead the way
The Peachtree City Classic is always attracts a mass of runners who are eager to race along the city’s cart paths and through the...
Piedmont Fayette celebrates affiliation with MD Anderson Cancer Network
Fayette County leaders joined the staff of Piedmont Fayette Hospital at a reception last week commemorating the hospital’s new affiliation with the MD Anderson...
Spooky history lessons in Fayetteville cemetery
The spirit of Pauline “Beauty” Griggs (played by Sandy Utt) provided an animated and entertaining stop on the 7th Annual Historic Cemetery Walk through...
Local hospital has safety protocols in place for Ebola
With concerns about the Ebola virus flooding the nation, Piedmont Healthcare has released a series of statements outlining how the parent company of Piedmont...
Pennington delays answers to Learnard’s pay raise questions
Peachtree City Councilwoman Kim Learnard in an Oct. 5 letter to City Manager Jim Pennington asked that a number of items relating to the...
Keeping Ebola at bay: Here’s what Fayette school officials are doing
The Citizen on Monday presented Fayette Schools' Superintendent Joseph Barrow with this hypothetical scenario: Five children from the Ebola-affected area of West Africa show...
2 arrested in Coweta double homicide
Two arrests have been made in connection to the double homicide that occurred near Newnan on Oct. 20.
Kenya Nneaka Sewell, 26, of Moreland, and...
F’ville OKs Oddo rezoning
Rezoning of the largest remaining tract of undeveloped residential land in Fayetteville was approved Oct. 16 by the Fayetteville City Council on a 4-0...
Sniffing out crime
Demonstrating a drug-sniffing dog’s capabilities is a Fayette County Sheriff’s Department deputy participating in the Oct. 7 National Night Out. The event is ...
Fayetteville First UMC announces 25th annual Christmas Marketplace
Get a great start on Christmas shopping at the 25th annual Christmas Marketplace at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church.
The events is set for...
Fall family blast, movie on lawn set at McDonough Rd.
The McDonough Road Baptist Church will hold its annual Fall Family Blast Friday, Oct. 31, from 5:30-9 p.m. on the front lawn.
Children’s games,...
Oberg retires
Patricia Oberg, accepts an engraved crystal plaque from Jamie Lambert, senior pastor at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville, for 31 years’ service as pianist....
Some local officials nervous before Wednesday ARC vote
Today is the day that the Atlanta Regional Commission is scheduled to vote on proposed changes in its bylaws that have raised concerns among...
Weekly Lifetree Cafe explores life and faith
Christ’s Church at Whitewater is presently hosting Lifetree Cafe, a weekly “conversation cafe” to bring people from all walks of life into “a growing...
Elder care workshop planned
The Division of Diocesan Ministry Development of the Charismatic Episcopal Church will host a free Elder Care Workshop, Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Cathedral...
Holiday Greek pastry sales continue through Nov. 10
The deadline is Nov. 10 for ordering pastries from St. Christopher Hellenic Orthodox Church’s 2014 Holiday Greek Pastry Sale .
Available for sale are: Spanakopita,...
Religion Briefs 10/22/14
Three-day reformation conference setHeritage Reformed Baptist Church will have its Annual Reformation Conference Friday Oct. 24 at 7 p.m., Saturday Oct. 25 at 7...
Stupidity, cowardice, politics on parade
With a firm grip on his dual mantra of making everything about political impact and never letting a crisis go to waste, President Obama...
We’re living in depressing times
Some people I know refuse to watch the news or read the papers these days, and who can blame them? The headlines are depressing...
Irresponsible ‘education’
Goddard College’s recent decision to have its students addressed from prison by a convicted cop killer is just one of many unbelievably irresponsible self-indulgences...
My Grant Tinker
It happened a few months back. My father-in-law celebrated, to our great joy, his 88th birthday.
There was no pomp or circumstance involved. He abhors...
The Pope’s stance on ‘hostile rigidity’
Normally a synod of Catholic bishops does not provide fireworks rivaling the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where Mayor Richard Daley’s boys in...
Disrespect shown to PTC taxpayers
Dear Peachtree City Council members, I am disappointed in the recent vote to approve a second pay raise in a year to city employees...
PTC pay raise based on questionable study
The Peachtree City Council recently voted a second increase in salary for city employees for the coming fiscal year that will increase spending by...
Watch out for ARC blatant power grab
To: All Elected Representatives (state and local)
CC: The ARC Board, Media
Subject: Atlanta Regional Commission Proposed Bylaws Change
This letter is to inform you of the...
PTC needs its own development authority — again
As promised, this is a continuation of my letter of last week concerning the road trip to Franklin, Tenn., which included then-Council members Kim...
Vickie Lynn Davis, age 52 of Senoia
Mrs. Vickie Lynn Davis, age 52 of Senoia, passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Piedmont Fayette Hospital.
Mrs. Davis was born in Lexington,...
Stephen C. Schmidt, 61, of Peachtree City
Former longtime resident of Peachtree City, Stephen C. Schmidt, 61, died suddenly Sept. 12 in Dallas, Texas. Mr. Schmidt worked for Bells Markets, General...
Laureano Gil, 77, of Fayetteville
Laureano "Larry" Gil, 77, of Fayetteville, Ga., went to be with our Lord in Heaven on October 19, 2014.
He suffered from congestive heart...
James Melville Landers, of Peachtree City
James ("Jim") Melville Landers, of Peachtree City, Ga., 78, born in Little Rock, Ark., passed from this earth and went to Heaven on October...
Praying for your ministers expresses great appreciation
Three preachers were having lunch at the local diner, when one said, “You know, I’m having a lot of trouble with bats in the...
PTC man arrested for aggravated child molestation
A Peachtree City man has been arrested on charges of child molestation in connection to incidents involving a 4-year-old girl during early 2013 to...
FCHS band hosted competition Oct. 18
The Fayette County High School Band hosted its own competition, the 33nd Annual Lafayette Marching Classic Oct. 18 at Tiger Stadium. Bands from...
Jingle Bell Trail Race set
It’s that time again for an annual holiday tradition. Yes, it’s time to lace on those jingle bells and get ready for the 18th...
