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Purses For Promise Place
The Presbyterian Women of First Presbyterian Church, Peachtree City, donated 50 filled purses to Promise Place, a domestic abuse women’s shelter in Fayetteville. The...
Craft and Coffee event set for Hopewell UMC in Tyrone
Hopewell Methodist Women invite the community to participate in their upcoming “Craft and Coffee” event to be held Sunday, March 23, from 4:30 –...
Special Olympics helpers
Youth and sponsors from Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Peachtree City traveled to North Atlanta to assist with Special Olympics recently.
Those helping were...
Holy Trinity to sponsor trail run
Holy Trinity Catholic Church will host a Trinity Trail Run on March 1. All 5K and 2K participants will receive a t-shirt and complimentary...
St. Christopher’s annual Greek pastry sale set for April
St Christopher Hellenic Orthodox Church in Peachtree City is having its annual Greek Pastry Spring Sale April 11 and 12 just in time for...
Cookies baked for quilt ministry
The Methodist Women’s group at Hopewell United Methodist Church recently baked 80 dozen cookies to raise money for the “Prayers and Squares” quilt ministry...
Hopewell UMC women host budding artists at ‘paint night’
Hopewell Methodist Women recently held a “Paint Night” and 15 women gathered to paint their version of a beautiful cross.
Most of the women...
Chiefettes 18th at nationals
The McIntosh Chiefettes dance team recently competed at the UDA National Dance Team Championship where they made it to the final round of competition...
Forecast: Squall line after midnight may produce severe weather
An approaching cold front will bring rain and the possibility of severe thunderstorms early Friday, the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City...
F’ville police arrest suspect in CVS robbery, look for others
Fayetteville police said Feb. 20 they have arrested a man suspected of robbing the CVS pharmacy located at 480 N. Glynn St. in December...
Chance announces departure from Ga. Senate
State Senate Majority Leader Ronnie Chance (R-Tyrone) first took office in 2005. Representing District 16, Chance announced on the Senate floor Wednesday that he...
Ribbon cutting is Friday at Christian City
The community is invited to a ribbon cutting at the Children’s Village at Christian City Feb. 21. The event is to celebrate completion of...
Fayette County Hall of Fame to induct class of 2014
The Fayette County High School Distinguished Alumni and Sports Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony for 2014 is March 15 at 6 p.m....
Ga. Insurance Commissioner to speak at Rotary Club meeting in Senoia
The Coweta-Fayette Rotary Club will host Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens on Feb. 24 at 6:30 p.m. at Senoia Coffee and Cafe in Senoia....
Southern Crescent Chorale headed to Spivey Hall March 1
Now in its 12th season, the Southern Crescent Chorale has established a reputation for excellence and achievement in the south metro area arts community.
The...
Miss Sandy Creek Pageant is this Saturday
The Sandy Creek High School Choral Department has rescheduled the 2014 Miss Sandy Creek Pageant after inclement weather forced the original pageant to be...
Shane Donevant is named an Eagle Scout
Eagle project will provide shade at sports complex in Peachtree City
Shane Donevant from Troop 175 at the Peachtree City United Methodist Church is the county’s latest Eagle...
DAR honors Starr’s Mill teacher
A certificate for “Outstanding Teacher of American History” was presented to Charlotte Robinson, a teacher at Starr’s Mill High School on February 10 by...
Chamber Young Professionals group to hear from business guru
YP Fayette, the Young Professionals of Fayette County, brings Alisa Kirk, Area Director for Clayton State University Small Business Development Center to their Speaker...
Thanks to bus drivers
Sara Harp Minter Elementary School wanted to say a special thank you to their bus drivers for making sure students got home safely during...
Benefit for Promise Place Feb. 28 at Legacy Theatre
On Feb. 28, Promise Place is hosting its first ever Improv Comedy night titled “Promise You’ll Laugh”. The event will be held at the...
It’s final — Federal court enacts district voting
Tuesday afternoon, district voting became the law of the land in Fayette County by decree of a U.S. District Judge, replacing the county’s at-large...
Rescue saves fish left to die in Kedron stormwater pond
A stormwater pond, it turns out, is not just for flood control. It has its own little ecosystem.So when a contractor for Peachtree City...
Mystery rider dies after 2 chases
A mystery rider on a stolen motorcycle twice led Fayette County law officers on chases from north Fayette into Clayton County Feb. 16 before...
Female prowling suspect, 30, hit by vehicle
A 30-year-old Fayetteville resident was struck by a vehicle on Feb. 10 while in the roadway on Banks Road in Fayetteville.
Frances Amber Bounds was...
PTC Council may scrap citizen ethics committee
The Peachtree City Council will consider a big change to its ethics ordinance Thursday night. The new rules would ditch a committee of citizens...
F’ville to sign streetlight pact?
An intergovernmental agreement between Fayetteville and the Ga. Dept. of Transportation (DOT) for lighting for the upcoming streetscape project that will add sidewalks and...
Hwy. 54W traffic light up for PTC vote
Councilman King cites liability for cost, potential for substandard businesses without signal at Line Creek Drive next to Planterra
The Peachtree City Council will vote...
Fayette officials, power companies assess how they handled major ice event
EMC CEO deems power restoration process ‘extremely efficient’
The winter storm that hit Fayette and Coweta counties beginning the night of Feb. 11 and extending...
‘Emergency’ declared in Fayette by commission
Allows for federal disaster funds to offset costs
The Fayette County Commission Monday officially declared a state of emergency for the period following last week’s...
At retreat, F’ville Council to eye Pinewood services
The Fayetteville City Council will hold its annual retreat on Feb. 25. Among the many items on the agenda for the all-day meeting are...
PTC’s Father-Daughter Dance lights up the night
Dressed-up dads and daughters descended upon the Kedron Fieldhouse Saturday night for the annual Daddy Daughter Dance hosted by the Peachtree City Recreation Department....
At-risk veterans & their healing dogs
Since 9-11 we have asked a great deal of our all-volunteer military. Over a decade of deployments to war zones make our present force...
‘To equality!’
Editorial cartoon by Chip Bok. Copyright 2014 Creators Syndicate. President Obama toasts French President Hollande: "To equality!"
