Fayette County

Schools receive AP Honors as participation rises

Three Fayette high schools are among 115 throughout the state that have been named Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools by the Georgia Department of Education.

AP classes and exams are administered by the College Board, which also administers the SAT. AP classes offer rigorous college-level learning options to students in high school. Students who receive a 3, 4 or 5 on AP exams may receive college credit. Read More»

Heritage Christian Preschool plans Open House tomorrow

The Heritage Christian Church Weekday Preschool will host an open house this Thursday, March 4. Parents will have an opportunity to ask questions about the school’s educational program and to view the curriculum.

A new kindergarten class will be offered for the 2010-11 school year. Teachers will discuss class schedules, school programs and will field questions.

Times for the open house are 2 year olds (must be 2 by Sept. 1) at 10:30 a.m., 3 year olds (must be 3 by Sept 1) at 11 a.m., 4 year olds (must be 4 by Sept. 1) at 11:30 a.m., and kindergarten (must be 5 by Sept 1) at noon. Read More»

Dinner, Open House, mark 25 years for PTCUMC school

Peachtree City United Methodist Church invites the commiunity to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its preschool program with a dinner and open house on Tuesday, March 16.

Festivities will begin with a spaghetti dinner at 5:30 p.m. in the PTCUMC multipurpose room. Class photos from all 25 years will be shown during the dinner and current students will sing.

Dinner is $5 per person, $3 for children under 12, with a $20 maximum per family. RSVP by March 5 by calling the church at 770-487-6499, ext. 248. Read More»

Hopewell will offer FPU March 11

Hopewell United Methodist Church in Tyrone will begin Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University (FPU) 13-week class on Thursday, March 11, at 7 p.m.

More than one million families have attended FPU. On average, they pay off $5,300 in debt and save $2,700 in just 90 days.

The program is for everyone, regardless of age, regardless of income, and regardless of marital status. Read More»

Quintero-Oddo

Mr. & Mrs. Oddo

Nohemi Quintero and Paul C. Oddo Jr. were married at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Hermosillo, Mexico on Jan. 9, 2010. The priest, Fr. Rafael Gonzalez Montemayor, celebrated Mass for the wedding. Read More»

Hartsfield-Werginz

Lisa Diann Hartsfield engaged to Karl Craft Werginz

Mr. and Mrs. James David Hartsfield Jr. of Acworth announce the engagement of their daughter, Lisa Diann Hartsfield, to Karl Craft Werginz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Werginz of Fayetteville.

The bride-elect is a high school graduate of Harrison High School in Kennesaw and a college graduate of the University of West Georgia in Carrollton where she received a master’s degree in speech language pathology. She is employed by the Cobb County School District in Marietta as a speech language pathologist. Read More»

Abduction suspect not identified yet

Sketch has led to numerous tips but none have led to assailant

Fayette sheriff’s detectives are still following up on leads from a possible child abduction attempt at the Landmark mobile home community off Milam Road Feb. 17.

Last week’s distribution of a sketch depicting the assailant has resulted in leads being generated from all over Georgia, but so far none have panned out to identify him, officials said.

“We are checking every single lead we get,” said Inv. Brent Rowan of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. Read More»

PTC to hear pitch tonight for senior apartments

A company wanting to build an age-restricted apartment complex in Peachtree City will make a pitch to the City Council tonight in a workshop meeting. Read More»

Up to 1 inch of snow Tuesday for Fayette & Coweta

Forecasters are predicting rain and snow for Tuesday morning, with the precipitation becoming mostly snow by 1 p.m. before tapering off Tuesday night according to the National Weather Service office in Peachtree City.

A winter weather advisory is in effect from noon Tuesday until midnight Tuesday night for snow with accumulations of up to one inch north of line from LaGrange to Jackson to Crawfordsville. Read More»