Monthly Archives: June 2016
SMHS takes cup again
Starr’s Mill High School took home the Directors Cup in AAAAA for the second straight year, with McIntosh and Northgate finishing in the top...
Success on college baseball diamond
The University of West Georgia baseball team recently closed out a stellar season and a local product played a leading role.
The Wolves finished 2016...
Tyrone soccer signup underway
Registration for Tyrone Soccer League opened June 1 online at www.tyronesoccer.org and runs through the first week of August.
TSL offers U6 all the way...
Flat Creek golf tourney Aug. 30
This year’s Flat Creek Niners charity golf tournament is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 30.
The group has partnered with the Fayette County Ferst Foundation for...
Chiefs take lead in all-star win
“The game was one for the ages,” according to a McIntosh participant. “The best players in the state battling at their best.”
The recent all-star...
Billy Ray Taylor, 81, of Senoia
Billy Ray Taylor, 81, of Senoia passed away on June 15, 2016.
He was born on March 8, 1935 in Fairview, Ala. to Savola...
Donald Wallace of Tyrone
Mr. Donald (Kirby) Wallace of Tyrone went to be with the Lord June 16, 2016.
He was a 1967 graduate of Douglas County High School....
Timothy Joseph Romano of Tyrone
Timothy Joseph Romano of Tyrone passed away June 14, 2016 at the age of 25.
He was born in Rockville Center, N.Y. to Joseph...
Fayette Elections Supervisor fired by board
A June 14 called meeting by the Fayette County Board of Elections resulted in the termination of Election’s Supervisor Tom Sawyer who held the...
Good turnout for Promise Place walk
Promise Place hosted its first annual Walk A Mile in Her Shoes event June 11 in downtown Fayetteville.
Walk A Mile in Her Shoes is...
This weekend’s lane closures
Georgia Department of Transportation projects to improve highway infrastructure throughout metro Atlanta continue this weekend, weather permitting. Construction on the I-20, I-75 Express Lanes,...
Vigil held for Orlando victims
The First Presbyterian Church in Peachtree City hosted a community prayer vigil for the Orlando victims in the Pulse shooting. The service was attended...
Go inside film industry July 26
“A Life Behind the Scenes” is scheduled for Tuesday, July 26, 10-11 a.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Fayetteville location (The Life Enrichment Center, 4...
Small farm business training event set
AgSouth will partner with the UGA Extension offices in Carroll, Coweta, and Paulding counties this summer to offer a small farm business training workshop.
The...
Women’s handgun class coming June 24-26
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources will host a women’s handgun class as part of the Beyond Becoming an Outdoors Woman series. It will...
‘Daryl Dixon’ from ‘The Walking Dead’ to open restaurant in Senoia next week
“The Walking Dead” cast member Norman Reedus (aka Daryl Dixon) is about to expand his sights beyond his now-famous crossbow. Reedus is one of...
285-home project on 99 acres planned for south Fayetteville
Developer seeking annexation, rezoning of several parcels totalling 99 acres near Ingles shopping center to build 3 homes per acre
An annexation and rezoning proposal...
Abbington Square up for vote at Fayetteville Council
Council eyes 2.4% water-sewer rate increase
The much-maligned proposal to add 60 apartments and some retail shops in downtown Fayetteville comes up for a final...
Negative vote on Lexington Lofts complex
The Lexington Lofts proposal by Dar Thompson for a $22 million project including 75 condominiums and retail space on Lexington Circle received no support...
‘Balloons over Fayette’ a success, says county
12,000 people swarm McCurry Park for first-ever county festival
More than 12,000 people on June 11 swarmed into McCurry for something entirely new for Fayette...
PTC cops searching for hit and run suspect
Peachtree City police investigators are trying to locate a man involved in a hit and run collision on June 15 at the McDonald’s restaurant...
PTC adds up plans for new 1¢ tax
$2.5 million as donation to performing arts center
The Peachtree City Council in a June 7 workshop continued the conservation on items to be included...
PTC Council ready to vote on spending extra penny sales tax
Proposed project list contains $2.5 million donation to build a performing arts center
The June 16 meeting of the Peachtree City Council will see a...
Lawncare truck hijackers tracked, arrested
An Atlanta man and a Riverdale woman were arrested on multiple charges June 13 after hijacking a pickup truck filled with lawncare gear on...
Fayette County’s budget includes plan to roll back tax rate
The first public hearing for the county’s Fiscal Year 2017 budget came and went in only a few minutes with no public comment at...
Medical office building planned near hospital
A proposal for a medical office building immediately to the east of Piedmont Fayette Hospital is expected to come before the Fayetteville Planning and...
Boy, 8, succumbs after being pulled from family’s pool
The June 5 near-drowning of an 8-year-old boy at his grandmother’s home on Milam Road took a turn for the worse. The boy died...
Zac Brown’s Camp Southern Ground seeks solar farm permit
The Fayette County Board of Commissioners paved the way last month for the possible installation of a solar farm at Camp Southern Ground.
The children’s...
CAF series continues June 18
Georgia veterans of The Eighth Air Force will be at the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) Dixie Wing Saturday, June 18, at 11 a.m. to...
Art group raises funds for library
At a recent art show the Fayette Society of Fine Art (FSOFA) had a raffle of a painting to benefit the Friends of the...
Toal earns state recognition
Fayette County Extension Agent Kim Toal was selected as the state winner of Outstanding Support by Agriculture or Family & Consumer Science Professional by...
Church hosts concert on square
Fellowship of Love Church will host a free “Love Songs” concert Friday, June 24, at 7 p.m. at the square in downtown Fayetteville (corner...
Four state parks to offer site-specific reservations Aug. 1
Long-time campers know the anticipation of getting to a campground early so they can pick their favorite spot. Beginning this August, four of Georgia’s...
CCF event a big hit, organizers say
The Coweta Community Foundation hosted its first Saturday Down South Sporting Clays and Southern Supper May 21 at Blalock Lakes, and Foundation board chair...
