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Gas leak closes Fayette government offices, Fayetteville Library
Update: Aug. 6 at 6 p.m. - Fayette County officials report that the natural gas line has been capped and offices will open...
Fayetteville council to consider road project
The Fayetteville City Council is expected to select a low bid for a project that will lead to the realignment of some of the...
Sheriff’s Office helping with students’ backpacks
One of the projects undertaken by the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office is aimed at lending a hand to needy kids as school begins. The...
N. Fayette shooting investigation continues
The investigation into a July 28 incident along Ga. Highway 85 in north Fayette County where shots were fired into a vehicle is ongoing.
Sheriff...
Charges filed in three dozen auto break-ins
An Atlanta man is in custody and facing a long list of charges of in connection to 37 incidents where vehicles in north Fayette...
County seeks role as vehicle testing site
A July 24 vote by the Fayette County Commission asked state lawmakers to consider Fayette as a test site for research, development and manned...
Fayetteville, county working on aid agreement
The issue of automatic aid between Fayetteville and Fayette County is still alive.
The Fayetteville City Council in July agreed with a proposal by Fayette...
Shelton leaving FCSO
Investigator Josh Shelton, who spearheaded the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office “Shop with a Sheriff” program, is leaving the sheriff’s office after 13 years of...
Council to discuss cost of dam repair at Thurs. meeting
By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizen.com
As the calendar turns to August, the state of Peachtree City’s signature lake will be the focus of Thursday’s City Council meeting.
The...
Promise Place providing legal advocates for victims
Promise Place is always on a mission to help women victimized by domestic violence. One facet of that mission is the organization’s legal advocacy...
Camp Southern Ground gears up for 2015
By BONNIE HESTER
Intern for The Citizen
Construction and fundraising are kicking into high gear at Camp Southern Ground, the summer camp for typical children and...
Getting ready for school
Nearly two dozen school, education, social service and community organizations held Fayette County’s first “Back to School Expo” Aug. 2 at the county government...
Big day for sailing
Remote-control sailboat enthusiasts from Peachtree City, Atlanta, North Carolina, Missouri, Florida and South Carolina took part Aug. 2 in the Peachtree Regatta on the...
Gearing up for the season
On the march
With the start of the school year as well as football season, marching bands at various local high schools are in full...
Fayette County arrests – July 29 – Aug. 4
The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty. Rather than...
Ask Father Paul – Church attendance
Answers to your questions about life, religion and the Bible
Church attendance
Dear Father Paul: Attendance at my church is down. I read that this is...
Carriage Lane’s yard sale starts Friday in P’tree City
Members of Carriage Lane Presbyterian Church in Peachtree City are accepting donations today until 7 p.m. for their annual Ranch on Jesus yard sale...
MRBC to present ‘Generations: A Coming Together’
The Celebration Choir and Orchestra of McDonough Road Baptist Church will present “Generations: A Coming Together,” this Sunday, Aug. 10, at 10:55 a.m.
“This...
Religion Briefs 08/06/14
Woolsey starts new Sunday school yearWoolsey Baptist Church, 115 Hampton Road in Fayetteville, will have a Meet the Teacher/New Sunday School Year for Children...
New United Methodist Church planned for Newnan in 2015
Dr. Quincy Brown, resident of Newnan and long-time pastoral leader in the North Georgia United Methodist Conference, will start a new church in ...
FFUMC’s S.A.G.E. group heads for High Museum’s car show
The S.A.G.E. group (Senior Adults Going Everywhere) at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church will visit the High Museum in Atlanta on Wednesday, Aug. 20...
Free promotional course to be offered by Atlanta Bible College
Pastors from local churches, lay leaders and individuals are invited to take advantage of the free Bible College course promotion this fall semester...
Lawrence Thomas Adams, 83, of Fayetteville
Lawrence Thomas Adams, 83, of Fayetteville, passed away August 2, 2014.
He was preceded in death by his son Brant Adams; daughter Robin Higgins;...
Peter Viator Harrington, 77, of Peachtree City
Peter Viator Harrington, 77, of Peachtree City, passed away August 5, 2014.
He was born June 2, 1937 in Chicago, Ill....
Laurel Borg Higgins, 74, of Fayetteville
Laurel Borg Higgins, 74, of Fayetteville, Ga., passed away on August 1, 2014.
Laurel is predeceased by her father John (Buck) E. Borg Sr. and...
Jeff B. & June Fulmer of Fayetteville
Jeff B. Fulmer, 90, passed away peacefully at his home in Fayetteville after a short illness on Sunday, July 27, 2014. His wife, June...
Sharran Grimes, 77 of Fayetteville
Sharran Grimes, 77 of Fayetteville, Ga., passed away May 15. Sharran was born on March 18, 1937 in Omaha Neb. to the late Alyce...
Tyler Gabriel Liebl, age 16, of Newnan
Tyler Gabriel Liebl, age 16, of Newnan, GA went to meet his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, July 30th, surrounded by loving family and...
Martha Dumas Abel of Fayetteville
Mrs. Martha Dumas Abel of Fayetteville passed away on July 25, 2014.
Mrs. Abel was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Abel.
Survivors include...
It all begins with R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Arguably, some of the most inspiring words in a speech were when President Obama stated, “We are not a collection of red states and...
WWI, the not-so-great war
NEWBURY, England — World War I began as most wars do with patriotic fervor and predictions of a quick end. It lasted four years.
While...
Western anti-Semitism unleashed
Navi Pillay, U.N. high commissioner for human rights, has accused both Israel and Hamas militants of committing war crimes in the Gaza conflict. Her...
Nixon – before Watergate
It has been a summer of remembrance.
The centennial of the Great War that began with the Guns of August 1914. The 75th anniversary of...
Getting rid of the drama
A friend of mine, long embroiled in upsets, distractions, problems and tribulations, called one day to announce happily that she was learning to “let...
