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Fultz races to win at state
Rising Starr Middle School eighth-grader Harrison Fultz won the 1600-meter and 3200-meter races at last weekend's Georgia Middle School Track and Field State Championships...
Officials open new building to serve schools
School officials from Starr’s Mill High, Rising Starr Middle, and Peeples Elementary, and board of education members, parents, and community members, recently gathered at...
Landmark wins MS state title
The Landmark middle school boys track team, after running undefeated all season, capped off the year by winning the middle school state championship last...
Celebrate ballroom dancing, Stardust anniversary
Celebrate the 12th Anniversary the Stardust Ballroom Dance Club on Friday, May 8, in the Gym of Christ's Church at Whitewater.
A Rumba lesson will be...
Business owner punched out by woman in downtown Fayetteville parking lot
An April 21 altercation in downtown Fayetteville over a fender-bender led to a physical altercation and two arrests.
Magan Cross, 40, of Fayetteville, was charged...
Questions: What’s going on with PTC’s NCR?
Sometimes getting the news involves tracking down unverified rumors, and either debunking the rumors or verifying what parts of the rumors contain facts.
In this...
Things to do-May 1-May 16
May
May 1
The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Coweta County is today from 6 p.m. to midnight at the Coweta County Fairgrounds in...
Look for Part 2 ‘On the email trail of the Great Wolf’
In the second installment Wednesday, The Citizen continues its online publication of email messages sent to and from Peachtree City officials — elected and...
What is confirmation?
This coming Sunday we will have “confirmation” for eleven young people. I know not all Christians practice this event, so I thought I might...
Dawkins-Hiltzheimer Engagement
Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Dawkins III of Peachtree City, Ga. are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Elizabeth Dawkins to...
Religion Briefs 04/29/15
Holy Trinity’s GriefShare starts tonight
A spring/summer session of GriefShare will be offered at Holy Trinity Church at 101 Walt Banks Rd. in Peachtree City. ...
Children’s musical set for this weekend
Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City invites everyone to see “It’s Cool in the Furnace,” a musical for children, Saturday, May 2,...
Race for Orphans planned for May 9 in Newnan
On Saturday, May 9, hundreds of runners, joggers, and walkers will be “on their marks” and ready to participate in the third annual Race...
Beth Johnson to speak at Summit’s Family Matters dinner May 17
The Summit Church in Fayetteville will host a Family Matters dinner Sunday, May 17, at 6 p.m. Guest speaker will be Dr. Beth Johnson,...
Training for priesthood
Several ordained deacons in training for the priesthood in the Diocese of the Mid-South presented timed sermons during training held at the Cathedral of...
Dogwood Church in Tyrone to offer GriefShare next month
Dogwood Church, 975 Highway 74 North in Tyrone, will offer a GriefShare support group held on Wednesday evenings beginning May 6, from 7 -9...
Glenn C. Reed Jr, age 37 of Fayetteville
Glenn C. Reed Jr, age 37 of Fayetteville, Ga. passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2015.
Glenn was born March 4, 1978 in Gainesville, Ga. and...
Universities, rights and responsibilities
Having a daughter preparing for her freshman year at UGA surely heightens my interest in trends on campus, but I have worried for many...
The Court and marriage
Well. I really can’t believe I am saying this. The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to tell us what marriage means. Not speculate; not...
Signpost on road to decline
When future historians analyze the decline of America they need look no further than the trivialities increasingly occupying our time and concerns instead of...
Southernly introduction
Back in the autumn, just as the leaves began to hint of the enchanting oranges, yellows, and reds to come, we took a Monday...
Messing with the minutes – warning
The Center for Technology in Government says, “Open government is grounded in the belief that access to government information is essential to the functioning...
Remember Southern sons who died 1861-’64
the 150th (sesquicentennial) anniversary of the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House, Virginia...
Recognizing a great Fayette County teacher — my wife
Seventeen years ago my wife began her Fayette County teaching career as a second-grade elementary teacher at Kedron Elementary School in Peachtree City. Seventeen...
What is health impact on humans of feeding animals our drugs?
What a fine bit of irony the National Public Radio website recently served: two articles, side by side in “Health.” One described the use...
Newnan set for movie night and shopping day
Newnan is set for two days of festivities this weekend as it hosts both “Screen on the Green” and “Market Day.”
The first event, a...
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Heritage students working to end hunger
The entire student body of The Heritage School in Newnan recently came together for a school-wide service project to help end hunger.
Students from Pre-Kindergarten...
Festa Confederada
This past Sunday was Confederate Memorial Day. Coming down from northern Ohio 55 years ago, I had a lot of getting dumped on as...
Student concert to feature trumpet player Gordon Vernick
Bennett’s Mill Middle School Band is presenting an evening of Jazz on Thursday, April 30, with special guest artist Gordon Vernick.
Vernick, a professional trumpet...
Starr’s Mill economics teacher headed to Japan for study
Walt Ellison, an economics teacher at Starr’s Mill High School, was recently awarded a 2015 Keizai Koho Center Teacher Fellowship to travel and study...
Attend free mini workshop, trace family roots through Civil War
“Our Genealogy Group” at Clayton State University will have a free mini workshop on Sunday, May 3, featuring Clayton State Associate Professor of History Dr....
Wildcats take region track crown
The Whitewater Wildcats won the Region 5-AAAA boys track championship last weekend in Carrollton.
The 4x400-meter relay team of Jonothan Womack, Mathew Grant, Langton Bryant,...
State baseball playoffs start Friday
Two local teams begin play this week in the GHSA state baseball playoffs, both playing at home as the top seeds from their respective...
State soccer playoffs start Tuesday
It’s state playoff time for high school soccer, and as usual there are several Fayette teams in the mix in various classifications.
McIntosh and Starr’s...
