The employees and owners of the nonprofit Fayette Care Clinic celebrate after President Gail McNair (front left) cuts the ribbon for the clinic’s opening.

Area developer John Wieland Homes is being taken to court as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission pursues an investigation into the company’s hiring practices, officials said.

Peachtree City middle school students will have a fun after-school option starting in the fall instead of going home alone.

With hours to go before the county’s employees had to start searching for new doctors, the Fayette County Commission approved swapping the county’s health insurance plan to CIGNA.

A May request by Target to add more than 9,000 square feet on the front of its Fayette Pavilion store by extending the building 35 feet and decreasing the number of parking spaces was approved June 27 by Fayetteville Planning and Zoning Commission.

It was just an ordinary summer afternoon on the hot asphalt at Fayette Pavilion. But things got a lot hotter June 29 for three Atlanta men charged with attempting to traffic in marijuana.

It was a field of dreams that required no movie set and no Hollywood actors. This real-life field of dreams sits today behind Peeples Elementary School. It exists because a mother believed children attending the school should have a place to play soccer and have outdoor physical education activities. That starting point a few months ago grew into an effort that saw the field graded and grassed June 23.

The Fayette County Republican Party monthly breakfast will be July 8 at the IHOP in Fayetteville on Jeff Davis Drive beginning at 9 a.m.

A Peachtree City man was seriously injured Wednesday afternoon when his motorcycle was hit by a car, police said.

Thomas Shergold, 50, was going north on Lester Road near Buckingham Drive when the crash occurred after 4 p.m., according to Lt. Col. Wayne Hannah of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. The car, a 1994 Honda Civic driven by Norman Hart IV, 17, of Fayetteville, was going south and crossed the center line just prior to the collision, Hannah said.

As in previous years, The Citizen has invited Fayette County candidates in the primary election this July to submit 400-word essays to communicate their positions to the voting public.

The Citizen posed several questions to candidates for the two posts being decided for the Fayette County Commission. The questions are as follows:

I moved to Fayette County in 1992 incident to military orders assigning me to Ft. McPherson. I intended to leave after my tour of duty was completed. That, of course, never happened. I grew to love the quality of life, and the people of Fayette County. When the time came, I chose to retire and settle here permanently.

I believe that the most important issue that the citizens of Fayette County will face in the coming years will be growth. The management of the growth will be critical.

When our citizens look to Fayette County for services, availability is important. Affordability is important. Believing that they are respected is important. Being able to remain in their homes and pay their taxes is important.

Hello, I am Jack Smith, and I want to be your Fayette County Commissioner:

I would like to take this time to introduce myself to those of you who do not yet know me. Like many of you, I am not a life-long resident of Fayette County. After living in eight different states (including Hawaii) and living three years in Germany, I had the good fortune to make Fayetteville my home.

The Citizen posed several questions to candidates for the two posts being decided for the Fayette County Board of Education. The questions are as follows:

My professional experiences and educational experiences have more than prepared me for this position on the Board of Education.

Dear Fayette County citizens,

I am seeking re-election to my Post 5 seat on the Fayette County Board of Education and ask for your support and vote in the Republican Primary Election on July 18.

Dear constituents, friends, and neighbors,

It has been my deep privilege to serve as your state representative during the 2005-2006 General Assembly. There were many bills and resolutions passed during this past session that will have an impact on our communities and I am writing this essay to point out some of the details of the most important legislation passed this year.

Dear friends,

I’m a small-business owner who decided to get involved in politics because I was sick and tired of politicians at election time promising to do this and that, and as soon as they got to wherever it was they wanted to go, they attached themselves to whatever lobbyist had money to give them so they could get re-elected. I believe it’s time we put the “public” back into public servant.

As in past years, The Citizen is again opening its opinion pages to candidates for contested local and locally-decided political offices.

It will prove to be tough going for students that illegally attend Fayette County schools beginning this school year. But that lesson will pale in comparison to the one facing a parent or guardian responsible for the child’s attendance. Stiff new penalties for defrauding the school system by lying on an affidavit include fines, prison time and reimbursement for the cost of educating the student.

It’s white-knuckle time for many of Fayette’s students this week. For them, summer vacation has yet to begin.

Retesting is underway for 513 students who didn’t meet expectations on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) that were given to students this spring. If the students don’t meet expectations, they won’t advance to the next grade this fall.

Members of Marquis De LaFayette Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution fire muskets and demonstrate period clothing and weapons techniques at Picnic Park June 23 as part of a presentation at the Peachtree City Library.

A brazen thief who smashed vehicle windows and stole purses from cars in broad daylight at Peachtree City businesses has been caught, thanks to the watchful eye of an off-duty policeman, officials said.

The rolling terrain along Redwine Road will soon be one of the county’s newest high-dollar addresses.

The Fayette County Commission unanimously approved rezoning 124 acres from Agricultural-Residential and R-72 to R-50. The rezoning downgrades the property’s classification from a five-acre minimum site for a home to a one-acre minimum. Dan Cathy and his father, Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, own 119 acres on the tract, while George and Regina Larkin own the other five acres.

Three juveniles were arrested after they assaulted a woman in the parking lot of a Fayetteville grocery store early Sunday morning, police said.

A Fayette County man was arrested Monday for growing suspected marijuana on the rear deck of his home. The suspected marijuana has a new leaf arrangement recently identified in cultivation.

CSX Railroad has officially begun using its rail siding in Peachtree City.

The siding, stretching north from the Home Depot, is an extra lane of track where trains can park so others may pass them, railroad spokesman Craig Camuso explained at a City Council meeting last week.