Fayette County

County soccer rivals make it "Battle for the Troops"

McIntosh captains Nate Bruhn, Erin Pincombe and Nikki Atkinson and Starr’s Mill captains Mandy McCalla, Katrina Frost, Lauren Swany, Derek Williams and Josh Hughes face off. Their teams meet next Thursday. Photo/Special.

The only thing better than a rivalry soccer game is one for a good cause.

Starr’s Mill and McIntosh’s varsity soccer teams will meet next Thursday with a special event surrounding one of the county’s most exciting athletic rivalries. Battle for the Troops has three goals - to send packages to soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, honoring our troops and their families, thanking them for their sacrifice and raising funds and accepting donations for the Wounded Warrior Project and the Lt. Dan Berschinski fund. Read More»

Pledging allegiance

Pledging allegiance

Fifth grade students from Huddleston Elementary led the Pledge of Allegiance at the Fayette County Board of Education meeting on Mar. 16.  The students are, from left, Meghan Keirn, Mikhaila Fechushak,  Ben De La Paz Merchant, Andrew Schlappi and Chase Martaus. Photo/Special.

Local DAR chapter installs "Heroines of the American Revolution" display at PTC library

Pictured are Rosemary Norris, Fayette-Starr's Mill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, left, and Janice Dukes, Peachtree City Library. Photo/Special.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, the Fayette-Starr’s Mill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a display in the Children's department of the Peachtree City Library. The display, “Heroines of the American Revolution”, spotlighted some lesser known women who contributed to the Revolution. Read More»

Edgefield Baptist yard sale, fish fry benefits Relay for Life

Members of Edgefield Baptist Church Relay for Life Team

Edgefield Baptist Church will be hosting a yard sale and fish fry on Saturday, March 27, from 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM at the George Porter Fellowship Hall located at 140 Church Street in Fayetteville. All proceeds from the Edgefield Baptist Church yard sale and fish fry will go to the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Fayette County. Read More»

1 lane to be closed on Wisdom Rd. starting Monday

Entire road to be closed April 3-11 for culvert replacement

Starting Monday there will be intermittent single lane closures on part of Wisdom Road Read More»

Great Google-ly deadline! Vote by March 26 on super-fast Internet in Fayette

Great Google-ly deadline! Vote by March 26 on super-fast Internet in Fayette

Survey shows 3/4 of residents and 2/3 of businesses have Internet at or above 3mbps now

Time is running out for residents to nominate Fayette County for a test-drive of super-fast Internet connections. Read More»

Entries sought in Senoia photography competition

It is all about life’s simple pleasures. A call for entries has been posted for the juried photography competition “Simple Pleasures” that will be hosted by the Veranda Historic Bed & Breakfast Inn and Gallery in Senoia.

Both professional and amateur photographers 18 and over are invited to compete in three categories: Life in Senoia, Life in Georgia and Life in The World at-large. 

Deadline for receipt of entry form, fees and CD with images no larger than 2 MB each is Saturday, May 1. Black and white, sepia, color and manipulated images may be entered in any category. Read More»

Fayette Senior Services gets transportation grant

Fayette Senior Services has been awarded a $97,000 transportation grant from the Atlanta Regional Commission.

The funding will help the transportation voucher program for Read More»

Friday deadline for Google high-speed trial nominations

Time is running out for residents to nominate Fayette County for the project.

Doing so can be done via an online form available at https://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/public/options and clicking on the button for “nominate your community.”

To nominate Fayette County, each user must log in with a Google account, which is free. The deadline for nominations is Friday. Read More»