by Amy Orr On June 21, the Peachtree City Police Department’s team, Slaw and Order, competed in the finale of The F Word, a live cooking competition hosted by Chef Gordon Ramsay. In order to show the community’s support for the group, Mayor Vanessa Fleisch and the Peachtree City Tennis Center organized a viewing party…
As an attorney practicing law (and defending alleged criminals), for 40 years I have heard the definition of “Reasonable Doubt” given to a jury hundreds of times. Below is verbatim what judges in almost all jurisdictions tell the jury about reasonable doubt. A reasonable doubt means just what it says. It is a doubt of…
One phone call changed all of Chris Carden’s plans. Carden, a Fayette County High School alum, finished his senior season at Truett McConnell piled high with individual accolades and riding the wave of the best season in program history, but, when his name wasn’t called during the MLB Draft, he thought that was the end…
It took plenty of blood, sweat, and tears, but the County Board of Commissioners eventually approved a new budget at Thursday night’s meeting. More than three hours of budget discussion helped the meeting drag on into Friday, adjourning at just past 1 a.m. “This is one of those truly difficult evenings where all of the…
Update Friday, June 30, 10 a.m.: The third suspect in last week’s fatal stabbing has been taken into custody. He is 21-year-old Travione Keonte Reynolds from Atlanta. He was taken into custody without incident at a residence in Dekalb County. Update Friday, June 23, 7:15 p.m.: The man who died from the stabbing is 74-year-old Albert…
Fayette County High School’s fine arts program is getting a big boost with the addition of an auditorium following a unanimous vote at Monday night’s board of education meeting. Parents, staff, and students have spoken at many meetings asking for help, and they finally got their answer. “Fayette County High School is the flagship high…
by Kyle Soto For many young and imaginative children around the world, outer space is something that makes their eyes glisten with curiosity and leaves them with questions about the space beyond and what it offers to those lucky enough to travel beyond the boundaries. Monday afternoon, outer space got a little bit closer. The…
Well, we drove in from North Mississippi last night through torrents of rain until just on this side of Carrollton, when the downpour stopped, and then not a drop. Poor Bill. He had white knuckles and a crick in his neck from straining to see the red tail lights ahead of him. I took turns…
Saying they saw little opportunity to trim the numbers and still maintain the expected level of service, the Fayette County Board of Education voted Monday night to approve a $203,671,540 budget for 2017-18 school year. “We want to be reflective of what this community wants, and this is what I hear them saying. We hate…
Kalli Edwards talked through her tears to a crowded room, the twentieth in a long line of disgruntled citizens. Before she took the podium, Edwards was reminded by another upset member of the community, Judi Wilson, that Fayette County is “not New York” and “not San Francisco.” Edwards sat in line and listened to Flat…
