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News
By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com
Fayette County Sheriff’s
Department Lt. Col. Bruce Jordan did not leave Wednesday’s county
budget hearings a happy man.
By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com
The Peachtree City City
Council has thrown a financial lifeline to its development authority,
but it comes with a string attached.
A 2-year-old Fayette County
girl who was the subject of a missing persons alert Tuesday afternoon
was found unharmed the next day at a relative’s home in Alabama,
police said.
By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com
Fayette County sheriff’s
deputies diffused an altercation Wednesday afternoon between a woman’s
boyfriend and her parents that began in Clayton County, police said.
Peachtree City’s new
public works director will begin work here Monday, June 28, according
to City Manager Bernie McMullen.
“We are full, 100 percent
booked solid,” said Jim O’Connell, a program director for
the Peachtree City Recreation Department, which handles the event.
This year it is scheduled for Saturday, July 3 since July 4 falls
on a Sunday.
Peachtree City has been
awarded a grant from the Georgia Department of Transportation for
landscape enhancements for east Ga. Highway 54, extending from Peachtree
Parkway to the city limits.
The cost of a booth for
vendors wanting to sell food and related July 4th items at Peachtree
City’s July 4th fireworks display has been reduced to $200.
By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizenNews.com
Residents in can breathe
a little easier about their property tax bills this year.
If Senoia residents want
to see a liquor store in town, they need to sign a petition to allow
the issue on the November ballot.
Newnan native Erin Burns
headlines the cast of performers as Luisa in an upcoming production
of “The Fantasticks,” to be presented June 17, 18, 19,
24, 25 and 26 by the LaGrange Opera Theater (LOT). A member of the
Lafayette Society for Performing Arts, the production will be held
at Price Theater in LaGrange, announced Anne Duraski, Artistic Director
and LOT Founder.
Senate Resolution 989, which
creates a Senate Study Committee on Excavation Safety, passed the
General Assembly during the 2004 session. The committee, chaired
by Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg), will consider the conditions
and safety of excavation related to utility facilities. Increased
growth and development throughout Georgia has resulted in a rising
amount of excavation which has brought a greater risk of injury and
damage to property. This committee will examine needs and conditions
and recommend actions or legislation which they deem appropriate.
By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com
A south metro community
may join the nation-wide movement against smoking.
Sports
Atlanta Motor Speedway kicked
off its seventh season of Thursday Thunder last week with a near-record
crowd and an evening full of spills and thrills. Below is a look
at the Fayette County drivers who competed and how they fared.
Help support waterfowl conservation
and have a great time by attending the Delta Waterfowl Annual Waterfowl
Heritage Fund dinner, hosted by the Georgia Chapter of the Delta
Waterfowl Foundation.
Do you have the best dad
in the world? How do you express that? Ties, belts, dinner?
Opinion
By Father DAVID L.
EPPS
Religion Columnist
Consider the following court
cases that have, to one extent or another, grabbed the attention
of the media
By RICK RYCKELEY
Contributing Writer
Some rather stupid stuff
has been done over the years.Trust me, I know.I was there doing it.
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