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VSU announces summer Dean’s List
Valdosta State University has announced its Summer 2016 Dean's List. Students who achieve a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on nine...
BOE achieves Exemplary status for second year
Fayette County Public Schools has been awarded the Georgia School Boards Association’s (GSBA) Exemplary School Board recognition for a second consecutive year. The school...
FCHS band performs in Hollywood
The Fayette County High School Band will be on national television Friday, Dec. 16, in the Hollywood Christmas Parade.
The parade was taped two weeks...
Lawman’s memoir published
A local man has recently published a memoir titled “They Paid Me For This?: Stories From Over Three Decades in Law Enforcement.”
David Coppage and...
Tree made from recycled bottles
Keep Newnan Beautiful has installed the Recycled Bottle Christmas Tree in Greenville Street Park.
Niagara Bottling sponsored this year’s tree by providing the bottles and...
Heritage Foundation presents grant to SCSAC-CAC
The Heritage Community Foundation presented a $2,600 grant Nov. 10 to executive director Gayla Nobles, development director Melissa Tinsley Cates and programs/services director Christie...
Academic Bowl students dominate regional competition
Fayette County students blew away the competition this year at the regional Griffin RESA Academic Bowl, sweeping both the varsity and junior varsity divisions...
Learn to deal with emergencies
“In Case of Emergency” is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 20, 10-11 a.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Peachtree City location (The Gathering Place, 203 McIntosh...
Pumping class for breastfeeding moms
Pumping Basics, a one-hour class discussing planning and preparing to pump and returning to work while breastfeeding/pumping, will be offered Sunday, Jan. 15.
Recommended after...
Senoia picks new manager
After a nearly three month search, Senoia has a new city manager. On Friday morning, the City Council selected current assistant police chief in...
Tis the season: $29,000 in gift cards nabbed
An employee of the Target store off Ga. Highway 74 North in Peachtree City has been charged with the theft of more than $29,000...
The holidays have arrived
A choir on Main Street in Senoia was just part of LIght Up Senoia held Dec. 3. Photo/John Thompson.
PTC couple die in Gatlinburg wildfire
A retired Canadian couple who lived in Peachtree City were among the 14 people who died in the Gatlinburg, Tennessee fire.
John and Marilyn Tegler,...
Holiday season brings out more entering auto thefts
Peachtree City for the period of Nov. 30 through Dec. 2 had five entering auto incidents. Items such as a handgun and a cell...
Irate customer kicks in door at McDonald’s
Police on Nov. 30 were called to the McDonald’s restaurant on Ga. Highway 54 West after a patron kicked an exit door off its...
Crowd voices concerns over bullying and election
Sandy Creek High School students had their say at the Dec. 7 Community Awareness Seminar sponsored by the Fayette County School System. Many of...
Two are charged in equipment heist
Two Atlanta men have been charged after Fayette County sheriff’s deputies found five pieces of heavy equipment at a Westbridge Road residence in north...
Home heating safety tips
With cold weather in the forecast, Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens wants to remind Georgians of some heating tips to help keep...
Menorah lighting Dec. 17
The public is invited to join Congregation B'nai Israel's ceremonial Menorah lighting scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 17, 5-7 p.m.
Chanukah is a celebration of lights...
Student wins art competition
Ira Colendrino, a junior at Starr’s Mill High, has placed first in the 2016 Chuck Baird Memorial Art Competition sponsored by the American Sign...
Peeples Elementary receives grant
The Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Georgia Council for the Arts has selected Peeples Elementary as a recipient of its Vibrant Communities grant.
The school...
Veterans’ ornaments available for tree
Minter Farm donated an 11-foot blue ice tree to the UDC, and so far $600 has been raised in ornament purchases. Each ornament honors...
Chair-ity Event raises $200K
Local artists, sponsors, hosts, community leaders, and volunteers, came together on December 1st for the tenth Annual Chair-ity Event benefitting The Children’s Village at...
House of Dawn receives grant
The Heritage Community Foundation presented a $3,000 grant Nov. 16 to Dawn Murray, CEO, House of Dawn, Inc. It will be used to purchase...
Teachers receive Bright Ideas grants
Out of 77 applicants representing 36 schools, 28 teachers in Coweta and Fayette counties were surprised with gifts and Bright Ideas checks ranging from...
Learn the basics of caring for a newborn
Baby Basics, open to expectant mothers and their spouses or partners, provides information and guidance related to the care of the newborn. Topics discussed...
Amazing Haiti story told Dec. 20
“Hope in Haiti” is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 20, 10-11 a.m. at Fayette Senior Services’ Fayetteville location (The Life Enrichment Center, 4 Center Drive).
Hear...
The season of hope
For many in our society, the future appears to be very threatening. Global terror continues to elicit fear, the threat of rogue nations employing...
An old friend
An old friend
By Rick Ryckeley
At first I thought the tap on the shoulder had come from The Wife. She had gone back to the...
Notable students and grads
Lauren Wilson of Fayetteville, a student at Brenau University, participated Nov. 11-14 in the Gainesville Theatre Alliance production "Flyin' West" at the Ed Cabell...
Airport Authority to consider appointment
The Selection Committee for the Peachtree City Airport Authority will meet Monday, Dec. 12, at 3 p.m. in the Executive Conference room at City...
Jazz students selected to All-State Ensemble
Four Fayette County students are among those to make the 2016-17 All-State Jazz Ensemble, one of the highest honors a student musician can achieve.
Andrew...
State agencies award $400K in grants
Bright from the Start: Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL), in partnership with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA), has awarded...
Water on farmers’ minds at convention
About 1,500 Georgia farmers and agribusiness leaders from across the state met on Jekyll Island Dec. 4-6 for the organization’s 79th annual convention. The...
