Terri Allison Manthey and Christopher Matthew Reeder were married at Oakhurst Farm, West Point, on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010. Pastor Miriam Beecher conducted the ceremony.

The bride is the daughter of Terry and Lisa Manthey of Tyrone. She is the granddaughter of Dolores Hewitt and the late Glenn M. Hewitt of Gainesville, and Lucile Manthey and the late Bernard M. Manthey of Janesville, Wisc. She is a graduate of Sandy Creek High School and Georgia State University. Read More»

The Marine Corps League Detachment # 1325 is changing locations. The detachment, which has previously met the first Wednesday of each month at The Gathering Place in Peachtree City, will begin meeting in the Fellowship Hall of Christ the King Church on Highway 34 between Newnan and Peachtree City. The move will allow the Detachment to be more centrally located for Marines in Coweta and Fayette counties. The meetings will continue to be at 7:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of the month. The next meeting is Apr. 7. Read More»

The U.S. Secret Service is responsible for investigating counterfeiting operations but as a matter of policy, they do not comment on the number of phony bills believed to be in circulation in specific cases. Businesses must be pro-active in protecting themselves from being victims of this type of fraud. Read More»

A law designed to clarify where gun owners can “carry” weapons legally has won approval in the Georgia Senate and will be up for consideration by the Georgia House of Representatives.

Senate Bill 308 allows those with a carrying permit to carrying a weapon in all parks, historic sites and recreational areas. And it gives bar owners and “places of worship” the opportunity to allow guns to be carried on their premises as well.

Under the bill Georgia’s universities and technical schools will be allowed to choose whether or not to allow guns to be carried on their campuses. Read More»