Doug Tucker

1 week ago | thecitizen.com | Rick Ryckeley |Doug Tucker

Silence fell over the classroom as the phone on the desk continued to ring. The teacher answered the phone, listened, then responded, “Yes, I’ll send her right up.” She walked over to the student’s desk and tapped her on the shoulder.

3 weeks ago | thecitizen.com | Caroline Pope |Doug Tucker |Cal Beverly |Steve Brown

At last night’s Fayetteville City Council Meeting, city manager Ray Gibson recognized the city’s new communications director, Lynetta Griffin. Griffin is an alumnus of Georgia Media Academy and has ten years of experience as a communications manager in Clayton County.   Griffin stated that she is committed to upholding a high standard of communications in Fayetteville: “I take this job very seriously because this is where I chose to raise my family. This is my home.

3 weeks ago | thecitizen.com | Ellie White-Stevens |Doug Tucker

On Tuesday evening, a false fire alarm had an English as a Second Language (ESL) class evacuating the auditorium they were meeting in at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Peachtree City. Anyone in the area may have seen fire trucks responding on scene. According to Deputy Fire Chief Wil Hardin, “Our crews responded to an automatic fire alarm at Holy Trinity. They found a malfunctioning riser in the sprinkler room. There was no fire, no smoke, no hazard.