I returned to The Citizen nearly two years ago, after a brief stint in late 1997 and early 1998. I covered Peachtree City and the police/courts beat before moving to my present spot as special sections editor and Fayetteville reporter.

A 1990 graduate of West Georgia College (whom I represented in the inaugural Jeopardy! college tournament in 1989) with a degree in English, I live in Henry County with my lovely wife, Kelly, and our 2-year-old dynamo, Samuel.

Our family attends Pinecrest Baptist Church in Morrow, where I serve as the church pianist and teach a single adult Sunday school class. In addition to my journalistic work, I have been fortunate enough to combine my job skills with my outside interests, having written about 80 songs and two feature-length screenplays.