Sunday, March 28, 2004

Second mistrial declared for former football star

A mistrial was declared late Thursday afternoon in the case against former pro football player Greg Lloyd, accused of putting a gun in his son’s mouth to discipline him for bad grades and calling his wife’s cell phone in violation of a temporary protective order.

Watson’s family posts Web site to ‘expose lies’

Family and friends of convicted murderer Jim Watson are taking to the World Wide Web to buttress their claims that numerous

Rex man caught in indecent act with 13-year-old girl in F’ville parking lot

An alert police officer on patrol through the Hobby Lobby parking lot Tuesday night caught a child molestation suspect with his pants down in a parked car, so to speak, police said.

Armed robbery suspect found not guilty

A Fayetteville man was found not guilty Thursday of the armed robbery, aggravated assault and kidnapping of a Fayetteville man who thought he was going to be buying auto rims from two other men in north Fayette County in 2002.

Second Zaxby’s, day care and subdivision approved for F’ville Southside

Construction on the Publix grocery store continues and Fayetteville’s newest McDonald’s has already opened at the Summit Point mixed-use development off Ga. Highway 85 South.

‘Horse whisperer’ visits Fayetteville FBC

The First Baptist Church of Fayetteville is one of five Fayette County churches celebrating 175 years as a congregation.

Gruesome but far from senseless
By Rev. DANIEL OVERDORF
Pastor

It’s been a month since I sat dumbstruck in a theater watching the final hours of Jesus’ life depicted with stark, gruesome authenticity. I’ve attended countless movies, but never another that left the entire audience utterly silent when it ended.

The Goat Man
By DR. KNOX HERNDON
Pastor

What is the word coming to? I know you are not supposed to end a sentence with a preposition but I'm just "quoting a phrase here." It appears that the world is going to hell in a hand basket, "to quote another phrase."

I like this guy
By MARY JANE HOLT
Contribuing Writer

Yes, he has ten children, and yes, some of them were born out of wedlock. Yes, that would seem to indicate that his morals are not what some folks would tend to think they ought to be.