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Donna Carraway Webb, 63, of Fayetteville
Mrs. Donna Carraway Webb, 63, of Fayetteville, Ga. passed away on April 4, 2014. She was born in Miami, Fla. to Ruth Wade Carraway...
Ga. college savings plan offers newborn sweepstakes prize
As tax season once again comes to a close, Georgia’s Path2College 529 Plan officially kicked-off its annual statewide Newborn Sweepstakes, where one baby born...
Fellowship of Christian Athletes bringing Goliath Mud Challenge to Tyrone May 31
Thrill-seeking athletes will soon have an opportunity to showcase their adventurous side. After a successful inaugural year in 2013, the Goliath Mud Challenge will...
Shiny stuff
Us menfolk can justify buying most anything. Now this statement should come as no surprise to all who have to put up with us....
The right choice
Life is about choices. Whatever environmental, behavioral, or genetic factors are involved, the ability to choose is what sets humanity apart from all the...
Our Lady of Mercy Bobcats 2014 football schedule
Friday, Aug. 29: Pace (AWAY).
Friday, Sept. 5: KIPP Academy (HOME).
Friday, Sept. 12: Aquinas (AWAY).
Friday, Sept. 19: Lumpkin County (HOME).
Friday, Sept. 26: Terrell County (AWAY).
Friday,...
Landmark War Eagles 2014 football schedule
Saturday, Aug. 23: Christian Heritage (AWAY).
Friday, Aug. 29: Lithia Springs (HOME).
Friday, Sept. 5: Pace Academy (HOME).
Friday, Sept. 12: OPEN.
Friday, Sept. 19: Josey (AWAY).
Friday, Sept....
Whitewater Wildcats 2014 football schedule
Aug. 29: Starr's Mill (AWAY).
Sept. 5: Banneker (AWAY).
Sept. 12: East Coweta (HOME).
Sept. 19: ELCA (HOME).
Sept. 26: OPEN.
Oct. 3: Mt. Zion-Jonesboro (HOME).
Oct. 10: Sandy Creek...
Sandy Creek Patriots 2014 football schedule
Aug. 22: Archer (Corky Kell Classic at McEachern).
Aug. 29: Jonesboro (HOME).
Sept. 5: Hampton (AWAY).
Sept. 12: Newnan (AWAY).
Sept. 19: OPEN.
Sept. 26: Auburn (Ala.) (HOME).
Oct. 3:...
Fayette County Tigers 2014 football schedule
Friday, Aug. 22: McIntosh (HOME).
Thursday, Aug. 28: Drew (AWAY).
Friday, Sept. 5: Starr's Mill (HOME).
Friday, Sept. 12: OPEN.
Friday, Sept. 19: Central-Carrollton (AWAY).
Friday, Sept. 26: Cedartown...
Starr’s Mill Panthers 2014 football schedule
Friday, Aug. 29: Whitewater (HOME).
Friday, Sept. 5: Fayette County (AWAY).
Friday, Sept. 12: Dutchtown (AWAY).
Friday, Sept. 19: Forest Park (AWAY).
Friday, Sept. 26: OPEN.
Friday, Oct. 3:...
McIntosh Chiefs 2014 football schedule
Friday, Aug. 22: Fayette County (AWAY).
Friday, Aug. 29: Luella (HOME).
Friday, Sept. 5: OPEN.
Friday, Sept. 12: Ola (AWAY).
Friday, Sept. 19: Mundy's Mill (HOME).
Friday, Sept. 26:...
He is risen!
“The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.” –...
It’s Easter! Local churches prepare for Holy Day
The southside Christian religious community is busy observing Holy Week activities this week as the Lenten season winds down to the joyous celebration of...
PTC Council may lift moratorium on more apartments
The Peachtree City Council will decide Thursday whether it wants city staff to study a proposed 52-unit assisted living development in the Lexington Circle...
BoE eyes $3.5 million bus barn, sale of 2 empty schools
Let’s sell the abandoned Brooks and Tyrone elementary school properties and build a $3.5 million bus barn next to Whitewater High School.
That’s part of...
Stormwater authority borrows $2 million from Fayette
When Fayette County voters turned down a countywide 1 percent sales tax last year, it meant that the county commission had to find another...
F’ville may back loan to buy store on courthouse square
The April 17 meeting of the Fayetteville City Council will include a proposal that the city back a loan for the Downtown Development Authority...
5 new appointments change development authority
The Fayette County Development Authority has a new vibe now that the county commission has appointed five newcomers to the eight-member board.
The development authority...
King, Ernst explain voting against PTC K-9 expansion
The approval to buy a second K-9 dog for the Peachtree City Police Department by the City Council April 16 came on a split...
Fayette plans feral cat roundup
A trial program approved April 10 by the Fayette County Commission will trap and neuter feral cats and return them to the locations where...
Deadline is Monday for registering to vote in May 20 primary
Fayette County voters who want to cast a ballot in the upcoming May 20 primary election must make sure they are registered to vote...
Easter festivities planned in PTC
The Optimist Club of Peachtree City and the Peachtree City Fire Department will hold the annual Easter Egg Hunt April 19 with registration starting...
Meet your friendly neighborhood iguana
This peace-loving iguana provided by My Reptile Guys was just part of the excitement at the April 12 Family Fun Day fund-raiser held at...
Fall 2015 enrollment target for F’ville’s 1st jr. college: 1,000 students
Fayette County is getting its first built-to-order college campus.
Georgia Military College (GMC) said April 11 it intends to construct a campus in the West...
BoE goes for ‘more aggressive’ appeal of district voting edict
The Fayette County Board of Education has opted to use a “more aggressive” Atlanta civil rights attorney for its appeal of the ongoing federal...
F’ville Council may be split on county’s proposal to take over city fire department
The members of the Fayetteville City Council joined with four of the five Fayette County commissioners on April 9 for a public presentation of...
The Jazz Era comes to Tyrone
The wait is over! On April 18, the Legacy Theatre, Atlanta’s only full-time professional theatre will present the Tony Award winning musical, “Chicago.”
Boasting...
Man charged with molesting 2 kids
A north Fayette County man was arrested April 1 on two counts of child molestation involving two different children.
William P. Tanner, 37, of Buckeye...
Fayette Commission recognizes social services non-profits
Board members from area social service nonprofits on April 10 received a proclamation by the Fayette County Commission citing April as “Prevent Child Abuse...
F’ville’s new gas pump max: 12
A unanimous vote by the Fayetteville City Council on April 3 will increase the number of gas pumps allowed at service stations and convenience...
Ask Father Paul
Answers to your questions about life, religion and the Bible
Was Jesus really resurrected?
(An encore column, first published in The Citizen March 27, 2005)
Dear Father...
West-Ludecke engagement
David and Brenda Ludecke of Fayetteville and Jerry and Judy West of Tifton are happy to announce the upcoming marriage of their children, Caleb...
FFBC will present resurrection trial
On April 27 at 6 p.m., the Fayetteville First Baptist Church will present an Easter play, “The Resurrection on Trial.” at 6 p.m....
