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Sandy Creek’s football team has a tendency to make things look easy - it’s hard not to when you are 55-2 since 2009. Make that 56-2 since the Patriots captured the 2012 Class AAAA championship with a 45-10 victory over Ridgeland.
Sandy Creek went 63 yards on their opening drive...
The Sandy Creek football team took home its third state title in four years tonight at the Georgia Dome with a resounding victory over Ridgeland.
Creek's defense was stout against Ridgeland, not allowing a touchdown until the final minutes of the game. The Patriots amassed a 31-0 lead by halftime and cruised the rest of the way.
Sandy Creek’s football team has a tendency to make things look easy - it’s hard not to when you are 55-2 since 2009. The 2012 Class AAAA championship is just another example of the Patriots. They went 63 yards on their opening drive in under a minute and a half and Eric Swinney scored the first of two first...
The Sandy Creek Patriots will play for the Class AAAA state championship in a little over 20 minutes. Be sure to check here after the game for stories and photos. For updates throughout the game, visit www.thecitizensports.com and look at our Twitter window or follow us on Twitter @citizensport.
Orville Barber went to be with his wife, Betty of 58 years on Dec. 11, 2012 at the age of 82.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Diana and three sons, Geoffery, Douglas and James.
Orville is survived by a daughter, Karin and two sons, Timothy and wife, Katherine and David and wife, Tammy. ...
Robert I. Morris, Sr., age 86, formerly of Peachtree City, Ga. and Bedminster, N.J., passed away on Dec. 8, 2012.
Preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Lorraine Morris.
He is survived by his son, Robert I. Morris, Jr (Susan); grandchildren, Robert I. Morris III (Jenny), Jason R. Morris, (Leanna), Heather L. Moss (Andy); great-grandchildren, Anslee Taylor...
A Newnan man has been indicted for receiving and distributing child pornography on the Internet, according to officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Atlanta.
Justin Corley, 32, is charged with one count each of distributing child pornography, receiving child pornography and possessing child pornography by using “peer to peer” file sharing programs, officials said.
Corley was arrested in the course...
The annual “Light Up the Night” toy drive sponsored by the Peachtree City Police Department is entering its home stretch.
The last collection event is Sunday from 1-3 p.m. at The Avenue shopping center. If you want to get involved at the last minute there are some special needs still remaining to be met; and with the blue flashing lights...
A change in water and sewer rates is likely coming to Senoia. A proposed increase of 10 percent for water service and 21 percent for sewer service for residential customers, based on average consumption, is designed to make up the difference in system revenue requirements that have suffered during the recession. The proposal discussed at the Dec. 10 public...
Coweta County’s only community-student orchestra, the Centre Strings orchestra, will present its winter concert on Dec. 18 at the Centre for Performing and Visual Arts in Newnan.
The orchestra is being led by Dr. Lyn Schenbeck, said Coweta County School System spokesman Dean Jackson.
“Schenbeck has taught music on every level for over 40 years, including conducting orchestras and choirs...
Residency affidavits to keep the Coweta County School System in compliance with federal requirements are due in by Dec. 20. Signed affidavits of residence for every Coweta public school student must be in place by Dec. 20. Affidavits are required to attend second semester classes that begin Jan. 3.
School system spokesman Dean Jackson said the affidavits are a requirement of...
Fayetteville Police are looking for two men in their early 20s who robbed Walmart employees at gunpoint late Thursday night and made off with money from the store’s cash registers. The get-away vehicle and an empty money box were subsequently located in Clayton County.
Fayetteville Det. Mike Whitlow said the armed robbery occurred near midnight on Thursday at the Walmart...
With the Fayette County Chamber of Commerce moved to the Waterfall office-retail complex on Grady Avenue, there is an opportunity for another group to make use of the first floor of the county’s historic courthouse in downtown Fayetteville.
The Fayette County Development Authority, charged with retaining and recruiting business and industry to the area, already occupies the second floor and...
The federal court battle over the new five-district map for electing representatives to the Fayette County Commission is apparently not yet over. Local attorney Wayne Kendall has filed an appeal with the U.S. 11th Circuit of Appeals in an attempt to overturn the map on the basis that District Judge Timothy C. Batten did not hold a hearing prior...
A Dec. 17 presentation before the Fayette County Board of Education on the findings of the school system’s cost-cutting committee is likely to contain unsettling news for many system employees and parents.
Cuts faced by the school board in coming months represent what are arguably the largest single-year cuts in the history of the school system.
But at least some of...
Muddy and Eloise Waters of Fayetteville celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
M G "Muddy" Waters Jr. and Eloise Waters were married December 17, 1947 in Brewton, Ala., at the home of her parents Manford & Velma Findley.
Muddy is the son of Annie Waters and Rev. M G Waters who performed the ceremony.
Muddy was employed by Echlin...
Muddy and Eloise Waters of Fayetteville celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
M G "Muddy" Waters Jr. and Eloise Waters were married December 17, 1947 in Brewton, Ala., at the home of her parents Manford & Velma Findley.
Muddy is the son of Annie Waters and Rev. M G Waters who performed the ceremony.
Muddy was employed by Echlin...
Dr. Derrell D. Hudgins of Fayetteville went home to be with the Lord, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012.
Dr. Hudgins was the pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Douglasville, Ga. He was the founder and director of Foot of the Cross Restoration Ministries, Inc.
He is survived by his wife of 20 years, Madeline Hudgins; son, Rev. Craig Hudgins...
Muddy and Eloise Waters of Fayetteville celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
M G "Muddy" Waters Jr. and Eloise Waters were married December 17, 1947 in Brewton, Ala., at the home of her parents Manford & Velma Findley.
Muddy is the son of Annie Waters and Rev. M G Waters who performed the ceremony.
Muddy was employed by Echlin...
Muddy and Eloise Waters of Fayetteville celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
M G "Muddy" Waters Jr. and Eloise Waters were married December 17, 1947 in Brewton, Ala., at the home of her parents Manford & Velma Findley.
Muddy is the son of Annie Waters and Rev. M G Waters who performed the ceremony.
Muddy was employed by Echlin...
As momentum is building for the establishment of a college and career academy in Fayette County, this is a crucial month for the initiative.
Local businesses are being asked to complete a detailed online needs assessment survey that will help determine what courses are offered in a wide range of skill areas including health care and manufacturing. Time is of...
It was a quick response that saved a life. Fayette County Sheriff Wayne Hannah in a Dec. 4 ceremony presented a lifesaving award and a citation for meritorious service to several law enforcement and court services staff for their rapid action in March as public defender Glenn Howell suffered a cardiac emergency at the Fayette County Justice Center.
Hannah at...
Lake McIntosh — The name has been around for more than three decades. Now there’s a dam and a filling lake to wear the name.
“It’s been a long time coming,” said Fayette County Commission Chairman Herb Frady on Dec. 7 at the dedication ceremony for the Lake McIntosh reservoir. “Never have so many waited so long for this dedication....
Precipitation needed for thirsty Fayette lakes
Despite Monday’s steady and at times heavy rains, Fayette County is not about to magically pop out of the drought conditions plaguing Georgia.
Just over an inch of rain was recorded Monday at Falcon Field Airport in Peachtree City, and state Climatologist Bill Murphey is hopeful that more rain will be coming in the next...
Shae Staples (center) and her mother Kayrn drop off toys to local Marine Corps League member Peter Pape who was manning a Toys For Tots drop-off point at the Walmart in Peachtree City on Dec. 1. Shae asked guests at her 6th birthday party to bring new, unwrapped toys for Toys For Tots instead of gifts for her, then...
As a World War II veteran, Georgia Republican legislator John Yates, 95, remains standing as one of the few living links in the Fayette area to that pivotal time in American history.
Yates, whose district includes the southern tip of Fayette County, provided brief remarks Friday about the significance of remembering the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor base in...
Sandy Creek’s state semifinal game against the Monroe Area Hurricanes last week lacked the drama of the match with Burke County the week before, but Patriots’ fans enjoyed the 35-0 romp nonetheless because it put their team back in the Georgia Dome.
Sandy Creek (14-0) will play for a state championship for the third time in four years at 5:30...
Muddy and Eloise Waters of Fayetteville celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
M G "Muddy" Waters Jr. and Eloise Waters were married December 17, 1947 in Brewton, Ala., at the home of her parents Manford & Velma Findley.
Muddy is the son of Annie Waters and Rev. M G Waters who performed the ceremony.
Muddy was employed by Echlin...
Muddy and Eloise Waters of Fayetteville celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
M G "Muddy" Waters Jr. and Eloise Waters were married December 17, 1947 in Brewton, Ala., at the home of her parents Manford & Velma Findley.
Muddy is the son of Annie Waters and Rev. M G Waters who performed the ceremony.
Muddy was employed by Echlin...
Muddy and Eloise Waters of Fayetteville celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
M G "Muddy" Waters Jr. and Eloise Waters were married December 17, 1947 in Brewton, Ala., at the home of her parents Manford & Velma Findley.
Muddy is the son of Annie Waters and Rev. M G Waters who performed the ceremony.
Muddy was employed by Echlin...
Muddy and Eloise Waters of Fayetteville celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary.
M G "Muddy" Waters Jr. and Eloise Waters were married December 17, 1947 in Brewton, Ala., at the home of her parents Manford & Velma Findley.
Muddy is the son of Annie Waters and Rev. M G Waters who performed the ceremony.
Muddy was employed by Echlin...
Mr. and Mrs. James Kulaga of Peachtree City, Ga. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Amanda Carolyn to Joshua Sean Parker of Fanwood, New Jersey, son of Ms. Diana J. Parker and Mr. Harlin D. Parker, both of New Jersey.
Ms. Kulaga graduated with honors from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University...
Warning: I am about to say something very offensive. You should either stop reading now or get ready to be outraged. But I am going to do it anyway, so here it comes:
Merry Christmas!!
I do not wish you “Happy Holidays,” (Happy Holy Days ... hmm ... mmm ... maybe I ought to reconsider the offensive value of that phrase,...
Last Friday, the Fayette County Board of Commissioners and the Fayette County Water Committee hosted dedication ceremonies for the newly constructed Lake McIntosh. Quite a few politicians, water czars and sewer boys were in attendance. Local lakes, drinking water, sewer service, storm water fees and other associated costs of clean water have been front page news in Fayette County...
