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Civitan yard sale starts Friday
The Fayette County Civitan Club’s yard sale opens Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3 on the now vacant Melear’s Barbecue Restaurant site in...
Holocaust Remembrance Day is Thursday at Fayette Library
The Fayette County Public Library invites the public to attend a free Holocaust Remembrance Day program Thursday at 7 p.m. Mariella Crea will tell...
Gospel on the Green is Saturday
The Fayette County High School Band Boosters are proud to present the second annual Gospel on the Green concert at the Southern Ground Amphitheatre...
Examine the evidence
We people of faith talk a lot about faith. You know, believing things we cannot see with our human eyes and cannot prove by...
Hopewell United Methodist plans Chick-N-Que
Hopewell United Methodist Men will have their annual Chick-N-Que on Saturday, May 17, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the church in Tyrone....
Religion Briefs 04/30/14
Woolsey will observe NDOP April 30A National Day of Prayer Service will be observed on Wednesday night, April 30, at Woolsey Baptist Church at...
Burnett-Hargraves engagement
Randy and Sue Burnett of Peachtree City are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kristen Leigh Burnett, to John Lyle Hargraves, son...
Goodfellow-Knowles Engagement
Ray and Lynda Goodfellow of Peachtree City, Ga. are pleased to announce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their son, Forrest Goodfellow, to Stephanie...
All Saints’ new church going up
A workman inspects the anchor bolts in what will be the bell tower of the new All Saints Anglican Church at 149 Ebenezer Road,...
Holy Trinity will offer GriefShare
GriefShare at Holy Trinity Church at 101 Walt Banks Road in Peachtree City will begin on Wednesday, May 7.
GriefShare is a Christian...
Fayette Presbyterian’s Spring Fling set for May 10
Fayette Presbyterian Church will host its 8th Annual Spring Fling on Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is a free...
Radar scans for unmarked graves at Hopeful Church
Penetrating Radar Systems, Inc. (GPRS) a nation wide leader in ground radar from Toledo, Ohio, recently provided its services to Fayette’s historic Hopeful community...
Gospel Community Church restores F’ville playground
Fayetteville’s Gospel Community Church Community Group raised over $500 towards restoring the playground at Weatherly Walk in Fayetteville. Group members also provided...
PTC Presbyterian members donate over 10,000 meals
Members of the First Presbyterian Church of Peachtree City worked with Stop Hunger Now, an organization committed to end hunger across the globe. ...
Fun is the best fashion
Enjoying a lighter moment following the Fayette Senior Services Fashion Show April 24 are (L-R) Fayetteville Belk manager Kim Jones, attorney Mary Lynn Kirby,...
Late . . . but the hunt goes on
It may have been delayed a week by rain, but that didn’t keep the Peachtree City Optimist Club from hosting its annual Easter Egg...
American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life week gets a spirited kickoff
Helping to kick off the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life week with a dinner in honor of cancer survivors April 25 were (L-R)...
Fayette deputies search for armed robber
Fayette County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man who robbed the Ga. Highway 92 North Chevron convenience store at gunpoint on April 28.Sheriff...
Thoughts on National Day of Prayer
We live in an era in American history where the powers that be seem to be divorcing public life from our religious heritage. So,...
What is your role in the Fayette Visioning Initiative?
While the Fayette Visioning Initiative’s steering committee is hard at work incorporating citizen ideas into a final draft vision statement, it’s the perfect time...
The high cost of liberalism — Part III
Income inequality has long been one of the liberals’ favorite issues. So there is nothing surprising about its being pushed hard this election year.
If...
Obama’s foreign policy: Poof!
You know things are bad when you can’t wait for the return of a TV character to demonstrate what resolve and leadership really look...
Crazy in the genes
My grandmother — Daddy’s mother — was sometimes called “crazy” by others who didn’t quite understand her eccentric ways. Of course, in the South,...
More histrionics from Learnard
Tax revenue funds everything from the Sheriff’s Department and our judiciary system to schools and water treatment.
Since the commissioners and Board of Education are...
Haddix gone but Ms. Learnard quarrels on
For the life of me, I can’t understand why the City Council of Peachtree City has turned into the epicenter of fighting and negativity.
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McIntosh HS needs more than a facelift
I recently read the article in your paper (“PTC’s McIntosh High School to receive a facelift”) about the $900,000 the Fayette County Board of...
‘A passionate, vocal minority ruled on fire consolidation’
Now that I have your attention, allow me to explain. We did indeed have a packed house, perhaps 250 or more people, to attend...
Lawsuit appeal funds could be better used for education
Recently our school board announced that they will appeal the recent U.S. District Court decision requiring district voting for Fayette County. While I agree...
‘SCHS’s dogma of the day’
To some within the Fayette County Board of Education, Sandy Creek High School’s seven-period day schedule may seem excessive and even unfair relative to...
Wilbur Dale Hardman, 88, of LaGrange
Mr. Wilbur Dale Hardman, 88, of LaGrange, Ga. died Saturday, April 26, 2014, at Piedmont-Henry Hospice in Stockbridge, Ga.
Funeral services are planned for Saturday,...
DeLane Marketa Groover, 90
DeLane Marketa Groover, 90, passed away on Saturday, April 26, 2014.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Martin and her son,...
Gail Meyer of Fairburn
Mr. Gail Meyer (MSGT USMC RET) of Fairburn passed away April 25, 2014.
He is survived by his wife, Mildred (Millie) Meyer of Fairburn;...
Michael Martin Guerrero of Fayetteville
Michael Martin Guerrero passed away April 24, 2014 as a result of a short battle with cancer.
Born August 19, 1963 to Shirley and...
Harold H. Brown, 87, of Fayetteville
Harold H. Brown, 87, of Fayetteville, passed away April 26, 2014.
He served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II and...
