Fayette County

Word of Life FMC will hold youth rally June 8

Word of Life Free Methodist Church in Fayetteville will host a Youth Rally on June 8 from noon until 4 p.m. in the church parking lot.

The event will feature free food, free games, free giveaways, live music and vendors.

The church also is looking for donations to help with its ministry for human trafficking around the world.

Word of Life FMC is at 405 Fayette Place Fayetteville, behind the Dairy Queen in the Harvest Community Shopping Center, in front of the Wings and Things Restaurant.

FFUMC will offer summer music camp for kids in July

At Fayetteville First’s Summer Music Camp this year children will learn about faith heroes through music. Rising kindergarten through rising sixth graders will have fun with friends as they grow spiritually and musically.

Camp will be held July 8-12, from 9 a.m. to noon each day.

Activities include drama, set design, instruments, choir and movement. Participants will end the week with a program. Classes will be led by Joan Aycock and Delacey Wilkins.

Scholarships are available in exchange for volunteer hours. Sibling discounts of $25 per child apply. Read More»

Senior citizens at Fayetteville First UMC stay ‘on the move’ with many and varied activities

Keep it moving at Fayetteville First United Methodist. That’s the motto of the church’s seniors as they stay active with each other and in the community.

“We all need to stay connected and giving throughout our lives,” says Carolyn Clifton, associate minister at FFUMC. “Our diverse programs for seniors encourage us to look beyond ourselves, to learn, grow and give to others. Weekly and monthly programs and outings move us toward living whole, balanced lives.” Read More»

Piedmont-Fayette offers pastoral care courses

Piedmont Fayette Hospital offers graduate level pastoral care training known as clinical pastoral education (CPE) for community members and clergy interested in learning more about spiritual care.

As part of the program, students of all faiths minister to people in intimate and sometimes critical situations while being supervised. Over the course of five months, the CPE students will engage with patients in a variety of settings including hospitals, prisons and hospice facilities. Read More»

Starr's Mill is still alive in state baseball playoffs

Whitewater’s Tyler Burdette was tagged out at third on a rundown in extra innings that extinguished a Wildcat rally late in the first game. Photo/John Munford.

The Starr’s Mill Panthers are just three wins away from claiming the Georgia High School Association baseball AAAAA championship, but Whitewater’s magical season ended Monday night.

The Panthers won 12-0 and were defeated 9-7 in two lopsided games of a double header split against Pope High School.
Whitewater on the other hand, fell to Greenbrier in two close games at home Monday night.

The Wildcats lost the first game 5-4 in extra innings and fell 6-3 in the second game. Read More»

McIntosh crowned champs

Salomon Lorenzano and Brooks Carson (11) celebrate Lorenzano’s goal in the first period that gave McIntosh a 1-0 lead. Photo/John Munford.

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com

The McIntosh boys soccer team wrapped up their perfect championship season by beating a previously-undefeated Houston County team in Carrollton Saturday night to capture the AAAAA state trophy.

It was a close battle early on, Salomon Lorenzano scored the first goal 13 minutes in, as the Houston keeper came toward the front of the box to try and squelch the flurry, but Lorenzano was able to slip it past. Read More»

Memorial Day ceremony is set for Fayetteville

Fayette County Post 105 of The American Legion will again be hosting their traditional Memorial Day Ceremony to honor America’s military heroes May 27. The patriotic observance begins at 11 a.m., and ends at noon. Read More»

Fayette County arrest reports — May 7–13

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the time period indicated. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty. Rather than the age of those arrested, only the year of birth will be indicated below due to law enforcement procedural changes.

Tuesday, May 7 - Monday, May 13

Fayette County Sheriff’s Office

Charles D. Shepherd, born in 1989, of Huntcliff Court, Fayetteville, for less than an ounce of marijuana.
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Lightning damages steeple at F’ville 1st Baptist

Lightning damages steeple at F’ville 1st Baptist

A bolt of lightning struck and damaged the steeple at First Baptist Church of Fayetteville Sunday as strong thunderstorms moved through the area. But worshippers gathered at the church afterwards and continued to use the building Sunday evening, according to John Munford, reporter for The Citizen. “We’re lucky it didn’t strike the courthouse where the art show was, or the county parking lot where they were doing Taste of Fayette at the time.,” Munford wrote. Photo/John Munford.

PTC Council debates sales tax for roads, paths

A proposed countywide special sales tax, up for a vote in November, would provide $12.8 million to Peachtree City over a two-year period.

The city is almost certain to earmark much if not all of those proceeds toward road and cart path projects, as the city has no other plan to fund them. Such projects used to be paid for out of the city’s general fund, but that process stopped in 2005 when the transportation sales tax money started coming in. Read More»