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DAR helps with Constitution Week displays
Ginger Deraney, a member of the Constitution Week Committee for the Starr's Mill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, placed commemorative displays...
PFH named Large Hospital of the Year
Piedmont Fayette Hospital in Fayetteville was named 2016 Large Hospital of the Year by the Georgia Alliance of Community Hospitals (the Alliance) at its...
SCHS to unveil Museum of Literature
The Museum of Literature is to coming to Fayette County.
With encouragement from their teacher, Cindy Claxton, a group of AP literature students from Sandy...
Plenty of medals for local Special Olympians
It has been a busy couple of months for the athletes of Fayette County Special Olympics.
It started in August in Warner Robins for State...
Burn ban extended
Due to the ongoing severe drought conditions, the Peachtree City Fire Marshal’s Office has determined that temporary restrictions on outdoor burning are necessary.
No burn...
Senoia Road ready to re-open
Contractors are scheduled to have Senoia Road open to through traffic again by Wednesday, Oct. 19. Until that time, drivers should continue to use...
Rinnai unveils 2,000,000th tankless unit
Rinnai America Corporation attained the milestone of selling its two millionth tankless unit last month and celebrated the occasion by hosting a special luncheon...
Georgia Archives and Genealogy Day is Oct. 22
The annual Georgia Archives and Genealogy Day program is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22, with two tracks - one for beginners and another for...
Corruption, collusion and Clinton
Modern journalists have little in common with those I was privileged to know when I was a copyboy at NBC News in Washington in...
When things fall apart
What with writers and speakers everywhere quoting William Butler Yeats’ poetic appraisal of modern times, as I read recently, maybe we can better appreciate...
The left and the masses
The greatest moral claim of the political left is that they are for the masses in general and the poor in particular. That is...
Presidents make policy, generals make plans
“If, as Clausewitz so justly said, war is a continuation of national policy, so are war plans.”
— Barbara W. Tuchman, “The Guns of August”...
Sweetest place on Earth
A few years ago when I had a new book release about Southern women, the publisher asked me to speak at a conference for...
How PTC should spend SPLOST
The SPLOST item on the Peachtree City council agenda this Thursday, Oct. 20, is extremely important.
A letter to the editor was published back on...
Gardner Denver closing and taxes
I heard recently that Gardner Denver is closing the facility on Gardner Park and that 30 or so highly paid engineers and or project...
Trump fan must live in another world
One Michael Velsmid of Peachtree City accuses readers of hypersensitivity and hypocritical reactions to sexual predation remarks offered by his preferred presidential candidate.
He asserts...
Which party supports slaughter of babies?
My fellow Christians, there is one candidate and one political party that unconditionally supports the slaughtering of innocent children. If you don’t know which...
Slow down Redwine Road Speedway before tragedy hits
My wife Sharon and I retired to Fayetteville in October 2014. We purchased a new home in the Bellemeade development off Redwine Road. There...
Wanted posters for candidates you know
Wanted posters — Perps believed to be headed to D.C.
WANTED for Felony Unwanted Kissing —
DONALD TRUMP (and your creepy uncle)
Possible sentence — chemical removal...
Deborah Lynn Phillips, age 61
Deborah Lynn Phillips, age 61, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2016 at her home in Sharpsburg surrounded by her loving family. She was born...
James Raleigh McMillian, age 80
James Raleigh McMillian passed away on October 17, 2016. He was 80.
Known as James to his family, Jim to his friends, and granddaddy to...
Evelyn Butler Phillips, age 97
On the morning of October 12, 2016, Evelyn Butler Phillips left this earthly home for a far better one.
On May 21, 1919, Evelyn, the...
Mary Ann Burgess, 80, of Fayetteville
Mary Ann Burgess, 80, of Fayetteville passed away October 16, 2016.
Mrs. Burgess was a long-time member of The Fayetteville First United Methodist Church, where...
Jeanette Marie Rainwater, 52, of Columbus
Jeanette Marie Rainwater, 52, of Columbus, Ga., passed away October 11, 2016. She was born in East Point, Ga. to Richard and Ann Miller.
Jeanette...
Travis Edwin Anderson, 28, of Fayetteville
Travis Edwin Anderson, 28, of Fayetteville, passed away October 15, 2016.
Travis attended Griffin Tech, working as a plumber for the last six years. He...
Phillip Mark Ackerman of Peachtree City
Mr. Phillip Mark Ackerman of Peachtree City, Ga. passed away on October 14, 2016.
He was born in Delhi, N.Y. on February 16, 1957...
Louise Shatley Yates, age 85
Louise Shatley Yates passed away peacefully October 14, 2016 after short illness.
She was born June 27, 1931 in Elizabethton, Tenn., the third daughter of...
Wisteria restaurant
The restaurant I’m writing about this week was in Jonesboro, but I know many Fayette Countians will remember it. They will also remember those...
Things to Do-Oct.19-Dec.4
October
October 19
A “Caregiver Resource Expo” is today from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Fayetteville location (The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive).
Are...
CAP open house is Oct. 27
The Peachtree City Falcon Field Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) is hosting an open house Thursday, Oct. 27, 7-8:30 p.m.at 1120...
Festival set for Oct. 21
Fayette County’s second annual public safety fall festival is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 21, 5:30-8 p.m. at the Fayette County Justice Center, 1 Center...
Falcon Field run postponed until spring
The Commemorative Air Force Dixie Wing and Atlanta Regional Airport (Falcon Field) in Peachtree City have postponed the Nov. 5 “Keep ‘em Flying” 10k/5k...
Readers’ theatre Oct. 27 at library
The Fayette County Public Library invites the public to attend “Listening to Characters with True Grit,” a readers’ theatre performance of scenes from “True...
Fayette salutes school bus drivers this week
Fayette County Schools is honoring bus drivers Oct. 17-21 as part of School Bus Driver Appreciation Week.
Each day during the school year, Fayette County...
