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By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com The Tyrone man who shot and killed his estranged wife at a Fayetteville dentist’s office Tuesday afternoon was arrested by Tyrone police in February for an altercation that occurred between the couple. By J. FRANK LYNCH
jflynch@theCitizenNews.com John Wieland Homes has offered to host a land planning “charette” in Peachtree City if the City Council will allow discussion of the developer’s proposal to annex 350 unincorporated acres on the westside. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com Emergency crews using sophisticated air quality monitoring equipment were unable to detect any contaminants at Belk department store at Fayette Pavilion after shoppers and employees there reported dizziness and nausea from smelling an unknown odor Wednesday afternoon. By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com It’s a new day in the fitness world in Fayette County. Officials at World Gym and Gold’s Gym announced this week the five gyms would now be under one ownership. Tyrone police have busted up what they believe is a multi-county theft ring after serving a search warrant at a home on Arrowhead Road Wednesday afternoon. By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com The agenda for Monday night’s Peachtree City Planning Commission was filled with a public hearing on a proposed rezoning and viewing a concept plat and several conceptual site plans, including one for the Peachtree City Library’s expansion. Everything got approved by a unanimous vote from the commission. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com A south Fayette man who was shot by his wife several weeks ago asked Thursday for a lower bond to be set so she can be released from jail. By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com It’s not every day that a defense attorney asks a judge to postpone considering bond for a criminal suspect. By J. FRANK LYNCH
jflynch@theCitizenNews.com Peachtree City’s two largest retailers have answered the call and pledged to provide all the construction materials needed on “Community Action Day,” a marathon attempt to smother the city in good works on Saturday, May 1. By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com The Peachtree City Water and Sewerage Authority will meet at 6 p.m., an hour earlier than usual, Monday so that authority members and members of the public can tour the constuction site. When they return at 7 p.m. one of the items on the agenda will be a public hearing to establish septage rates. 
By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com The city of Newnan got a small windfall last week from the Coweta County Commission. If you want to burn leaves or debris, today is the last day to do it until the fall. A senior at McIntosh High School died Monday morning after her car collided head-on with a truck on Ga. Highway 16 in Coweta County, deputies said. Robert Wood is currently serving as chairman of the Contracts Committee of the Coweta Courts Complex and it is estimated that Wood saved the county over $200,000 so far in this effort. Thanks to Coweta-Fayette EMC’s Operation Round-Up program, six Coweta County facilities (Newnan Senior Center, Grantville Senior Center, Senoia Senior Center, Coweta County Fairgrounds, Newnan Recreation Department and the Hunter Complex) have received automated external defibrillators. The new building for St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church in Sharpsburg may be seen on its 40-acre site much sooner than anticipated. The initial capital campaign, “Our Faith, Our Future” has raised more than 73 percent of its goal of $1.2 million in just five weeks. The drive will continue until the $1.2 million figure is realized. Sports
By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com The Riverdale Lady Raiders track team took the title this week in the Region 4-AAAAA track championship meet at Starr’s Mill High School. By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com Four of the five scheduled first-round state soccer playoff games were played in Fayette County Tuesday and Wednesday night, but it didn’t matter where you were playing if you were a team from Fayette. Only the Fayette County Tigers allowed a goal in a first-round game and they only allowed just the one, defeating Valdosta 7-1. By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com The road to another region tennis title for the McIntosh boys featured shutouts over Mundy’s Mill (3-0) and Newnan (4-0) before edging out Starr’s Mill in the region final (3-2). The Lady Chiefs captured their region crown by beating Carver (3-0), East Coweta (3-0) and their own tough match with Starr’s Mill (3-2). Last year, the McIntosh Lady Chiefs made the state finals while the McIntosh boys and the Starr’s Mill boys and girls made the state semifinals. By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com The Starr’s Mill boys and the McIntosh girls captured region golf titles at White Oak Golf Course earlier this week. The Panthers defeated the Chiefs 300-315, while the Lady Chiefs defeated Starr’s Mill with a score of 164-208. By MICHAEL BOYLAN
mboylan@TheCitizenNews.com Monday’s baseball games were rained out, pushing them to Tuesday afternoon. Starr’s Mill took on Riverdale Tuesday and won 4-2 in nine innings with Kyle McCreary hitting a home run in the top of the ninth. Danny Hartpence went 4-for-5 for the Panthers, scoring two runs and hitting two doubles. Blake Nation picked up the win, pitching five innings and giving up no runs and no hits, while striking out four. Opinion
By DAVID EPPS
Pastor Every Sunday morning in Wilmington, N.C., a quiet drama is played out by a handful of committed individuals. By RICK RYCKELEY
Contributing Writer We flawless parents can easily find fault in our offspring. If you have been a regular reader for the last two and a half years, it is obvious that I’m better than most folks at this. Not a day goes by that The Boy doesn’t do something that irritates me. I think he’s now taking pride in doing so. Click Here to Return to The Citizen News Home Page | 