The South Metro Rose Society (SMRS) will be holding its 37th Annual Rose Show on May 18-19th at a new location which is the Fayetteville First United Methodist Church at 175 E. Lanier Avenue.
Local rose growers are invited to enter their roses into the competition. Ribbons and prizes will be awarded. Members of the society will advise newcomers to enter...
Let’s Talk Money Workshop: Saturday, March 23rd, 2024, 2:00pm-4:00pm—Readers & Writers Room
A Free financial health workshop hosted by certified financial coaches Kim Mathis and Taylor Thomas, financial advisor Chike Uzoka and Senior Tax Professional Rashad Williams. Topics discussed include organizing your finances, financial freedom, protecting and growing your wealth, building intergenerational wealth, taxes and your money. Open to teens...
Carmen Yarbrough, McIntosh High family and consumer sciences teacher and Chiefettes dance team coach, loves instilling students with the building blocks for success.
In the classroom, Yarbrough leads the nutrition and food science pathway. They cover everything about nutrition. It’s about knowledge so you know what you’re putting in your body.
“It’s life skills,” said Yarbrough. “It’s not to tell you...
For the Whitewater High lacrosse program, there are victories bigger than those on the scoreboard. On Thursday, March 14, the Wildcats host East Coweta High in a LaCROSSe Out Cancer fundraiser to fight pediatric cancer.
Every $50 funds 1 hour of research, and the Cats are working this year to raise $10,000 to benefit Stand Up For Cancer and the...
Last week, a friend of mine, who rarely calls me, did that very thing. Noticing that it wasn’t a spam call, I answered. He asked me a simple non-work-related question, but I didn’t have the answer.
The dialogue went like this:
My friend asked, “Do you know when the next meeting is?”
“I’m not sure, but I know it’s on the website,”...
It’s thrilling to see the positive movement and rebuttal from local citizens who oppose the urbanization of our cities in Fayette County. People in Fayetteville are demanding to know exactly what is going on and they are responding by attending city meetings and making their voices heard.
My last column on the outrage surrounding more high-density apartment and condominium complexes...
The Patriots added another trophy to their collection. Sandy Creek High routed the Johnson High Atomsmashers, 74-49, for their second-straight state championship.
“It feels great. It was a much different experience this time around because everybody expected us to dominate,” said Coach Jon-Michael Nickerson. “When you’re talking about teenage kids having to play with that type of pressure, we’ve known...
Early in the school year, our Fayette County Board of Education disclosed that raising costs would soon impact our school system, resulting in changes we have long fought to avoid. Labor costs are over 70% of our budget and increases, not only salary increases, but benefits and pension costs as well.
Given the current composition of our property tax digest...
“Who’s been sleeping in MY bed?”
Those were the words on the mind of a Fayetteville resident who found a burglar in the house and contacted law enforcement, resulting in a felony arrest.
According to a Fayette County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, deputies were dispatched the afternoon of March 6 to a residence on Neely Road in response to a call about...
A motorist thought he had escaped from law enforcement a couple of months ago, but he was tracked down last week and taken to jail.
A Fayette County Sheriff’s Office spokesman reported that a suspect fled from deputies in the wee hours of Jan. 19 after an attempted traffic stop due to a number of violations. The suspect drove so...
Christian Taylor, two-time Gold Medalist, Olympian, four time world champion, American record holder in the triple jump and Sandy Creek High School alum will host the 7th Annual Christian Taylor Invitational Track Meet at Sandy Creek High School on Saturday, March 23, 2024 beginning at 9 a.m.
This year’s event promises to be lively and entertaining with the addition of...
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES (NARFE) Flint River Chapter #1435 meets the 2nd Monday of each month, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Heritage Bank, 440 N. Jeff Davis Dr. Fayetteville.
All active and retired federal employees welcome. For information, contact Bill Croker at wgcroker@yahoo.com.
There is not a Southern Gothic story, murder, or else, without the Devil in a starring role.
The combination of elements are murky — half-lit nights, characters either eccentric or “tetched” in the head, absurd circumstances, and long drawls that often feature poetic words learned from English poets, Shakespeare, or the King James Bible. The evil, quite frequently, is masked...
Dear Reader, I’m writing to you today on behalf of your pastor. However, please consider it a very personal letter to you directly from the heart of your beloved pastor. Please receive it and give it your appropriate attention and response. Thank you.
To my dear Church Member,
First, I want you to know I love being your pastor and working...
Peachtree Police recovered upwards of $2 million in counterfeit designer merchandise and shut down a local retailer, Cool Beans, at 2848 Highway 54 after a March 6 raid.
The fake merchandise was sold out of the nutrition shop’s back room, while online orders were shipped from a Coweta County residence, police said.
Arrested were Erika Rylant, 40, and Thomas Bean, 35,...
Herman George Windisch, Jr., age 77, of Fayetteville, Georgia, known to family and friends as “Buddy,” was surrounded by family when he passed away March 2, 2024.
Buddy was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 9, 1946. He joined the Navy Seabees at age 17. His active-duty service to his country allowed him to serve in the Vietnam War.
After...
Hoshizaki America, Inc., manufacturer of commercial kitchen equipment, has announced the groundbreaking for its new two-story warehouse, located adjacent to its current manufacturing facility off Ga. Highway 74 South in Peachtree City.
The groundbreaking marks the beginning of construction for a 120,000 square foot facility that will revolutionize Hoshizaki’s material flow throughout fabrication and assembly processes for its commercial ice...
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.
NEW NEIGHBORS LEAGUE CLUB meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church (Fellowship Hall), 101 N Peachtree Pkwy, Peachtree City. Visitors are welcome. For more information, contact Carol Jensen-Linton at 770-486-9116 or email CarolJL@bellsouth.net.
NEW NEIGHBORS LEAGUE CLUB meets the 1st Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church (Fellowship Hall), 101 N Peachtree Pkwy, Peachtree City. Visitors are welcome. For more information, contact Carol Jensen-Linton at 770-486-9116 or email CarolJL@bellsouth.net.
Wildcats and Patriots are headed to internationals. With strong showings at this year’s DECA State Career Development Conference, nine Whitewater High and four Sandy Creek High students qualified to compete in the international competition.
Whitewater High’s team was lead by Zaire Brown who won 1st place in Business Services Marketing. Leah Johnson placed 2nd in Professional Selling. Naomi Martin finished...
Thanks to the generosity of McIntosh High students, children will have a sturdy new bed to sleep in at night.
Over their winter break, students from McIntosh business classes, Future Business Leaders of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and other career technical organizations volunteered with Sleep in Heavenly Peace. The organization provides beds for children ages 3-17 in Fayette County...
Mr. William (Bill) Duval Cawthorne, 90, of Sharpsburg, formerly of Peachtree City, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2024 at Sacred Journey Hospice.
He was born March 27, 1933 in Alta Vista, VA to the late Howard Duval Cawthorne and Mary Morgan Cawthorne.
Bill grew up in Alta Vista until his teenage years when his family moved to Montgomery, AL where he...
On Tuesday, February 10, 1970, I enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. On Wednesday, I went to see the man who had been my pastor for four years. I shared with him that, with the Vietnam War in progress, I had a good chance of being sent. I also told him that if I were killed in Vietnam,...
Starting a new business is a huge and risky undertaking — even more so when you’ve just turned eleven and your business partner, the head of advertising, has just turned ten.
Our two granddaughters, Little One and Sweet Caroline, have a big announcement to make: they are starting a business together. Welcome, Dear Reader, to the best place to cool...
Southern Crescent Chorale’s sixteenth Spivey Hall appearance features magnificent choral music composed or arranged by Dan Forrest on Sunday, March 10.
An acclaimed composer, Forrest’s music has become well-established in the repertoire of choirs universally. Accompanied by a small orchestra, and Spivey Hall’s magnificent Albert Schweitzer Memorial Organ, the Chorale will transport you with glorious music. “Requiem for the Living”, the...
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Fayetteville, GA – On February 25th, The Olivet Church, under the leadership of Reverend Dr. William Holmes Robinson, hosted a remarkable Heritage Sunday event themed "Living the Legacy Every Day." The day commenced at 9:30 AM with a deeply moving worship service in the main sanctuary, where Pastor Robinson delivered an inspiring sermon on "A Legacy of Endurance,"...
ENVISION SUPPORT GROUP FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Arbor Terrace, 201 Crosstown Dr., Peachtree City in the multi-purpose room on the second floor.
The purpose of this group is to educate, encourage and empower those who are experiencing vision loss. Family and friends are welcome. Transportation can be arranged.
For more...
A high-speed chase and subsequent vehicle collision led to the arrest of a Fairburn man by Peachtree City police on multiple felony charges.
According to reports, during a traffic stop in the area of Hwy. 74 and Senoia Road in the wee hours of March 1, the suspect fled. While fleeing from pursuing officers, the suspect collided with another vehicle...
The Patriots are headed back to the state championship. The Sandy Creek boys basketball team traveled to Savannah for a Saturday showdown and beat the Carver Tigers 66-32 in the Class AAA state basketball semifinals.
Sandy Creek puts their championship repeat dreams on the line Friday, March 8 at 3 p.m. at the Macon Centreplex. They face the 20-11 Johnson...
Mr. Tommy C. Wiggins, 83, of Newnan, GA was called home by the Lord on Saturday, March 2, 2024.
Born in Atlanta, GA on September 20, 1940, he was the son of the late C.T. Wiggins of Alpharetta, GA, and Inona Shields Wiggins of East Point, GA.
He grew up in East Point and graduated from Russell High School in 1958....
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Story Stroll @ Drake Field & Story Stroll Storytime Kickoff
Story Stroll: Friday, March...
The Peachtree City Library Art Initiative March-April featured exhibit “Tres Jolie” will transport visitors through France with the fine art of Trish Land and Honey Corbin. The artists are collaborating bringing their inspired art from their travels and love of France.
Trish Land fine artist uses her intuition, floral design background, love of dance, nature, and experience as a resident artist...
Aspiring writers at Whitewater High got a boost from author Avery McNeil who talked about inspiration, writing process, and getting started.
McNeil is a special education teacher with Cobb County schools with nearly two decades in the classroom. He followed his heart to become a self-published author, and he loves sharing what drives him. He did that by visiting with...
