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Hopewell UMC will host ‘Living Inside Out’ VBS
Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone will host a “Living Inside Out” Vacation Bible School, June 16-19, from 9 a.m. until noon.
“Living Inside...
CDM to offer seminar June 17
Christ Discipleship Ministries (CDM) is calling all disciples of Christ to attend a free one-day seminar on evangelism and discipleship Saturday, June 17 from...
McIntosh, Starr’s Mill at top of AAAAA standings
With last week’s baseball finals closing the book on high school sports for the 2013-14 school year, the final standing were released by the...
Rare mayoral veto on the agenda June 5 for F’ville
The agenda for the June 5 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council will feature a full range of items that include a decision on...
County budget hearing set for this Wednesday: No tax increase
The Fayette County Commission will begin its budgeting process June 4 at a 3 p.m. workshop meeting.
There is no need for a tax increase,...
Deadly 48 hours on north Fayette roads – 3 dead, 4 injured
Fayette County just experienced more traffic fatalities in one 48-hour period than at any time in recent memory.In the period from Friday morning to...
Things to do-June 7-June 15
JuneJune 7School’s out, so let the summer concerts begin in Fayetteville. This Saturday night, classic progressive-rockers Kansas will get the 2014 concert series in...
In a decade of fund-raising, PTC Rotary Club raises $1 million for school system
Fayette County Superintendent of Education, Dr. Joseph Barrow, Jr. received a symbolic $1 million check from Rotary Club of Peachtree City president, Amy Leuenberger at...
Hijacking the civil rights movement
This past weekend our family had the opportunity to attend a college graduation ceremony. It was a proud moment in one of our family...
70 years ago, our boys charged into history
Seventy years ago this week, we had survived the Normandy invasion, principally Omaha Beach. The Allies had triumphed the Nazis in the fiercest of...
Negotiating with terrorists
Euphoria over the Taliban’s release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was quickly tempered by media reports that Bergdahl had abandoned his post and that...
The ‘minimum wage’: There’s no such thing as a free lunch
Last month (May), voters in Switzerland voted by an overwhelming 76 percent to 24 percent to reject the establishment of Switzerland’s first minimum wage....
Retired educators honor students
The Fayette County Retired Educators continue their interest in today’s students by giving awards to students from each of the middle schools and a...
The Ambassador and the post office
At one time, people in India had to get on a waiting list to buy Hindustan Motors’ Ambassador automobile, even though it was an...
Bergdahl: Is he a war hero or a deserter?
“We needed to get him out of there, essentially to save his life.”
So said Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, an Army sergeant in Vietnam,...
Science at work at Burch
Flat Rock Middle School students use science topics to help first grade students at Robert J. Burch Elementary review their sight words. Students from...
Your trash becomes my spring yard work
After I picked up the sticks in the yard and raked the leaves that had collected over the winter, I perused the lawn and...
Hot pink luggage
Some missing something or the other required me to prowl through closets at Mama’s house. That’s when I found it. I pulled it out...
Reflection on Obama’s foreign policy ‘blunders’
Reading the various whining columns of the regular “struggling” prognosticators and certain right-wing commentators, one would think that this special country is in danger...
Dan Allen Dorsey, 77, of Fayetteville
Dan Allen Dorsey, 77, of Fayetteville, Ga. passed away on Friday, May 23, 2014.
He was born in Atlanta, Ga. on April 16,...
Herbert Summers, 79
Herbert Summers, 79, passed away May 27, 2014.
He was born May 16, 1935 to H.L. Summers and Kate Summers in Atlanta, Ga. The...
Richard Allen Combs Sr., age 59
Richard Allen Combs Sr., age 59, of Ellijay, Ga., formerly of Peachtree City, Ga., passed from this life on Sunday, May 25th, 2014, at...
Off to college
Creekside Christian Academy’s Koby Hill signed a letter of commitment to play basketball for Erskine College in South Carolina. Hill helped lead his team...
Veteran coaches join forces at Mercy
All high schools dream of having a successful head football coach.
This fall Our Lady of Mercy will have three proven veterans on the same...
Drones flying at Rising Starr
If you walk down the “Connections” hallway at Rising Starr Middle, do not be surprised if you see something flying overhead.
Several of Bob Didier’s...
Twin Eagles
Joshua Villars, left, and Caleb Villars, right, have the distinct honor of being Eagle Scout twins. They are 16 years old and just completed...
Three concerts highlight weekend
Music lovers are in for a treat this weekend, as three very diverse acts take the stage at the county’s two amphitheaters.On Friday, bring...
The Summer of ’99
The Summer of ’99 will go down in our personal history as one of the best we’ve had together.
We didn’t travel to speak of....
Wayne Henry Martin, 74
Wayne Henry Martin, 74, died June 1, 2014 after a decade long battle with cancer.
He is survived by his sister, Mary Frances Robinson, daughters,...
F’ville man dies in 1-vehicle accident
A Fayetteville man died June 1 after his vehicle left the roadway on Mann Road and turned over multiple times.
Joseph Dobson, 25, was pronounced...
Niagara bottling plant adds more jobs prior to opening
California-based Niagara Bottling LLC, the nation’s largest private label bottled water supplier, announced in mid-March that it would construct a new 450,000 sq. ft....
Revenue upswing translates to raises for Tyrone employees
When it comes to a municipal budget, the outlook for Tyrone’s general fund could hardly be better. The 2014-2015 proposed budget includes $3.49 million...
Trinity captures GISA region title
Trinity Christian School’s track team has made huge strides in only its second season.
The girls won the GISA’s 1-AAA region championship April 16. Andrea...
Family night at The Fred is set
Next Friday, bring the kids to an awesome night of music under the stars at The Fred Amphitheater in Peachtree City that your whole...
