Students at Burch Elementary in Tyrone got a “crash” course in seat belt use, fire safety and a host of other safety tips Nov. 1 thanks to these fire safety clowns from the Fayette County Department of Fire and Emergency Services. In this skit, students learned about the necessity to buckle up and they also covered techniques including the...
Peachtree City residents Amanda Seamon (L) and Kristin Porche were part of the crowd at Lizard Thicket Friday afternoon taking advantage of the Black Friday savings. Photo/Ben Nelms.
Santa arrived in Newnan Friday night to throngs of anxious kids waiting to pass along their Christmas wishes. But not even Santa could get a wish from this little one who was sound asleep and missed all the excitement. Photo/Ben Nelms.
Fayetteville Main Street officially marks the beginning of the Main Street Holiday Season with the Downtown Christmas Parade and the annual Tree Lighting festivities Saturday, Dec. 1.
The public is invited to gather downtown for this annual celebration that includes music, food, and free carriage rides with Santa.
The parade starts at 5 p.m. and will roll up Ga. Highway 85...
The unnamed Coweta County Sheriff’s deputy who fired his taser at 16-year-old Gunner Cook as the student streaked in boxer shorts across the field at the recent football game between East Coweta High School and Newnan High School has been suspended.
Sheriff Mike Yeager said that while the deputy followed the taser policy there was no need to fire the...
So far the long lines at City Hall from businesses renewing their annual occupational tax licenses have not come to fruition.
Which of course leaves a bigger worry that the lines will be even longer if more businesses put off the task, which this year is complicated by new state and federal requirements.
City officials are cautioning businesses to avoid renewing...
There were only about 30 people in line Thanksgiving afternoon at the Best Buy store in Peachtree City. But they were ready for the store’s Black Friday opening at midnight. First in line since Monday, complete with tent, were Sharpsburg residents Robby and Brandy Hammond, at right, followed by Fayetteville resident Xavier Bryant, seated at the rear near his...
There appeared to be a bit of a Thanksgiving hangover when Sandy Creek started their AAAA second round state playoff game with Dalton on Friday night. There were penalties and missed opportunities for Sandy Creek and the very vocal Dalton crowd seemed to make the Catamount's momentum appear even larger than it was. Towards the end of the first...
The “Memphis Belle,” a WWII-era B-17 heavy bomber will be at Falcon Field through Monday, Nov. 26. This is the aircraft they used in the movie “Memphis Belle.” “Although they will not be doing rides (they are doing testing with the FAA), it is a really neat and historic aircraft to come out and see,” said Mike Melton, an...
Milton L. Bowen, age 79, of Canton, Ga. passed away Monday, Nov. 19, 2012 at his residence.
He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church in Fayetteville, a Korean War Veteran, Member of the Jonesboro Masonic Lodge, Yaarab Temple Member, Lifetime member of the Disabled American Veteran, member of VFW Post 5080 & The American Legion.
Funeral Services are...
Christmas with the Southern Crescent Chorale has become the official beginning of the holiday season for many in our community. Sponsored by Bruce Dickerson of Edward Jones Investments, this year’s concert will again be a wonderful way to begin your Christmas celebrations. Our special guests will be the Atlanta Concert Ringers (www.theatlantaconcertringers.org). Founded in 2002, The Atlanta Concert Ringers,...
The Coweta County Development Authority (CCDA) on Nov. 13 approved a $31.3 million bond resolution to support an expansion at Winpak Films in Senoia. Funds from the revenue bond will be used for current and near-term equipment purchases.
CCDA President Greg Wright said Winpak is a world leader in the manufacturing and distribution of high-quality packaging materials and innovative packaging...
Not going to school and playing all day due to the holiday sure can suck all the energy out of a kid. Luckily, on Thanksgiving morning, the surprisingly wonderful smell of freshly baked apple pie drifted into our bedroom and pulled me out of my sleep-coma. If it hadn’t, I might have missed the holiday dinner altogether.
You see, living...
Guy Mitchell, commandant of the Sgt. Clyde Thomason MOH Detachment #1325 of the Marine Corps League, turned the gavel over to new Commandant Jim Daughtry, Sharpsburg, after serving two elected terms.
It was over 50 years ago that Mitchell graduated from Sarasota High School. Some time later, convinced he was about to be drafted, Mitchell enlisted in the United States...
The annual “Light Up the Night” toy drive presented by the Peachtree City Police Department starts Monday through Wednesday from 5-9 p.m. in the parking lot of the Peachtree City Walmart.
The donation area will be easy to discern as police vehicles will have their lights flashing to attract attention. Department volunteers and those from the Community Emergency Response Team...
Coweta County is reminding motorists in east Coweta that a portion of Lower Fayetteville Road and Luther Bailey Road will be closed for bridge work beginning Nov. 26.
County communications director Patricia Palmer said Coweta County will assist Senoia in completing emergency repairs on a bridge on Luther Bailey Road. The county will provide labor and equipment. Work to replace...
It may be the season of giving upon us, but it’s also the season of returning, as a 13-year-old Peachtree City girl proved Monday.
The girl, known only as Isabella, found a woman’s wallet at the Kedron Village shopping center and tracked down the owner Sunday.
The wallet’s owner, Natalie Garrett, works at the Sally Beauty Supply store at the shopping...
The Coweta County Board of Education is looking for input from parents on which of two proposed school calendars should be adopted for the next two school years. Public comment can be made online on the school system’s website.
School system spokesman Dean Jackson said the school board anticipates adopting calendars for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years at...
The Fayette County Commission voted 4-1 Thursday night to sever the contract with the county’s staff attorney Scott Bennett.
Under Bennett’s contract, he will receive six months worth of severance pay, which equals $67,500. Commissioner Steve Brown cast the sole vote against the measure.
Commissioner Robert Horgan told The Citizen that the move was due to a belief that Bennett’s job...
As Christmas gets ever closer, organizers are ramping up collections for this year’s Toys For Tots campaign.
In addition to a myriad of local businesses that will be collecting new, unwrapped toys, citizens can also drop them off at any Fayette County Fire Station, Peachtree City Hall, Kedron Fieldhouse and the Peachtree City Library.
Last year the campaign provided toys for...
The Fayette County School System is submitting an application to request state funds that will help with a number of capital projects next year that will bring roofing or heating-air conditioning work to four schools. The state funds requested total $4.25 million.
State funding through the FY 2014 Capital Outlay Program is being requested for projects at McIntosh High School,...
Recently retired Fayetteville City Manager Joe Morton will be following in the footsteps of several other city administrative staff and will be returning to work on a part-time basis beginning Dec. 1.
Morton retired at the end of October and was one of 18 longtime city staff members taking early retirement as part of the city’s cost-cutting early retirement program....
A $1.79 million bid to realign part of Westbridge Road and build a new bridge over Morning Creek was approved by the Fayette County Commission Thursday night.
The realignment will remove a sharp curve that has been cited as a public safety hazard on the stretch of road in north Fayette County.
Once complete, the road and bridge will meet design...
As local stores and shoppers gear up for the annual Christmas buying season, Fayetteville police are reminding shoppers to take extra precautions for the Grinchy criminals who prey on distracted victims.
Police recommend keeping a close eye on your purse, wallet and checkbook while you shop, and particularly to stay aware of your surroundings. Some thieves work in pairs with...
In advance of the realignment project that will connect Ga. Highway 92, Hood Avenue and Jeff Davis Drive and include Ga. Highway 85 beginning next year, a new traffic study shows a total of nearly 66,000 vehicles traverse the four roadways each day.
The project carries an estimated price tag of $9.1 million, with $7.8 million coming from previously collected...
It may have been called a game, but the act of shoving a shotgun in a victim’s face, demanding his wallet then lying about the circumstances resulted in the Nov. 18 arrest of three Fayette County teenagers.
Arrested Nov. 18 on charges of obstruction were 19-year-old William D. Arthur and 19-year-old Lawrence K. Clayton, Jr., both of unincorporated Fayette County....
A recent “Tiger” comic strip showed one little boy asking another, “What are you going to be thankful for this Thanksgiving?”In the next panel, the boy answered, “I’m grateful I only have to think of things to be grateful for once a year.”That’s some gratitude, isn’t it? A truly thankful person recognizes that every day is a gift and...
St. Paul plans Thanksgiving Eve service
St. Paul Lutheran Church, 700 Ardenlee Parkway, Peachtree City, will have a Thanksgiving Eve service with Holy Communion, Wednesday, Nov. 21 at 6:30 pm.
COS to host chili supper tonight
Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church in Peachtree City invites the community to the annual chili supper and Thanksgiving Eve Worship on Nov. 21. Supper is at...
Citizens question county ethics appointees; Commission urged to ‘redo’ process, seek and interview applicants
The Fayette County Commission was admonished by a handful of local residents Thursday night for not seeking volunteers for the county’s ethics board through an advertisement process.
The end result was a lack of transparency, several citizens argued, because the commission didn’t make the public at large...
In celebration of Christ the King Sunday, Nov. 25, the last Sunday of the church year’s cycle, “one50,” the high school worship band at Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, will lead the 10:50 service in the Fellowship Hall. In anticipation of the beginning of Advent a week later (and thus a new church year), people of all ages are...
For the 11th year, several local congregations held their annual “Coming Together As People of Faith - an Interfaith Thanksgiving Service.”
This year it was the B’nai Israel congregation’s turn to host and over 100 local citizens turned out.
Participating were Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church, Congregation B’nai Israel, The Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Fayetteville First United Methodist Church, The...
Heritage Christian Church in Fayetteville will host Tiny Tim’s Celebration of Giving, on Friday, Dec. 7. The evening will be highlighted by the “Christ is Come” Christmas Tour by Big Daddy Weave with Special Guest Mike’s Chair at 7 p.m.
Tickets are available online at http://georgia.thejoyfm.com/events. Ticket prices are: Gold Circle Seating, $25, General Admission, $15 (there will be...
Beginning at 5 p.m., The documentary, “Season of a Lifetime,” will be shown after which Williams will share his story. The documentary is the true story of Williams and his courageous story and attitude as he battles ALS. It was filmed during the 2010 football season.
A standout safety at the University of Memphis from 1990-93, Williams has coached...
Outgoing Fayette County School Superintendent Jeff Bearden may have lost out on the top job with the Floyd County School System in northwest Georgia, but he is in the running for the superintendent’s job with Rome City Schools, also in Floyd County. The Rome City Schools Board of Education is expected to make a decision on the new superintendent...
