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NAACP racism suit faces counterattack
Commission, school board urged to continue opposition to racially-drawn district voting lines; see opinion column and letter to the editor
The outcome of the district...
Fayetteville’s Rep. Mabra declines to seek reelection in 2016 contest
Family priorities outvote politics
Georgia Rep. Ronnie Mabra, a Democrat who represents Fayetteville in District 63, announced on Jan. 4 that he will not seek...
Fayette roads still being repaired after holiday floods
Forget white Christmas. It was a muddy Christmas holiday season as a foot of rain drenched Fayette County from Christmas week through New Years,...
After dredging lake, changes coming to old Drake Field?
Work on the dredging of Lake Peachtree continues to wind-down. With it comes the process of restoring Drake Field and a move by the...
Get ready for higher PTC golf cart fees; Tyrone, county carts to see increases...
A decision on golf cart fees for residents and non-residents of Peachtree City might be up for a City Council vote on Jan. 7....
Holiday crime reports — 2 men attack, rob teen walking at night along Huiet...
The Christmas and New Year’s holidays in Fayette County came with a burglary, one robbery call and an entering auto incident in the unincorporated...
PTC police seek ID on would-be burglar
Peachtree City Police want to locate a suspect in the Jan. 4 attempted burglary of a Hyacinth Lane residence.
Department spokesman Mark Brown said the...
Man charged with Jan. 1 assault of PTC woman
A Union City man was charged with aggravated assault after a Jan. 1 incident at the home of a Peachtree City woman.
Marcus A. Hinton,...
Burglar removes storefront window, steals cash, phone cards
A Dec. 30 burglary at a business on Ga. Highway 54 near Peachtree City left the store short of cash, pre-paid phone cards and...
Coffee with a Cop Jan. 19
The Peachtree City Police Department will host its fourth “Coffee With a Cop” event Tuesday, Jan. 19, 7-9 a.m. at the Starr’s Mill Chick-fil-A,...
Library to close Friday-Monday
The Fayette County Library will be closed to the public over the upcoming four-day weekend.
The facility will be closed to the public Friday and...
Club shares with foster kids
The Newnan Chapter of the Iron Order Motorcycle Club recently purchased new toys and gifts to be given to older teenagers in the foster...
SCHS awarded $150K grant
Governor Nathan Deal has announced that Sandy Creek High is one of four recipients in the state to receive $150,000 as a winner of...
Turn off sprinklers to prevent black ice
As overnight temperatures begin dipping below freezing this week, the Georgia Department of Transportation reminds citizens to turn off sprinkler systems with automatic timers....
Students lead food donation
Jamie Hudson and Joey Hawthorne in Mike Fricke's fifth-grade class at Sara Harp Minter Elementary School really took to heart a class assignment to...
MLK activities Jan. 18
The Fayette County branch of the NAACP will host various 2016 MLK events Monday, Jan. 18. The community is invited to participate. This year’s...
Signup underway for homestead exemption
Forms for qualifying senior citizens to register for the 2016 Peachtree City Senior Homestead Exemption are now available at City Hall. Peachtree City residents...
Donation to Children’s Village
The leaders of Owens Corning–Fairburn presented a check for $5,000 on behalf of the Owens Corning Foundation to support the ongoing needs of neglected,...
Discussion on fatigue Jan. 6
A session on combating fatigue is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1:30-2:30 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Fayetteville location (The Life Enrichment Center, 4...
NAACP’s racism charge unsupported by facts
Fayette County voters, you’re on the verge of permanently losing your right to elect the executive branch of Fayette County government, consisting of the...
School reform hot issue at Capitol
The Georgia General Assembly will convene next week with the usual excitement and optimism of a new year. The informal kickoff is the traditional...
Taking stock
Taking stock is a tradition observed by Jews at Yom Kippur and others who examine their lives at the end of a year and...
Equality babble: Is government in happiness business?
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
Or do we?
At the end of a long, bitter political year, with...
Climate alarmism: The advance of statism in new dress
In the buildup to the Nov. 30 — Dec. 11 United Nations climate summit in Paris, climate alarmists tried to end intellectual debate over...
Mama comes around again
All my life, as long as I can recall, Mama saved things. Not because she was sentimental but because she had grown up Scotch-Irish...
BoC, BoE must stand against NAACP lawsuit
It is evident that the NAACP complaint filed in federal court alleging that the election process in Fayette County is a “racist process” designed...
Fayette is conservative, absolutely not racist
If the NAACP wants to accuse Fayette County of anything, accuse us of conservatism, not racism.
There is absolutely no empirical evidence of racism in...
Lost trust: Hard to believe conservation is their middle name
As a follow-up to my earlier letter regarding the diversity lost at the Ridge Nature Area, a direct result of activities being taken by...
Epiphany and ‘Burning of The Greens’
Today, Jan. 6, is a special day in the life of the Church. It is “Epiphany Day.” Are you familiar with this day? Let’s...
Vocalists sought for MLK Community Choir
The planning committee for the upcoming annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Community Program is seeking local vocalists to be a part of the...
Religion Briefs 01/06/16
GriefShare starts tonight at Dogwood
Dogwood Church, 975 Ga. Highway 74 N. in Tyrone, will offer a 13-week GriefShare support group on Wednesday evenings beginning...
Holy Trinity to offer GriefShare
Holy Trinity Church at 101 Walt Banks Rd. in Peachtree City will offer two new 13-week sessions of the GriefShare program beginning Jan. 13...
Catherine Jordan Rich birth
Jason and Amy Rich, along with their 2-year-old daughter Peyton, are thrilled to announce the arrival of Catherine Jordan.
Catherine was born on November 13,...
Florence Margaret Fedoruk, 94 of Peachtree City
Florence Margaret "Marge" Fedoruk, 94 of Peachtree City, Ga., passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 31, 2015 to be united again with her loving...
