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District Attorney Scott Ballard with Capt. Mike Pruitt

• Honoring the badge and those who wear it
  “Tonight we honor the badge and all who wear it...”
• Where have all the Fayette County Democrats gone?
  With the qualifying period for the July 15 election officially over, one significant element of state and national politics remains absent from the Fayette County primary field: Democrats.
• Inaugural Honor Flight Fayette group leaves for D.C. May 14
  Honor Flight Fayette board members, veterans, guardians, volunteers and medical personnel would like to personally invite everyone to help give a memorable send off, or welcome back, for the inaugural flight to Washington, D.C., on May 14.
• The Field is set
  The campiagn season has begun, and it should be a busy one.
• Ball bounces wrong way for Whitewater
  Whitewater’s Ryan Pugh uses his head to get to the ball

Christian Taylor

• Starr's Mill advances with first round sweep
  FAYETTEVILLE -- The Starr's Mill baseball team took care of business at home Friday night by winning both games of a doubleheader against Northside Warner Robins to advance to the second round of the state AAAA playoffs.
• A state champ -- twice...
  This guy is good... Last May, then a junior at Sandy Creek, Christian Taylor was in the spotlight at the Georgia Olympics in Jefferson when he won the 200 meter, long and triple jumps and ran legs on both the 400 and 1,600 meter state championship rel
• Chiefs aim for state LaCrosse championship
  The McIntosh Chiefs are playing for a state LaCrosse title.
• A new football era begins at McIntosh
  Glenn Griffin knows that he has his work cut out for him. Over the winter he left his assistant coaching position at Starr’s Mill to become the seventh head football coach in McIntosh High School’s history.
• Junior Golf headed to Fayette
  The Atlanta Junior Golf Association tour will visit Fayette County during its summer tournament series.

Patty Gattuso, Dianne Hood, Karen Holloway, Laura Burnette and Annette Poindexter have made Jazzercise a part of their lives.

• PTC will take part in 25th annual Tourism Week
  Peachtree City will join hundreds of cities, states and travel-related businesses nationwide in recognition of the 25th annual National Tourism Week, to be held May 10-18.
• Oil futures go over $123 a barrel and prices at pump keep climbing
  Oil futures blasted to a record over $123 a barrel Friday, gaining momentum as investors bought on a forecast of much higher prices.
• Fayette Business Spotlight
  ‘Jazzercise’....it’s making a difference in Fayette
• Fayette taxpayers saving on school residency enforcement
  The school board is apparently saving taxpayers money, Nearly $2 million.
• High fuel cost spells doom for PTC’s Touch a Truck
  The annual Touch A Truck event scheduled for this weekend has been cancelled.

• Emma Dunn Simpson
  Emma Dunn Simpson, 94, of Union City, GA formerly of East Point, died May 5, 2008.
• K. M. Peters
  K. M. "Bud" Peters, age 82 of Newnan, died May 2, 2008 at his residence.
• Bessie Mae Riley
  Bessie Mae Riley, 90, of Ridgeland, SC passed away May 3, 2008.
• Gary R. Malhoit
  Gary R. Malhoit, 71 of Sharpsburg, Georgia passed away early on Friday, May 02, 2008 from congestive heart failure. Gary passed peacefully at home, surrounded by his family.
• Gary Lee Brown
  ary Lee Brown, age 53, of Luthersville, died April 30, 2008 at Fayette Piedmont Hospital as a result of complications related to lung cancer.

• Death penalty, supply and demand, gun control
  Not to appear callous, but we won't have William Earl Lynd to kick around any longer. He was put to death Tuesday by lethal injection. It's about time.
• Remembering a lady on Mother’s Day
  The story is told about an 87 year old lady named Ms. Rose who had gone back to college to complete a college education she had started more than 60 years earlier. It was told by a young college student who became friends with Ms. Rose.
• Getting rid of Clintons the ‘Change’ everyone’s waiting for?
  Well, it looks like it's the end of the road for Hillary. Time for her to pack up her pantsuits and go back to ... wherever it is she's pretending to be living these days. Now we just have to get rid of the other two. Perhaps if I endorse Obama ...
• Human rights violations: Made in China...
  Beijing, the capitol of China, home of the forth coming Olympic games, is putting its best foot forward to convince the world that they deserve the title of “Most Favored Trade Nation” and, as an aside, are ceding to selective (Chinatized) western mor
• There should be separation of science and state
  I am an agnostic when it comes to explaining the origin of life. I don't believe yet in evolution, creationism or intelligent design. I can see flaws in all three.

• Where are the good mothers?
  In many churches it is an annual tradition that the pastor preach a special Mothers' Day sermon on that special Hallmark holiday. I'm sorry to admit that I seem to have a difficult time with message preparation that day.
• By showing strength, wife can save her troubled marriage
  QUESTION: Last week you gave recommendations how I could change my relationship with my unhappy husband, Joe. How is Joe likely to respond to the new me?