It's the 'dog' days of August – not coyote days

Something in south PTC is eating pets, even a baby deer; resident blames coyotes, but county thinks it’s more likely a pack of dogs

There was a report last week of the partial remains of a domesticated cat and a small deer, perhaps a fawn, found in the yard of a Peachtree City resident in the area of Crosstown Road and Robinson Road. Read More»

F’ville to add Hwy. 85 light near county's busiest intersection

The Fayetteville City Council is expected to approve an intergovernmental agreement with Fayette County Thursday night that will put in motion the $600,000 Lafayette Avenue Signal and Extension project at North Glynn Street funded by previously collected 1-cent sales tax revenues. Read More»

ARC preps county for 1¢ regional transportation tax Unique high school for gifted kids gets scholarships ‘What’s next?’ as DAPC meets with PTC Council Aerial Rhodes show falls short for Whitewater Wildcats 'Guys and Dolls' opens Friday at 'The Fred' Senoia Idea House hits 12,000 visitors and counting Slice of life (and good pizza) at PTC's KidzFest Saturday

Government

Rangers work behind the scenes for the community

For all its amazing growth in recent decades, it might surprise some that 61 percent of Coweta County is still considered to be forest land. That and a number of aspects related to the work of the Coweta Forestry Unit were presented recently to the Coweta County Commission by Chief Ranger Terry Quigley. The rangers’ often unnoticed, yet important, role touches far more residents than many might imagine. Read More»

Peachtree City Councilman Eric Imker.
Peachtree City Mayor Don Haddix. Photo/John Munford.

Lifestyle

Powers' festival returns this weekend

It is one of the largest arts festivals in the area, if not the largest, and it is celebrating it’s 40th year this year.

Now called the Powers’ Festival, (formerly Powers Crossroads), the event features arts and crafts vendors, demonstrations of chair caning, beekeeping, spinning, as well as a working grist mill and blacksmith shop. There is also a full schedule of entertainment, both musical and theatrical, each day and exhibits and games. There will also be a Horse-Drawn Carriage Exhibit this year. Read More»

Community

Are you mishandling grace?

Dr. David L. Chancey's picture

The great evangelist D. L. Moody loved to study his Bible, and it occurred to him one day that he had never tackled the topic of grace. He took a day and did a Bible study on God’s grace. A second day was required, and then a third. By the afternoon of the third day, Moody was so filled with the idea of God’s grace that he had to go out on the street and talk to someone about it.

Moody stopped the first person he saw, a complete stranger, and said, “My friend, do you have any understanding of grace?” Read More»

the Rev. Dr. W. Douglas Griffith and his wife, Cindy
Courtney McAlpine engaged to Capt. Michael Coloney

Recent Photo

Students (from left) Deja Driver, Destiny Costa, Derisha Driver and Tamara Paled check out the science lab at The Dinoff School in Griffin, Georgia’s only high school with its entire curriculum designed for gifted students. The new school has now received $1 million in scholarship funding that will pay the full tuition for those meeting the income criteria. Photo/Ben Nelms.