Glenn Griffin had been waiting for close to 30 years to become a head football coach.

Now his time has come.

Griffin was officially hired Tuesday as McIntosh’s new head football coach, taking over for Dwight Jones, who resigned in January to take the same position at Jones County after going 2-18 in his two seasons at McIntosh.

John and John-March 5 by John Thompson Click here

Mike and Kevin talk about McIntosh's new football coach, Fayette County's boys and girls in the Final Four tonight, baseball results and lacrosse.

Fayette County’s Brandon Boykin has energized crowds with his aerial displays on offense this year.

Fayette Drug Task Force Capt.

Whitewater teacher came on to 11th grader via text messages; DA drops criminal charges

Harry Heintz, 28, a former Whitewater High School teacher, sent cell phone text messages to one of his female students in an attempt to start a personal relationship, according to logs of the texts that have been reviewed by The Citizen.

Economic slowdown crimps tax collections

Money and water — both will be topics March 3 at the Fayetteville City Council meeting.

It was a night where seats were at a premium, and the passion in the meeting room was palpable. But now, after 200 passionate residents told the Fayette County Commission their thoughts about district voting, the measure will be decided at the General Assembly.

The Peachtree City Fire Department is asking for seven new positions in next year’s city budget, citing a need to meet national guidelines for the minimum number of fire personnel on a scene.

Peachtree City police have recently begun patrolling the city’s cart path system, the City Council learned at its retreat this weekend.

The Peachtree City Council is looking at spending $1 million to relocate the city’s recycling center from its current location on the south side to the former Flat Creek wastewater treatment plant farther north off Ga. Highway 74.

Upset residents who hoped to leave the County Commission chambers Thursday night feeling better about the West Fayetteville Bypass went home dejected.

A Fayette County School Board retreat March 1 was essentially a planning session designed to look at the school system’s strategic plan and included a lengthy discussion of the system’s vision, mission and belief statements.

The bid to construct the new Rivers Elementary School was approved March 3 at a called meeting of Fayette County Board of Education. Also at the meeting, the board heard a presentation on a salary study conducted for all employees in the school system.

It may be small by some standards, but it is one more occasion where drugs are taken off the street. A buy-bust on Ga. Highway 54 and McDonough Road last week resulted in the arrest of two Fayetteville men.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty:

sidelines 3-4 by Michael Boylan Click here

No matter how the games play out on Wednesday, two of the top four boys and girls basketball teams in the state will come from Region 2-AAAA and two of those teams will be Fayette County. The Tigers and Lady Tigers punched their tickets to the Class AAAA Final Four with two nail-biting wins at Fort Valley State on Saturday. It is the first time in school history that either team has made the state semi-finals.

Bill instead will get rid of auto ad valorem taxes

A bill that would have stripped the power of local school boards to collect property tax revenues has officially been amended by House Speaker Glenn Richardson, The Citizen has learned.

The Ben Show 3-3-08 by Ben Nelms Click here

Sales taxes down 8 percent; property tax growth minimal

Despite the slowing economy translating to lower sales tax collections, Peachtree City is only short $40,000 in this year’s budget.

To attract younger police officers and firefighters, Peachtree City will explore the use of “cafeteria” benefits.

It was the first retreat for Tyrone’s new mayor and council. The Feb. 23 council retreat saw discussions on issues such as the possibility of a new meeting schedule, local option sales tax revenues, town employee positions and a move toward certification by the police department.

Pool-filling and hand-watering would be OK too

The Fayette County Board of Commissioners will soon determine whether the county will allow new landscaping to be watered every other day for 10 weeks.

National builder will be selected for ‘active adult’ subdivision

Timbering operations are due to begin Monday on the extension of MacDuff Parkway, according to Donna Black of Scarborough Properties, which owns a 403-acre tract the road will partially cut through.

Registration for this year’s Fourth of July parade in Peachtree City will begin Monday, June 2, officials have said.

O’Reilly Auto Parts moved a step closer to constructing a store on Tyrone Road on property adjacent to the BP station on Ga. Highway 74. Tyrone Planning Commission Feb. 28 voted unanimously to recommend approval of the site plan for the project.