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City, county offices to reopen tomorrow (Thurs.)
Local government offices will be getting back to business tomorrow (Thursday).
Fayette County and Fayetteville offices will open at 10 a.m. and Peachtree City offices...
Winter visits Fayetteville’s Waterfall
A visit by this winter’s frigid temperatures Jan. 24 left the water in the Waterfall retail development at Grady Avenue and Ga. Highway 54...
Jimenez murder verdict upheld by Ga. Supreme Court
The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of a Fayette man who stabbed his wife to death in front of the couple’s...
F’ville man, 21, charged with rape, sodomy of Riverdale woman, 19
A Fayetteville man has been charged with rape and aggravated sodomy in a Jan. 20 incident involving a 19-year-old Riverdale woman.
Herminio Gutierrez, 21, of...
ID thieves stole customer info, counterfeited personal checks
A Fairburn woman and a Jonesboro man have been charged on multiple counts of financial identity theft involving Fayette County victims.
Catraya Vogt, 29, of...
Chase ends in arrest of Molena man, 24
A Molena man was arrested Jan. 27 after a car chase in north Fayette and Fulton counties.
Twenty-four-year-old Thomas Moore was charged with DUI and...
Coweta schools closed on Thursday; Coweta EMA chief to drivers – ‘stay off roadways’
The continued effects of the winter storm on roadways has led to Coweta County schools remaining closed on Thursday for students and staff, according...
Fayette schools to stay closed tomorrow (Thursday)
Leaders have decided to keep Fayette County's public school system closed tomorrow (Thursday) as the county still suffers from a number of icy and...
All Fayette students home by 6:45 p.m. Tuesday; all county roads passable but dangerous
“Our Public Safety and Emergency Management folks did a great job coordinating this effort and our response. I’m told that all Fayette roads, though...
At the back of the line on Hwy. 54
From our readers: Heather Sherwood — This is 54 heading downhill to Olde Mill bridge yesterday at 3 on my way home. Several cars...
Atlanta image taking a beating in the 2014 Icecapades
How bad is it? It's so bad that even folks up north are watching the news, shaking their heads, and saying "Bless Their...
Winter driving tips from PTC police
Peachtree City Police would like to offer some winter survival and driving tips.
First of all, don't get stranded in the first place. If you...
Away we go!
Dayton Mucha of Fayettevile took to a neighborhood hill with friends to enjoy the slippery properties of the snow-covered ground. Photo/John Munford.
Slip sledding away
Snow on the ground means the whole town is a playground. Mya Young of Fayetteville took to a hill near her backyard with friends...
Sheriff Babb: Stay off roads today
Fayette County Sheriff Barry Babb said despite the many traffic issues on roads around the county on Tuesday there were no traffic fatalities and...
Georgia DOT crews working non-stop to clear metro roadways
UPDATE Wednesday, 9:40 a.m. – Temperatures in the mid-teens early Wednesday challenged Georgia Department of Transportation crews working to keep roadways clear of snow...
Roads continue to be slippery; multiple stores closed
With ice and snow clogging local streets and a number of Fayette highways facing the same fate, citizens are being advised to stay home...
Photos of Fayette Snow Jam 2014
Fayette County folks took photos of the traffic mess Tuesday caused by snowfall and slippery roads. here are some of them.
Photo at right was...
Fayette ‘works around clock’ on roads, helping stranded motorists
Fayette County offices closed while emergency crews help motorists and clear roads
Based upon existing road conditions, road closures, expected low temperatures, conditions of state...
Answering some FAQs I get
It has been my honor to write articles that appear in The Citizen for the past year and a half. This paper does a...
Fayette seniors subjected to legal abuse
Rule 1.8 (h) of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct for lawyers provides that “a lawyer shall not make an agreement prospectively limiting the...
NY Gov. Cuomo: Conservatives, get out
Everyone “knows” it is conservatives who are mean-spirited, intolerant, censors of speech with which they don’t agree, anti-gay, anti-black and anti just about everything...
Fact-free liberals, Part 3: The war on poverty
Since this year will mark the 50th anniversary of the “war on poverty,” we can expect many comments and commemorations of this landmark legislation...
Beautiful in wisdom
She was not a pretty woman in the days of her youth. Her lips were too thin, her forehead too high and her eyes...
Outrageous regulations — 1 expensive cat house
The Citizen this week begins an occasional demonstration that, despite being “closer” to the average citizen, local government can be as nonsensical and overbearing...
Jones: It is ‘evil’ to oppose diversity
I write this letter in response to a recent article asking the question, “Are diversity and inclusion important?”
Honestly, the answer really depends on which...
PTC pay raise: It’s all in how it’s done
I have a different take on the City Council’s pay raise idea, versus the letter to the editor last week.
To start with, perhaps councilmen...
Feds and state real culprits in regulation aggravation
I read with great enthusiasm Mr. Bill Gilmer’s letter to the editor entitled “Too many federal rules? Local regs just as bad.” I think...
Support abortion? Here’s how it’s done
This month, the so-called “enlightened progressives” celebrate their 1973 Supreme Court ruling to legally kill unwanted or inconvenient unborn babies for “quality of life”...
You and our national debt: A picture
The recent passage of a $1.1 trillion omnibus bill now sets the stage for the looming battle over raising the national debt (again).
The national...
Income inequality: It’s not so simple
Walter Williams offered a simple analysis of income inequality in last Wednesday’s Citizen incorporating an analogy of “poker justice” to elucidate the variance in...
Blogging Fayette Snowjam 2014
UPDATE 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28 — Folks around here will be comparing future snow storms to the one we experienced today. It is...
Things to do-Jan.30-March 22
JanuaryJanuary 30“Plaza Suite” is today at 8 p.m. at the Newnan Community Theater Company. The three-act play tells the stories of three different couples...
Library hosting book release party
The Fayette County Public Library invites the public to an all-ages launch party celebrating the release of Vincent Wolf’s second children’s book, “The Boy...
