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Oddo to remain BOC chairman
There is no change for 2016 regarding the top two positions on the Fayette County Board of Commissioners.
During the organizational portion of the first...
Retirement talk at Jan. 26 lunch session
“Five Threats to Retirement” is the Lunch & Learn topic scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 26, 12:30-2:30 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Fayetteville location (The...
Improv show to benefit Promise Place
Promise Place is hosting its annual comedy benefit, “Promise You’ll Laugh,” Friday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m. at The Legacy Theatre in Tyrone. Doors...
Location change for class
Due to an overwhelming citizen response, the Active Shooter Response class offered by the Fayetteville Police Department is being moved to the Sams Auditorium,...
More than 50 chosen for All-State
All-State Band and All-State Orchestra is the highest honor a Georgia music student can receive, and this year a total of 39 band students...
Auditions upcoming for play
The Newnan Theatre Company has announced auditions for “Flies at the Well: The Trial of the Killer John Wallace”, the world premiere of a...
Free classes for fruit lovers
We all enjoy good fresh fruit, but with it many questions come to mind.
Will this fruit produce in Georgia? When do I plant it?...
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-75 Express Lanes projects...
Dean’s List announced at Samford
The following students are included on Samford University's fall 2015 Dean's List:
Katharine M. Wood of Brooks
Megan L. Lamneck of Fayetteville
Austen A. Clarke of Fayetteville
James...
UNG unveils President’s Honor Roll
The deans of each of UNG's five colleges -- the College of Arts & Letters, the College of Education, the College of Health Sciences...
Dean’s List at UNG announced
The deans of each of UNG's five colleges -- the College of Arts & Letters, the College of Education, the College of Health Sciences...
Citizen of the Year finalists named
The nominees for the 2016 Coweta County Citizen of the Year have been announced, and they are Bob Coggin, Ruby Hines, Ginger Jackson Queener,...
VSU names Dean’s List
Valdosta State University has released its list of students who made the Dean’s List for the 2015 fall semester.
Students who achieve a semester grade...
Local community wins national award
The Arbor Terrace Peachtree City community recently won a 2016 Best of Assisted Living Award, an honor based on family reviews and ratings of...
Learn about avoiding falls
“Stand Up to Falls” is the Lunch & Learn topic scheduled for Monday, Jan. 25, noon-2 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Peachtree City location...
Man takes his life at busy intersection in PTC
The crowed rush hour intersection of Ga. highways 74 and 54 in Peachtree City was the scene Wednesday afternoon of a suicide by a...
Mayor outlines PTC challenges in 2016
Fleisch: Good people in place, but city faces funding shortfalls
Peachtree City Mayor Vanessa Fleisch used the occasion of the Jan. 7 City Council meeting...
Fayetteville burglar hauls off trash bag full of $150 hair extensions
The first full week of 2016 came with four burglaries and two entering auto incidents in unincorporated Fayette County and Fayetteville.
Two burglaries also occurred...
Fayette Commission set to choose chairman Thursday
The first five minutes of Thursday night’s Fayette County Board of Commissioners meeting could have a large impact on the county’s business for the...
Using golf carts in PTC just got pricier
Non-PTC residents will have to pay $100 a year to ride on city cart paths
The vote on raising golf cart fees is in. Peachtree...
To sewer or not to sewer outside PTC, that’s the question
What about the 2-decades-old pledge to restrict expansion to inside PTC?
Here’s a question. Should Peachtree City, or more appropriately the Peachtree City Water and...
PTC hits pause on its high-speed cable plan
Existing provider NuLink low-bids everybody, so city wants more details
The Peachtree City Council on Jan. 7 was supposed to continue the discussion on the...
A tale of 2 Chicks — Chick-fil-A downsizes original PTC location to drive-thru,...
The conceptual site plan and elevations for the Chick-fil-A replacement restaurant on Ga. Highway 54 in the Peachtree Crossing retail center were approved by...
PTC to fix turn problems at Planterra and Hwy. 54
It was a vote on what to many is a minor issue. Yet for those exiting the Home Depot area or Planterra Way onto...
PTC cart path sexual assault
PTC cops arrest cart driver, 22, for groping female jogger near Pinegate Road
A Jan. 9 sexual assault on a cart path in Peachtree City...
Fayette school board and county commission vote to settle district voting lawsuit
Updated story - Jan. 15: Thursday night, the Fayette County Board of Commissioners approved the settlement plan just before midnight at the end of...
Jackson to speak March 18
Can’t Never Could, Inc. has announced that Denise Jackson will be the speaker for its third annual Grey Matters Dinner Event scheduled for Friday,...
Teachers form advisory board
A pair of marketing teachers and DECA advisors, Jaime Carter of Sandy Creek High and Karen Stoll of Whitewater High, have formed the Fayette...
Notable grads and students
Kaylin M. Johnson of Senoia earned a bachelor’s degree last month from the University of North Georgia and was commissioned as a second lieutenant...
Fashion tips offered at FSS session
“A Passion for Fashion” is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 22, 1-2 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Fayetteville location (The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center...
District voting: Real issue is party, not race
The court order from the NAACP voting complaint declares that “... a vote dilution claim must fail “hen the record indisputably proves that partisan...
Ask politicians what they’re not telling
As we face a brand new year, it is only normal that we should reflect upon both our past and our future. Sometimes I...
Roots and identity
Ever since the miniseries “Roots” was shown on ABC in 1977, Americans have demonstrated a keen interest in finding out more about where they...
Names on a wall
On a day that I was visiting someone in a nursing home, angels, disguised as caregivers, came in and requested that I step out...
