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Running in the family
Grandparents Beth and Howard Dial, who will be observing their 50th anniversary soon, celebrate after the 22nd Annual Civitans Old Courthouse 5K Run June...
Former golf course may house future public safety facility
A former golf course purchased by Fayette County officials for $1.42 million may end up as something other than part of the future East...
3 arrested in Fayette chase
A June 13 car chase along Ga. Highway 54 in Fayetteville and into central Fayette County followed by a chase on foot by sheriff’s...
Drop-in Kroger burglary suspect turns himself in to police
The man who burglarized the Kroger pharmacy at 805 South Glynn Street in Fayetteville on June 8 surrendered to police after family members saw...
I-85/Hwy. 74 interchange improvements years away
Commuters hoping for progress on the choke point of Ga. Highway 74 and Interstate 85 shouldn’t be expecting action anytime soon.
The good news is...
PTC looking at buying new operational software for $495K
Peachtree City officials are wanting to spend up to $495,000 to overhaul much of the city’s operational software, and a vote is expected Thursday...
Vacation Bible School comes to Marnelle Mobile Home Park
By BONNIE HESTER
Intern for The Citizen
Rollings Hills Baptist Church held Vacation Bible School for the families of Marnelle Mobile Home Park on Ga. Highway...
Fayette schools get A+ for financial reporting
Fayette County School System Coordinator of Audits and Purchasing Laura Brock (L) and Assistant Superintendent of Business and Personnel Management Tom Gray were joined...
Final hearing on Fayette’s $46.7M budget June 26
Without a property tax increase later this year, the county’s $46.7 million budget drew neither complaint nor praise from the public at the June...
County shifts fire coverage
There has been a small shift in fire coverage involving Fayette County and Fayetteville. The county has re-opened Station No. 4 across from the...
How well do you manage your stress?
A well-circulated cartoon depicts a zebra standing and facing the reader. He’s half white and half black-and-white as his stripes are unravelling and piling...
PTCUMC’s Summer Speaker Series continues this week
Peachtree City United Methodist Church (PTCUMC), 225 Robinson Rd., continues its Summer Speaker Series today, June 18, beginning at 9:30 a.m.
Karen Stephens will...
Several local authors featured at B&N book signing in Newnan
Local author Connie Campbell Bratcher will be among several local authors featured at a book signing at Newnan’s Barnes & Noble store on June...
Brooks thrift shop celebrates anniversary with special sales
Second Chance Thrift Shop, a mission of Brooks United Methodist Church, is turning five. To celebrate, the shop will offer customers five special...
Flat Creek, Newnan churches join for special performance
Flat Creek Baptist Church between Fayetteville and Peachtree City, and First Baptist Church of Newnan in downtown Newnan, will join forces for a special...
All Saints Anglican’s annual free music camp coming up
All Saints Anglican Church in Peachtree City will conduct its seventh annual free children’s Music Camp July 7 - 11. The program is for...
Christ Our Shepherd will offer Lutheroad Day Camp in July
Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City announces the 8th annual Lutheroad Day Camp, scheduled for July 21-25, at the church.
The hours...
Register online for FFUMC’s WoW Vacation Bible School
Fayetteville First UMC invites the community to Workshop of Wonders, this year’s VBS, from 9 a.m to 12:15 p.m. from June 23 to 27....
Health screenings and more offered at Back to School Bash
Amazing Grace Community resource Center will offer a Community Live Celebration/Back to School Bash on July 5 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at...
Religion Briefs 06/18/14
Join exercise class at FFUMCThe next session of Move 4 Life at Fayetteville First United Methodist Church will begin July 7. The morning class...
Schoon-Harris Engagement
Jackie and Jeff Toney of Atlanta, Georgia and Lance and Sherrie Schoon of Brooks, Georgia are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding...
Young-Melgarejo engagement
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Hough of Peachtree City and Mr. and Mrs. John Young of Atlanta are pleased to announce the engagement of their...
Carthelle Huau, 96, of Peachtree City
Carthelle Huau, 96, of Peachtree City, passed away June 12, 2014.
She was born in Sparta, Tenn. then later moved to Roswell, N.M. She...
Christopher James Hagberg, 19, of Peachtree City
Christopher James Hagberg, 19, of Peachtree City, passed away June 14, 2014 as a result of seizures.
He was currently enrolled at Georgia Military...
Herbert Wayne Green, Jr., 67
Herbert Wayne Green, Jr., 67, a native of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, passed away in Macon, Ga. on June 11, 2014 with his...
Virginia Hines Bell, 99, of Fayetteville
Virginia Hines Bell, 99, of Fayetteville, Ga., formerly of Atlanta, passed away June 12, 2014.
She retired after 22 years as an Elementary School...
James Sidney Rickard, 94, of Fayetteville
James Sidney Rickard, 94, of Fayetteville, passed away June 11, 2014.
He served his country during WWII in the US Army Air Corps. He...
Bradley Richard Brown, 56, of Brooks
Bradley Richard Brown, 56, of Brooks, Ga. passed away June 15, 2014.
Mr. Brown is survived by his wife of 31 years Sharon Brown; daughters...
Lorraine Harvey, age 85
Lorraine Harvey passed away on June 12, 2014 at Southwest Christian Care in Union City, Ga.
Lorraine was born on July 18, 1928 in Queens,...
Fayette Visioning Initiative adopts vision statement
The Fayette Visioning Initiative Steering Committee at its June 10 meeting adopted the vision statement that they developed along with focus group and online...
Let your children struggle
I was teaching in India a few years ago and one of my students was commenting on how nice it must be to live...
Iraq is on its own!
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take...
A bitter after-taste
The news from Iraq that Islamic terrorists have now taken over cities that American troops liberated during the Iraq war must have left an...
Talk of reparations for slavery is just another race hustle
Calls for slavery reparations have returned with the publication of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “The Case for Reparations” in The Atlantic magazine (May 21, 2014). In...
