Proposed improvements to the I-85/Ga. Highway 74 interchange have gotten approval from the Federal Highway Administration to move forward, county officials announced last week. “We have jumped through a lot […]
It has been more than a decade since Virginia Gibbs was selected as the president and CEO of the Fayette Chamber of Commerce. Gibbs announced Oct. 13 that she will
City Manager Pennington presses for 20-year plan To address what the geographic boundaries of Peachtree City might look like in 20 years the City Council on Oct. 6 commissioned city
Change would reverse a decade-old go-slow policy Peachtree City for more than a decade has used a two-step annexation policy. But on Oct. 6 the Peachtree City Council agreed that
Peachtree City resident Jeff Lange captures a jet-powered school bus roaring past a wall of flames at the annual event at Falcon Field. Photo/Jeff Lange.
Advanced voting is here and Fayette County residents get to have their say on local and statewide races and two proposed constitutional amendments. New this year are the local races
Transportation, voting methods, and the need to make Fayette County as attractive as possible to both business leaders and young people dominated a political forum where candidates vying for the
Race and age played key roles in a political forum Saturday when a young black candidate for the Fayette County Board of Education asked voters to make history by electing
Today I write to you about an important new ministry that is present and active here in Fayette County. This ministry is “There Is Hope.” Its founder and leader is
Just in time for the holidays, St. Christopher Hellenic Orthodox Church in Peachtree City is having its 2014 Holiday Greek Pastry Sale to benefit the Philoptochos Society (Friends of the
Fundraiser for the Bounds family setEleventh Hour Call Ministries in Fayetteville will host a fund raising benefit and community-wide gathering for the Randy Bounds family which has suffered personal tragedies
Karen Hoyt, director of Children’s Ministries at Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone, worked with the children and adults to clean up the courtyard at Robert J. Burch Elementary last
The Summit Church will offer three dinner meetings, Oct. 19, Jan. 11, and May 17, all at 6 p.m., to discuss managing money, dealing with crazy schedules and family. Each
Members of Peachtree City Christian Church Women’s Ministry are busy preparing for hundreds of women in the surrounding area to attend the Women Of Faith – Survival to Revival 2014
After hosting Divorce Care classes for the past nine years, Providence United Methodist Church now has a special program, The Umbrella, for all single parents in the community. Classes meet
The Higher Ground Group, comprised of an assembly of four long-time Atlanta faith leaders who share common experiences and lead positive change, will travel to Newnan in November to spark
Three points need to be made about last week’s decision by the Supreme Court not to decide whether the equal protection clause of the Constitution grants people of the same
I’ve said it before, and I’m hardly alone. Many have observed it. Liberals revere tolerance. They practically worship it. It’s like a religion to them. Well, now comes a study
Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once said, “All politics is local.” That may have been true in Tip O’Neill’s day, but some elections are decisively on national issues —
Every year, on the first Monday in October, the U.S. Supreme Court begins a new term. This year it began with a bang. The court refused to hear the largest
It happened the other day. It’s funny how things so simple can remind us of things so meaningful, of those sweets that are tucked inside our hearts and unknowingly treasured.
After over a decade at the helm of the Fayette Chamber of Commerce, I have let our board and staff know that it is my plan to retire from the
I saw the article in The Citizen where the Fayette County Water System has joined the 21st Century with online bill pay. Well, not really. Turns out you cannot automatically
Thank you for this outstanding article. I am from California, my husband is from Nevada. We were in Nevada this summer discussing this very topic. Two of Jim’s small-business-owning brothers
As I look around I see a political tornado in action. Believing now is a good time for a historical review, looking to the future and truth testing a lot
In 1965 I was graduating from high school. We were a poor family with five children and college was never an option for either my brothers or I but since
If you think that the VA is the bad organization or agency, dig deeper. They are the end to a flawed process at the Wounded Warriors Transition Battalions (WTB) or
Walter George Trancynger, 64, of Fayetteville, passed away October 9, 2014. He was born in Yonkers, New York on August 10, 1950 of Scottish/Polish descent. He graduated from Yonkers High
Mr. James Robert Clarke, Jr of Newnan passed away October 10, 2014. He served his country in the United States Army from 1959-1963 and did tours in Korea and Germany.
Lillian Elizabeth Helms McCay, Age 89 of Fayetteville, Ga. died Saturday, October 11, 2014. Mrs. McCay was born March 18, 1925 in Glencoe, Ala. An avid fisherman much of her
Rodney H Joyner, 55, Peachtree City, Ga. passed away Monday, October 13, 2014. He is preceded in death by his parents Woody and Ginny Joyner. He is survived by his
October October 18 The Midwest Food Bank dinner and silent auction is today at the Midwest Food Bank Warehouse, 220 Parkade Court. in Peachtree City. Cost is $50 per person,
Storytelling and history will once again intermingle at the historic cemetery in Fayetteville when spirit guides lead visitors down the cemetery path to hear personal stories from the “ghosts” of
A new committee saddled up to organize the 2014 Cattle Barons’ Ball for the American Cancer Society. The committee has lined up a fun-filled array of games, dinner, a silent
