The dreaded yellow film that coats your car, your front porch, your dog and almost anything that remains outside for more than a few minutes is back.
And that can only mean one thing: pollen season, which translates to seasonal allergies for millions of Americans. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
March is national colorectal cancer awareness month, and doctors at Piedmont hope to educate people in the community about the importance of regular colorectal cancer screenings, especially for individuals at high risk.
According to the American Cancer Society, except for skin cancers, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S. A colonoscopy is the best screening...
Whitewater Middle has been honored for participating in Georgia Schools Care, which raised over $43,600 to support children in foster care.
Georgia Schools Care aimed to unite Georgia's education family in a collective effort to impact the lives of others positively. During the initiative, participants joined forces to raise an impressive total of more than $43,600. The funds collected were directed...
Peachtree City Manager Robert Curnow — one year after his arrival — has resigned, thus setting off another search for the person who will manage the day-to-day operation of the city of 38,000-plus residents.
Here is a statement attributed to “the city” about his departure:
“We are grateful for Robert Curnow’s dedicated service as the City Manager of Peachtree City and...
During the January regular meeting of Fayette School Board of Education, Ms. Erin Robinson, Executive Director of Human Resources and Title IX Coordinator, presented the FY 2025 Personnel Allotments. In her “new approach,” she recommends that principals reduce allotments in a way that is fair and gives flexibility and that they are encouraged to maximize FTE (full-time employees) in...
Government agencies and officials are forbidden from regulating or restricting speech or other expression based on its content or viewpoint. That includes our local governments and the Board of Education.
All our local governments are also subject to the Georgia Open Records Act and the Georgia Open Meetings Act, allowing citizens to be present at meetings and to obtain governmental...
One of Peachtree City’s four-legged law enforcement officers played a role in a drug arrest this week.
Police stopped a Ford F-150 March 21 on Paschall Road near Huddleston Road for traffic violations. K9 Drako was sent into action during the search of the vehicle. The suspect was found to be trafficking about 4.5 ounces of methamphetamine, according to the...
A late-night routine traffic stop last week resulted in three men being arrested for their creative homemade design of firearms.
According to reports, a car was pulled over March 19 shortly before midnight in the area of Hwy. 92 and McBride Road. The initial reason for the stop was a tag light violation as well as a failure to dim...
There will be a new face leading the Tiger pride onto the field this fall. Eric Solomon has been tabbed as the new head football coach at Fayette County High.
Solomon was drawn to the job and the opportunity to coach in a great school district and community.
“I believe my experience and willingness to make a difference in young people’s...
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Do you ever get dizzy and you just don’t know why?
You stand up and the world around you starts spinning. Other people see you and have no idea what is wrong.
Vestibular dysfunction is a disturbance in the body’s balance system. Perhaps the most commonly known version is what we call vertigo.
The good news is that it can usually...
Fayette County NAACP Youth Council Meetings are held every fourth Sunday at the Olivet Church of Christ, 877 Highway 314 North in Fayetteville at 4 p.m.
The purpose of the Youth Council is to inform youth between the ages of 13 and 25, of their rights as citizens; how to advance their economic, educational, social, and political status, enhance harmonious...
The Tigers came out on top. Fayette County High’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter claimed the championship at their region competition.
They also won two individual titles. Sydney Valentine won for Banking & Financial Systems, and Elona Paton won for Intro to Business Procedures.
They added four more top 10 placements. Jasmyn Coleman also placed 3rd in Intro to...
McIntosh High students Chloe Davis and Cianna Ricci took the design world by storm. At the Junk Kouture sustainable fashion world finals in London, the duo’s design placed 1st in America and top 6 in the world.
“It feels very surreal to finish so high in the competition because I myself wasn't sure our design was strong compared to the others,”...
Led by a first place finish from Fayette County High, local students were plentiful among the top 10 in many categories at the 2024 HOSA State Leadership Conference.
The Fayette County High team of Nina Le, Deborah Nyarko, Amarachi Ohaya, Jazmine Thomson, and Sheeza Virani won 1st place in Public Health.
Five students from McIntosh placed in the top 10 of their...
Fayette students filled the winners’ podium at the 2024 Georgia Student Technology Competition (GaSTC).
A total of 8 local students won 1st place.
Christian Lee of North Fayette Elementary won for Animation for the 3/4th grade division. Gauri Krishnan of Oak Grove Elementary won for Audio Production for the 3/4th grade division. Amari Kemp of Bennett’s Mill Middle won for Device...
The McIntosh High Literary Team was the big winner at their region tournament, placing in every event and winning in five areas to claim the championship.
Sage Shah won in both Essay - Argumentative and Extemporaneous Speaking - Domestic. Ella Hamilton won in Essay - Literary Analysis. Zoura Chan won in Extemporaneous Speaking - International.
Max Thompson, Tyler Hooton, Gavin Smalley,...
In March of 2024, at the semi-annual House of Bishops in New York, Father Jason Epps, Senoia, was elected to the office of Bishop.
For a season he will be a “Bishop Coadjutor,” which means that he will assist the current bishop and then succeed the incumbent bishop as the Bishop of the Diocese of the Mid-South (Georgia and Tennessee) not later than January...
Sentiment is not something I was taught. It was born in me.
Both my parents were hardscrabble Appalachian folks where sentimentality was a luxury that could be afforded no more than new, wool coats for the entire family or a simple, gold wedding band for my grandmother.
But me? I am painfully sentimental about all things. I would not wish the...
A mentoring program is building bonds between McIntosh High and local elementary students.
Spearheaded by McIntosh counselor TaMesha Hickey, the Hi-Teen Mentors program sees high school students meet weekly one-on-one with their elementary school mentees. They read to their buddy, assist them with homework, or just help them with social skills and problems they might have.
“My primary aim is to...
Burch Elementary got a visit from some high-flying friends when Sandy Creek High’s Air Force JROTC cadets shared good books with them for National Read Across America Day.
A total of 19 cadets from the Air Force JROTC unit visited their neighboring school to read age-appropriate books to 10 classrooms. The cadets were exciting and engaging as they read to...
The Inman Eagles soared above the competition at the 2024 Griffin RESA Regional Elementary School Math Contest.
The team from Inman Elementary won Division I for smaller schools.
Among individual winners, two Inman students finished in the top 3. Alice Roberts placed 2nd overall with Remi Ortero in 3rd place.
In Division II for medium schools, Kedron Elementary placed 3rd.
The Griffin RESA...
An individual gold medal highlighted another strong showing for Sandy Creek High at the 2024 SkillsUSA State Leadership and Skills Conference.
Aniya Eason won 1st place in Customer Service and will advance to the national competition this June.
Jawanza Blue and Brooklyn Turner captured the bronze in 3-D Visualization and Animation.
The Patriots were also honored as a Silver Chapter of Distinction,...
By Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
President Joe Biden’s leftist-activist allies are suing me, again. They want to open the gate to noncitizen voting. I’m not going to let them.
President Biden’s failure to address our border crisis signals a troubling new trend and campaign tactic from the Left: a push to open our elections to noncitizen voting. Despite attempts...
A Hampton couple spent some quality time together in the Fayette County Jail over the weekend after both were charged with felony drug possession and assorted misdemeanors.
According to reports, a traffic stop was made in the wee hours of March 17 at Hwy. 54 and Wilbanks Road by Fayetteville police because of multiple issues, including an extended response to...
FOSTER CARE INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS are held every Thursday at 10 a.m. at Bloom Our Youth, 150 Marquis Dr., Fayetteville. Get your foster parenting questions answered at this free, no-commitment, casual, meeting. Speak directly with Bloom associates about the requirements and journey to becoming a Bloom foster family.
For more information, contact Shannon Hoy at s.hoy@bloomouryouth.org or call 770-461-7020.
I was consecrated a bishop in our denomination in November 2007 after our then-bishop, John W. Holloway, suffered a massive stroke that June at the age of 53. I would have jurisdiction over the states of Georgia and Tennessee and, in 2011, I would also become the Associate Endorser for our United States military chaplains. In 2014, Bishop Holloway,...
As you remember from last week, Dear Reader, a green sticky thing had just landed on the best place possible — Down the Street Bully Brad’s face. This was the same sticky thing that had been on my face and then moved to my ear before I could snatch it off. (The green sticky thing, not my ear.)
I had...
Layers of Fashion – Thursday, April 4 – 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fayette Senior Services (FSS) – Peachtree City location at The Gathering Place, 203 McIntosh Trail: We are almost on the other side of winter, past heavy winter coats and bulky warm fashion. As we start to shed some more layers as the temperatures begin to rise...
The team of Rodgers and Hammerstein created some of the world’s most beloved musicals. This summer, Southside Theatre Guild in Fairburn, will bring their production of “Cinderella” to the stage. While the show is obviously a big hit for all ages, this production will only feature performers ages 18 and over, due to the complexity of the music which...
It’s a whole new era for the Panthers. On the staff since the school opened, Starr’s Mill High head varsity football coach Chad Phillips is retiring and leaving the program in great shape for what’s coming.
For 27 years total and 14 as head coach, Phillips has been a fixture of Panther football. He retires with a career record of...
On March 9, the McIntosh wrestling team had its annual dinner. It was well attended by wrestlers, their families and friends. I attended and had the pleasure of awarding the Judge Tarey B. Schell Memorial Scholarship to Brayden Petras, Captain of the team.
Judge Schell wrestled when he was a cadet at West Point and loved the sport. When he...
This week, AT&T announced availability of AT&T Fiber to more than 6,000 customer locations in parts of the Fayetteville community. These locations are part of the more than 25,000 customer locations in Fayette County that currently have access to AT&T Fiber.
“AT&T’s continued investment in Fayetteville is a welcome investment that will provide more Fayetteville residents and small businesses with...
— Fayette County Development Authority eyes Tyrone as next site for growth with proposed massive server farm —
The Fayette County Development Authority is requesting an annexation of 145.5 acres of undeveloped land north of the town of Tyrone and to change its zoning to Business Technology Park to construct two one-story data center buildings totaling 490,000 square feet in...
Peachtree City police intervened when an argument escalated to the point that bystanders feared it would be settled with bullets.
According to reports, on the evening of March 16, a call from dispatch went out to all units regarding a verbal altercation in progress with guns involved. Officers arrived at an apartment complex on Stevens Entry and separated the parties...
