Fire guts office of Fayette Daily News; cause of blaze under investigation

A part of Fayette County's history went up in smoke early Thursday morning as a fire destroyed the building that houses the Fayette Daily News in Fayetteville.

Tennant supplants McMenamin as PTC's new mayor pro tem

Last year, Peachtree City elected a new mayor.

Council discusses city manager selection

The Peachtree City Council is apparently ready to begin sorting through the 50 to 60 applications it has received from persons interested in becoming the next city manager.

PTC keeps options open about parking lot, memorial park proposal for city-owned parcel

A proposal from a local business to buy a parcel of city-owned property on Ga. Highway 74 to expand its parking lot has caught some people by surprise, including some City Council members.

Airport road deal OK'd by authority; now to council for final approval

The Peachtree City Airport Authority has struck a deal with the City Council to have an access road to a new hangar site at Falcon Field paved.

Fayette's new fire station on public display Jan. 18

The public is invited to attend the dedication of Fayette County's three newest fire stations at a special ceremony at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18.

Police Blotter

Movies

Schlumper takes over as chairman

The Coweta County Commission staged its annual changing of the guard Tuesday as Commissioner Leigh Schlumper took over as the new chairman.

Bike paths could be headed for Coweta and South Fulton counties

Coweta County and south Fulton County could soon be linked by a new bike path.

Seabaugh wants Peachtree City's plans for TDK

In a very polite exchange last week, Fayette state Sen. Mitch Seabaugh told the Peachtree City Council he needed to know its priorities for major road projects, particularly when it comes to counting on the city's share of the funding for those projects.

County passes budget

A plea for more money from Solicitor Robert Stokely fell on deaf ears Tuesday as the Coweta County Commission passed its budget for 2003.

Obituaries

Sports

Local teams split in first night back after break

Tuesday night marked the beginning of the second half of the high school basketball season and the local boys and girls teams split in all of the games. Sandy Creek, McIntosh and East Coweta's girls won, as did Fayette County and Starr's Mill's boys.

Panthers edge out Tigers in county duals meet

The four high school wrestling teams from Fayette County met for the annual county dual meet Tuesday night and Starr's Mill emerged victorious once again. But it was close.

Candy Cane Sprint results sweet for SCAT

SCAT swimmers finished first at the SCAT Candy Cane Sprint, a dual meet with the Carrollton Bluefins Dec. 21 at Kedron Pool.

Opinion

What local food servers wish they could tell some of their customers
By DAVID EPPS
Pastor

A few months ago, I was enjoying a meal in a local restaurant when the man at the table next to me began to make mild sexual advances to the waitress. The young server was about 24 while the customer had to be in his late 50s or early 60s. The waitress carefully extracted herself from the situation with a smile and a flip comment and went her way.

A new year means more and more new things you have to remember
By Rick Ryckeley
Fayette County Fire & Emergency Services

Here it is again: another new year, and with it comes more stuff you gotta remember.

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