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Fairytale romance
To live everyday full of romance, endless love, and laughter are ingredients of days only found in fairytales.
Experiencing the same unconditional love of a...
Student readies for Junior Olympics
East Coweta High School student Glen Lauzon has qualified for this year’s Junior Olympics air rifle competition. A junior at ECHS, 17-year-old Lauzon is...
Snowpocalypse
As I write these words, the logs on the outside woodpile are covered with ice. As is my rear deck, my car, the trees...
Coweta to have limited Pre-K space
Coweta County parents wanting to secure a spot for their child in Pre-K classes for the 2014-15 school year will be able to do...
Storm cleanup begins in PTC
City tackling safety issues first, with effort expected to take several weeks; debris on private property is owner's responsibility
The following email blast was sent...
University of West Ga. gets $284K to help school teachers
The University of West Georgia has received $284,326 in teacher quality grants to enhance the teaching of science, mathematics, language arts, reading and social studies...
EMC outages remain a problem
Fayette and cities to conduct 'wellness check' on those without power; Nearly 4,000 customers in Fayette, Coweta heading into 3rd day of no power;...
Rapson: Fayette ready for district voting changes
Qualifying starts in three short weeks for two seats on both the county commission and board of education, but the short time frame is...
Faith community preps to aid in responding to disasters
t is a disaster that no community wants to see. But it happened last year in Adairsville when an F3 tornado leveled portions of...
Social media now part of disaster responses
The advent of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of social media have established a role in everyday communications and are being used by church...
F’ville progresses on westside sewer construction
Work on the installation of Fayetteville’s sewer lines from the area of Ga. Highway 54 just east of Piedmont Fayette Hospital to the new...
Sup’t. to make decision on snow days
A decision will be made in the coming weeks by the Fayette County School System to address the school days to be made up...
Fayette BoE sets budget timelines
It may be the dead of winter, but timelines are already in place for the 2014-2015 budget that will be adopted by the Fayette...
Preparing to sand those icy roads
Fayette County Public Works was busy Monday loading sand and salt destined for the roadways in the county and cities in preparation for the...
Developer: New Hwy. 54W light necessary ‘to get quality tenants’
One of the reasons the Peachtree City Council tabled voting on a request for a new traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West last...
Fayette Visioning supporters talk funding, goals
The Fayette Visioning Initiative is well underway, with a steering committee of 40 and a recently completed public survey with more than 1,450 people...
Big Wieland rezoning may depend on MacDuff Pkwy.
Two rezoning proposals that would add 238 homes on 104 acres off MacDuff Parkway were vetted Monday night by the Peachtree City Planning Commission.
One...
Coweta schools to open Friday, Fayette resumes after school activities
The Coweta County School System announced Thursday night that all schools will be open for normal operating hours on Friday, February 14.
Coweta County...
Finalists named for Fayette Teacher of the Year
It is a “first” for the Fayette County Teacher of the Year program: all three finalists teach elective subjects: drama, music, and business/computer science.This...
F’ville watershed changes mean bigger drain pipes, deeper ponds
The Feb. 6 vote by the Fayetteville City Council to create the Pye Lake Southern Tributary Special Watershed District was unanimous. The new ordinance...
Unemployment rate becomes ‘liberation from work’ rate
Unemployment rate becomes ‘liberation from work’ rate
Editorial cartoon by Chip Bok. Copyright 2014 by Creators Syndicate.
Traffic lights, power lines down at PTC’s major intersection
UPDATE 11:36 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12 — Winter weather has brought down the traffic signal at Ga. highways 54 and 74, normally Peachtree City’s...
PTC family escapes injury from tree crashing into their house
James Evans’ wife Jami and daughter Lillian narrowly escaped serious injury Wednesday afternoon when a pine tree, weighted down with ice, came crashing into...
17-year cooling trend ‘the elephant in the room’
17-year cooling trend ‘the elephant in the room’
Global warming scientist at podium: “Why’s everyone snickering?”
Editorial cartoon by Glenn McCoy. Copyright 2014 by Tribune Content...
State wrestling tournament postponed
The Georgia High School Association announced Wednesday that the state wrestling tournament, originally scheduled for this weekend, has been postponed a week.
“The GHSA has...
PTC police officers on front lines of ice storm cleanup
The Citizen’s John Munford reports Peachtree City police officers warn that Peachtree Parkway North was starting to get slick by 1 p.m. Wednesday. Officers...
Historic ice storm hits Coweta-Fayette EMC service area
Palmetto, Ga. Feb. 12, 2014 — Coweta-Fayette EMC line crews are working around the clock to restore power to around 12,000 cooperative members in...
Fayette iced in Wed., so schools are closed Wed., Thurs.
Fayette County School System spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach on Tuesday afternoon said schools will be closed for students and staff on Wednesday and Thursday. All...
Some got their Citizen … others will Thurs., Fri.
To our readers: Because of ice storm conditions Wednesday, many readers will experience delays in the delivery of the print edition of The Citizen...
Your photos from the ice storm in Fayette and Coweta counties
Email your photos of the ice storm to editor@thecitizen.com or post them on The Citizen Facebook page.
First photo to the right is from Debbie:...
The Citizen winter storm news updates
Updated 4:42 p.m. Thursday – Fayette County is starting to thaw out from the great ice storm of 2014 as most roads are clear,...
Police: stay off icy roads
With ice expected to cover local roads tomorrow, Peachtree City police are urging all motorists to stay off the road to stay safe. It...
Government offices closed Wednesday
All local government offices in Fayette County will be closed Wednesday in anticipation of the winter storm expected to hit tomorrow.
Fayetteville, Peachtree City, Tyrone...
Viola Marwitz Rooks of Fayetteville
On February 7th, 2014, just shy of her 90th birthday and minutes after the birth of her second great-great granddaughter, Viola Marwitz Rooks "...slipped...
