Once dependent on grants from Fayette’s local governments, the county’s Development Authority has its own money now, and it’s giving big bucks to all the municipalities, the county commission and the school system “to serve as the catalyst for transformative projects that contribute to the economic vitality of Fayette County,” the FCDA said in a news release.
Here’s who’s getting...
In June of last year, physicians in Ecuador declared Bella Montoya dead, but as family members gathered for her wake, she suddenly showed signs of life as she rested in her coffin.
Four months earlier, workers at a Long Island nursing home pronounced an 82-year-old woman dead, but three hours later, funeral home staff discovered she was still alive and...
Mrs. Evelyn Bailey Farr, 90, passed away Sunday morning, March 24, 2024.
She was a teacher for thirty-three years in the Fayette County system, beginning as a substitute teacher, then working as a para-pro at Hood Avenue Elementary School.
Later she attended Clayton State College and West Georgia University and earned her bachelor, masters, and T-6 degrees in teaching and applied...
By CATHY VAUGHT
Fayetteville citizens who wanted to maintain their quality of life stepped up and achieved a major victory last Thursday on March 21.
They hype and controversy of the last three months surrounding a proposal to build Avila Fayetteville, a 254 (down from the original 265) horizontal cottage-style apartment complex on 30 acres of land at the intersection of...
Peachtree City Elementary enjoyed an epic experience when a paleontologist gave a presentation on fossils and organisms.
Rick Spears with the Fernbank Science Center wowed the 3rd grade with a talk about how fossils are formed while highlighting the various roles of paleontologists. Students learned how paleontologists study fossils to learn about the environments and animals of the past. Each student...
A pair of local students were victorious at the 2024 Young Georgia Authors regional writing competition.
Bella Grimmage of Peeples Elementary won for 1st grade, and Hailey Frame of Inman Elementary won for 5th grade.
Winning entries advance to the state-level competition this May.
The contest, sponsored by the Georgia Language Arts Supervisors and the Georgia RESA Network with support from the...
This Thursday, March 28th the Starr’s Mill High School soccer teams will face off versus McIntosh in the annual Battle For The Troops. The game will be at Starr's Mill High School.
This game will showcase the crosstown rivalry between two soccer powerhouses while also raising money for the American Legion. Our local posts — Post 50 and Post 105...
Five years ago, I was invited to give a presentation to a group of entrepreneurs and small business leaders in a program series entitled "Meeting of the Minds." The host of the program, local entrepreneur Annie Singh-Quern, told me that I could talk about anything. I surveyed the previous presentations, and they were all excellent, but most focused on...
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...
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,”...
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...
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...
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...
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...
