PTC mayor wants Rep. Cox to stop requiring unanimous vote

Peachtree City Mayor Steve Brown wants State Rep. Kathy Cox to reconsider her position of sponsoring enabling legislation only with a unanimous vote from council.

Crabapple Lane school plan tabled

Plans for a new elementary school on Crabapple Lane near Ga. Highway 74 in north Peachtree City have been sent back to the drawing board by the city's Planning Commission.

Dog killed by neighbor dog in Smokerise

A Peachtree City man has been cited after reports that his dog killed another dog in the Smokerise subdivision March 17.

PTC planning commission approves landscape plan for Wal-Mart, Home Depot

Somewhat satisfied that developers have a solid plan to screen the under-construction Wal-Mart Supercenter from view of motorists on Ga. Highway 74, the Peachtree City Planning Commission has approved the landscape plan for that property and the adjacent Home Depot.

PTC's new online map has search engine for streets

With Peachtree City's new online city map, finding a street is as easy as searching the Internet.

PTC Planning Commission approves workshop process

With an eye on smoothing out the development process, the Peachtree City Planning Commission will use more workshops in the near future.

Kedron teacher gets presidential award

One of the most outstanding elementary math teachers in the nation is working in the Fayette County School System.

Monthly blood drive will continue Monday at Gathering Place

Although Monday is technically April Fool's Day, the monthly community blood drive scheduled at the Gathering Place in Peachtree City will go as planned.

Police Blotter

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City may get help from Peachtree City at Rockaway Road intersection

Senoia may soon be getting Peachtree City's help in its fight to get a traffic signal at the intersection of Rockaway Road and Ga. Highway 74.

Coweta's Johnson is Teacher of the Year finalist

The Coweta County School System has done it again.

County, 21st Century may work together

Could Coweta County and 21st Century Coweta be patching up their differences?

County moving forward with GRTA projects

After agreeing to a deal in principle with the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority for express buses, Coweta County is not wasting any time in trying to improve some dangerous intersections.

Former mayor calls it quits as librarian

The revolving door in Senoia's city government continued last week.

Chairman thanks community for SPLOST support

Coweta County voters turned out in historically heavy numbers on March 19 and overwhelmingly approved both the Special Local Option Sales Tax and Senior Citizen Homestead Exemption issues for our community.

Sports

Racing season starts in Senoia

The racing season has started up again and Senoia Speedway is full of exciting racing action.

Teams head into spring break

When the school bell rings today, spring break begins. Some of the high school athletic teams will go into the break with a lot of action, while others will rest until break is over.

McIntosh tennis gets three wins

The McIntosh boys and girls tennis teams won their last three matches 5-0. The Chiefs and Lady Chiefs faced Riverdale and Lovejoy at home and East Coweta on the road and are looking very dominant so far in the season.

Track teams do well at Georgia Coaches Invitational

The local high school track teams sent representatives to the Track Coaches of Georgia Invitational at Georgia Tech last week and the boys and girls had some good finishes.

Opinion

People will conduct themselves the way they think and believe
By DAVID EPPS
Pastor

A few weeks ago, on a warm Friday morning in March, I journeyed to Fort Benning, an Army base near Columbus, to attend a graduation of soldiers who were completing the 62 days of United States Army Ranger Training. According to a spokesman, Ranger training is the best and toughest leadership training the army has to offer.

Hollywood campaign should be expanded far beyond just smoking
By MONROE ROARK
mroark@thecitizennews.com

This story owes its existence to my rabbit-ears television antenna.

At long last, the real truth about mothers and fathers or is it?
By Rick Ryckeley
Fayette County Fire & Emergency Services

To all of those young readers out there, there's something ya need to know. Your parents really don't know what you are doing most of the time. Heck, they don't even know what they're doing most of the time. I know that this comes as a surprise to some of you, but it's true. Oh, it's true.

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