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Peachtree City Optimist Club honors exemplary students
The Peachtree City Optimist Club recently held its annual Youth Appreciation Banquet at Flat Creek Country Club. The banquet is part of Optimist Youth...
FOCUS mini conference for parents is March 21
A FOCUS mini-conference will be held at Clayton State University in the James M. Baker University Center, on Saturday, March 21, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
FOCUS (Families...
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The Friends of the Library will present a workshop for people interested in writing and publishing children’s books. The leader, Danny Schnitzlein has...
Maintaining the Queen
The Fayette County Courthouse building on the square is the oldest courthouse building in Georgia and dates back to 1825.
The next oldest is in...
Church of Christ youth have hearts for Haiti
The Youth Ministry of the Church of Christ in Peachtree City put faith into action recently when members chose to serve needy youth in...
Racism today in America
At the recent anniversary gathering on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., the speakers and those gathered to celebrate the civil rights struggle...
Who governs the poorest?
March 7th was the 50th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the first attempt by black protesters to march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery to demand...
MLK reminds us of the power of forgiveness
Turn on the news and you expect to see people of different races and politics denouncing each other. That’s why what happened last week...
Two warnings
When Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress on March 3rd, it was the third time he had done so....
The legacy of Light
Many people have crossed the path of my life but only one crossed it from three different directions. Don Light, one of Nashville’s most...
PTC, look within for next police chief
Three of the last three police chiefs in Peachtree City have resigned under less than admirable conditions.
The last three chiefs were as follows:
Murray: Resigned...
Most legislators boarded wrong-way education train
During World War II, Dietrich Bonhoeffer said, “If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other...
How do you like the PTC Council now?
Now is a good time for some updates and reviews of events happening in the county and Peachtree City. The county review will include...
Earl Stanley Govert, 70, of Peachtree City
Earl Stanley Govert, 70, of Peachtree City, Ga. and formerly of Griffith, Ind., died on March 14, 2015.
He is survived by his wife of...
James P. Gray, of Fairburn
James P. "Jim" Gray, of Fairburn, left us on March 13, 2015 at the age of 60.
He was a member of the Knights of...
Nona Eileen Dawson, 90, of Fayetteville
Nona Eileen Dawson, 90, of Fayetteville, Ga. passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.
Mrs. Dawson grew up in Ellsworth, Wis. Bill and Nona...
Benjamin McGarity Lindsey of Fayetteville
Benjamin McGarity Lindsey was born in Carrollton, Ga. on May 24, 1957 to Rev. and Mrs. John A Lindsey.
Ben was a graduate of Hapeville...
Chris Barrett Crawford, 69, of Fayetteville
Chris Barrett Crawford, 69, of Fayetteville, passed away on March 11, 2015.
He was an air traffic controller in the Air Force in Vietnam...
James Paul Bergen, 81, of Fayetteville
James Paul Bergen, 81, of Fayetteville, Ga. passed away on March 16, 2015.
Mr. Bergen was born in Trenton N.J. and was a Navy Veteran....
Eloise Marie Carmolingo of Peachtree City
Eloise Marie Carmolingo of Peachtree City, Ga. passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2015.
Eloise, born in Philadelphia, Pa., was a loving wife, mother, grandmother,...
F’ville man pleads guilty to 2013 armed robbery
A Fayetteville man on March 17 entered a guilty plea to charges stemming from the 2013 armed robbery at the BP convenience store Fayetteville.
William...
Book signing will benefit veterans
Award-winning author Debby Giusti will sign copies of “Stranded” on Thursday, March 26, from 4-6:30 p.m., at Omega Book Center, 100 North Peachtree Parkway, Peachtree City.
This...
Emory religion professor to talk in Newnan
A professor of Old Testament at Emory’s Candler School of Theology and also the Graduate Division of Religion will give a talk in Newnan...
Hughes named to all-region team
Oglethorpe sophomore forward Ciaira Hughes, a graduate of Fayette County High, was named to the D3hoops.com All-South Region Third Team today by sports information...
Panthers take county track meet
The Starr's Mill Panthers track team took first place in both the boys and girls competitions at last weekend's Fayette County Championship meet.
Individual first-place...
Newnan actors tackle Sondheim’s ‘Into the Woods’
What if all the favorite childhood fairy tales became one jumbled, mixed-up tale complete with music written by a Broadway genius?
That idea will come...
Jonathan Nase becomes Eagle Scout
Jonathan Nase recently completed the board of review to earn Eagle Scout status.
His project was in support of the trail network on property in...
Ace Cheer team takes title
Ace Cheer Company of Peachtree City took several competitive teams to the UCA International All Star Cheer Competition in Orlando, FL, where the teams...
Burch Elementary starts garden with help of community partners
Burch Elementary School is working with its community partners to create a school garden.
Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone donated gardening books for the...
Aventure Aviation is ‘business rock star’
Fayette County's Aventure Aviation was recognized as a “Small Business Rock Star” at a luncheon hosted by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD)...
State’s virtual charter school to have info meeting in Peachtree City
Georgia Connections Academy, a statewide public charter school and provider of high-quality, highly accountable, virtual K-12 schooling, is having an informational session for prospective...
Dia de la Familia Health Fair is biggest in 14-year history
Even the rain couldn’t stop the steady flow of people arriving at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Peachtree City on March 14 for the...
Aldana named executive director of Camp Southern Ground
Sue Aldana has been named executive director of Camp Southern Ground, a 400-acre nonprofit camp founded by GRAMMY Award-winning artist Zac Brown and currently...
Longest serving, newest members cut American Legion anniversary cake
Two members of the American Legion Fayette County Post 105 are selected each year to cut an anniversary cake to celebrate the March 15,...
