Dillard’s at Ashley Park is hosting a three day Christmas shopping experience on Dec. 5-7 in collaboration with Community Welcome House the safe-haven in our community that serves women and children victims of domestic violence.

The Rotary Club of Newnan has given the Souns for literacy program to the Senoia Public Library for the library’s new, weekly, infant / toddler classes. An introductory class will be Monday, Dec. 1, at 10:30 a.m. The classes will be scheduled weekly beginning in January, 2009, and are for parents and their infants / toddlers up to 24 months of age.

Piedmont Newnan Hospital is pleased to announce the appointment of Edward M. Racht, M.D., as vice president of medical affairs and chief medical officer.  Dr. Racht will be responsible for providing leadership in all areas of clinical service; directing system-wide quality; facilitating clinical performance improvement; directing patient safety initiatives; developing best practices in managed care; assisting in improving the performance of employed physician practices; and furthering medical collaboration and innovation to provide the community with enhanced medical care. 

Improvements to the railroad crossing on Dividend Drive near Aviation Way will result in the road being closed to all traffic from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3.

Peachtree City police are alerting the public about a suspicious person who may have been "casing" a local business for a future crime.

A Chase Drive woman arrived at her Fayetteville home Tuesday to find that personally identifying items had been stolen. A neighbor reported seeing a van and a woman similar in description to one that had visited the home a few days earlier to pick up a furniture donation.

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The Citizen’s online news website — pioneered in 1996 — now has a companion local sports site: www.TheCitizenSports.com.

More victims feared as deputies seek leads

A 70-year-old north Fayette man who posed as a CIA agent and an Army general was arrested last week on multiple counts of child molestation, sheriff’s deputies said.

John William Harvey of 345 Greenview Circle, in the Landmark Village mobile home park, remained in jail Tuesday after he was denied bond on the case, officials said.

It was a day that was less than a year in the making. But in that year, the city of Fairburn approved and built the first phase of a college campus and Georgia Military College (GMC) signed a 10-year lease as the first institution of higher learning to be located there.

This past Saturday afternoon 240 persons who have been a part of Randall Johnson’s life at one time or another were on hand to send him into retirement.

Less than two weeks after local voters narrowly approved a one-cent education sales tax, the Fayette County Board of Education voted to spend some of that future money for more than 1,100 new computers.

Peachtree City officials may soon have a solution for finishing a cart path bridge over Flat Creek near Crosstown Road that will link homes on the southside to the city’s industrial park.

Commission proceeds with bid award on phase 1 storm drain

A dozen residents voiced their displeasure with the path of the West Fayetteville bypass at Thursday night’s meeting of the Fayette County Commission.

Residents argue it will hurt county and employees

A dozen residents lobbied the Fayette County Commission Thursday night to abandon a proposed defined benefits pension plan for county employees.

County officials are working towards using SPLOST funds to erect four traffic lights on state highways in Fayette.

At last week’s meeting the Fayette County Commission approved a $925,000 bid for the work from R.J. Haynie&Associates, which was the low bidder on the project.

Owner wanted to open site up for retail use; cited antique store for Old Mill property

A petition to lift commercial rezoning restrictions from the former Old Mill Steakhouse site was denied unanimously by the Fayette County Commission Nov. 13.

A overnight burglary at Moe’s Mexican restaurant in Fayetteville left the business with a stolen safe and phone lines cut.

In a change of plans, the well-known charity organization Goodwill Industries has dropped its bid to construct a career training center on the east side of Banks Road and Ga. Highway 85 In Fayetteville.

The Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission at the Nov. 11 work session had a favorable reaction to plans by Piedmont Fayette Hospital to construct an oncology center adjacent to the hospital.

A woman getting a massage at Honey Hair, Skin and Body Nov. 14 contacted Fayetteville Police later that day, alleging that she had been sexually assaulted.

The Goodwill proposal to construct a retail store and career training center and Ga. Highway 85 and Banks Road took an unexpected turn at the Fayetteville Planning & Zoning Commission work session earlier in the week. Goodwill representative David Poer told commissioners the organization wanted to withdraw the training center component.

Peachtree City’s Lindee Link, 13, belted out “God Bless the USA” during last weekend’s Veterans Day event at the city’s veterans memorial plaza at City Hall. The emotional performance drove some in the crowd to tears. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Two men were found guilty Friday of all charges stemming from the kidnapping of a Griffin man at a Fayetteville convenience store June 18.

DOT approves power lines in right of way, reducing buffer encroachment

The proposed second phase of widening Ga. Highway 74 won’t cut into a landscape buffer in front of a new shopping center quite as bad as initially anticipated.

A new website has been created to highlight Fayette businesses and be the go-to place to find holiday events, bargains and shopping destinations in Fayette County, Fayette County Chamber of Commerce announced Friday.

A special delivery was made to Peachtree City Police Department last week by a women’s group called Peachtree City Comfort Quilters.

The contingent of quilters presented the police department with 25 Christmas quilts that will be given to children and adults who are caught in a traumatic or emotional situation.

Concert also on tap with Between The Trees, others

To Write Love on Her Arms, a movement that engages teen issues related to depression, suicide, and cutting is coming to Peachtree City in conjunction with a concert Saturday, Nov. 22 at Peachtree City Christian Church.

Newnan Police have issued an alert for 15 year-old Elizabeth Marie Campbell, who left her home Thursday. Her parents found an instant message on her computer indicating she was running away.

A rezoning petition to lift commercial rezoning restrictions from the former Old Mill Steakhouse site was denied unanimously by the Fayette County Commission tonight.