Sunday, October 26, 2003

Top suspect in PTC hotel attack dies in Coweta Friday

A Sharpsburg man suspected of sexually assaulting and setting afire a hotel clerk in Peachtree City early Wednesday morning is dead after he tried to evade a Coweta County sheriff's deputy Friday.

$30K reward offered in assault case

Maybe he looked innocent enough — fairly clean-cut and harmless — when he asked to enter the Hampton Inn in Peachtree City so he could use the bathroom.

Sprinkler system may have saved victim, helped case

The fire sprinkler system at the Hampton Inn in Peachtree City may have played a crucial role in helping identify the suspect who sexually assaulted the hotel clerk there and set her on fire.

Company picked to market sewer improvement bonds for Fville

The Fayetteville City Council is going with a familiar company to market its bonds for the $6.55 million to expand the sewer system.

Public hearing Dec. 2 for DHR

Local residents will get to have their say on services provided by the Georgia Department of Human Resources during a public comment meeting in Fayetteville Tuesday, Dec. 2.

Candidates avoid discussing DAPC at forum

The controversy swirling around the duties and €nances of the Development Authority of Peachtree City, a logical topic for debate among the candidates running in the Nov. 4 city council election, was hands-off at Tuesday night’s forum sponsored by the Rotary Club, at least among the candidates running for the Post 2 seat.

Strike up the band
By JUSTIN KOLLMEYER
Pastor

It’s time for another round of praise and thanksgiving for the talented and successful superstar youth of our great community! My celebration this time is for the Fayette County High School Marching Tiger Band.

Turkey shoots and the good ol’ days
By REV. KNOX HERNDON
Pastor

I very much realize that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder and that one man’s meat is another man’s poison and that they do make chocolate and vanilla, so I preface my statements with those disclaimers. I therefore will catch a lot of flack about this statement, but golf bores me to tears.

Sometimes God reminds us who is in charge
By MARY JANE HOLT
Contributing Writer

Sometimes I think I must be the most arrogant human being on earth. I use arrogant for lack of a better word, or perhaps I know there are better words, but using them would be even more painful than using “arrogant.”

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