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Listening to Dale’s advice
A while back, a messy problem loomed ahead. I don’t like confrontation. If that makes me less than a person then consider me to...
Apartments get less scrutiny than car wash
Fayetteville Council: We will be missing your approval of the PCD rezoning because of a prior commitment.
I attended two of the three Planning and...
What about Marine held in Mexican jail?
Some reports state that there are 25 to 30 million illegal aliens in the United States today. Regardless of what any reader believes, feels,...
Fayette’s fiscal proficiency earns triple-A credit rating
Our county staff revealed some exceptional news last Thursday. Standard and Poor’s has upgraded its rating on Fayette County’s general obligation bonds to the...
PTC blowout: Raise taxes, hike budget 17%
Staff seeks $3.4 million in new taxes; $34.5 million budget includes 3% pay raises for city employees
The skinny budget chickens are coming home to...
Four Starr’s Mill contestants are in Miss Georgia Pageant
Starr’s Mill High School will be well represented at the 75th annual Miss Georgia Pageant this June 18 - 21 in Columbus.
Four young ladies...
New theater company staging first show
Georgia Singers, Inc., a non-profit community arts organization, is proud to announce a new musical theater ensemble, The Georgia Singers Company. Rachel Green, Jo...
Free movie night is Friday
This Friday, June 20, Fayetteville Main Street is hosting its first free “Moovie Night” of 2014 at Southern Ground Amphitheater with the mega-hit, “Frozen.”...
Farm to Table celebration is Thursday
Join fellow foodies for the annual Farm to Table event on Minter’s Farm in Inman with awesome food, music and the backdrop of Minter’s...
Hornsby brings his passion to Peachtree City
Almost three decades after winning a Grammy for Best New Artist and launching one of contemporary music’s most diverse careers, Bruce Hornsby still makes...
Things to do-June 18-June 28
June 18A one-day iPhone photography class is today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Learn about apps for your iPhone to make wonderful images....
This ‘Dragon” flies into darker territory
***.5
By Kevin Thomas
In 2010, DreamWorks Animation needed a hit. Other than the “Shrek” franchise, the company was getting good box office returns, but mixed...
Last fishing outing
HELEN – Last week was the last week for fishing the Chattahoochee in these parts. If you just have to try your luck, you...
Box of pamphlets sets off Newnan bomb scare
By BONNIE HESTER
Intern for The Citizen
Downtown Newnan saw a flurry of activity around the old courthouse on the square Wednesday as law enforcement investigated...
Coweta schools pick ‘charter’ plan
School systems across Georgia are faced with a decision about how they will conduct business in the future. And like most others to date,...
New delay for lake: dredging permit needed to continue
Peachtree City residents who are displeased with the unsightly nature of the lowered Lake Peachtree are going to be disheartened.
While the county was hoping...
6 lives saved as fire destroys Coweta home
Jennifer Ososky and her three young children moved to southeast Coweta from Texas two years ago to make a new start. The young mother...
College baseball signee from McIntosh
McIntosh senior Charles “Tre’’ Hudak III has recently signed to play baseball at Reinhardt University and study physical therapy. Seated are parents Chuck and...
Big theater season planned in Newnan
Although summer does not officially start until next weekend, the Newnan Community Theatre Company is already planning an ambitious 2014-15 theatre season. Here are...
400 paddlers to visit Newnan June 25
A group of 400 people who will paddle the Chattahoochee River in late June will be making a stop at Chattahoochee Bend State Park...
Book ’im, Neivah
Neivah Molina, 14, puts the handcuffs on Peachtree City Police Sgt. Jason McKinnon during an exercise last week as part of the police department’s...
Jefferson Harold Flora, Jr., 81, of Peachtree City
Jefferson Harold Flora, Jr., 81, of Peachtree City, Ga. (formally of Atlanta) passed away on June 7, 2014.
He was preceded in death by his...
Alleene Walker, 90, of Peachtree City
Alleene Walker, 90, of Peachtree City, passed away June 11, 2014. She proudly served in the United States Air Force and later retired from...
Look, Mom, I fit!
Five-year-old Fayetteville resident Lola Knowles got an up-close look at one of the large tires on an earth-mover that was part of the Touch-a-Truck...
‘Let us now praise famous men’
Roy Harrison Luster had all the hopes and dreams of any young American man in his early 20s. He was married and was the...
A father’s toolbox
On the day The Boy was born and the nurse placed him in my arms for the very first time, I took a deep...
How Gratefulness Saved Levi’s Life
In times of frustration and difficulty it is good to revisit our own salvation history and remember God’s faithfulness in each and every crisis...
Train hits car stuck on PTC tracks
A motorist narrowly averted disaster early this morning in a failed attempt to cross railroad tracks that were under repair, police said.
The driver was...
PTC tax hikes ahead?
Council to talk budget Monday; city staff to price various service levels; $3M for streets, cart pathsThe Peachtree City Council will have its first...
Courthouse affair ruins 5 felony verdicts
Carjacking, kidnapping, bank robbery, child molestation, burglary verdicts thrown out; several criminal trials get do-overs, thanks to judge-public defender affair
A once-respected judge’s long-term sexual...
PTC to Fayette: ‘Hurry up’ with lake repairs
County expects to wrap up evaluation of options the last week in July, but permits may provide further hurdles to overcome
The Peachtree City Council...
PTC’s Victoria Wilcox is Ga. ‘Author of Year’
A Peachtree City author was named Georgia Author of the Year for Best First Novel by the Georgia Writers Association June 7.
Victoria Wilcox authored...
Caught in midnight highway gunfight, woman driver and her son uninjured
A motorist driving on Ga. Highway 138 in Fayette County near midnight on June 9 had her vehicle damaged when gunshots were exchanged between...
Rail crossing work in PTC closes Dividend Drive, Paschall Road
The intersection of Dividend Drive and Aviation Way at the railroad tracks and the intersection of Paschall Road at the railroad tracks will be...
