Company declines comment on future of shopping center anchor

The Kroger Company has announced it will close its smallest store in Peachtree City on Saturday March 7.

Peachtree City Police have made no arrests but continue to interview multiple individuals in relation to the Jan. 22 shooting at the 1024 Ridgefield Drive residence where 36-year-old Philip Shawn Curl was shot in the abdomen and sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

More cuts coming to address $3.5M shortfall next year

A little more than 10 percent of Peachtree City’s 324 full and part-time employees indicated in a survey that they would voluntarily accept 25 percent pay cuts, City Manager Bernie McMullen said Monday afternoon.

Athens, Ga. – Robert Burch, a native Fayette Countian who went north to New York and beyond to find fame and success writing for children, will be inducted posthumously into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in March.

Gunshots strike 2 historically black churches while they were unoccupied

The FBI has joined the probe into two incidents during the past week in which gunshots were fired into unoccupied black churches.

If a business such as Starship Enterprise tried to locate in Peachtree City, its options would be limited by zoning laws. By city ordinance, any store selling adult sex toys would be considered a “sexually oriented business.”

Peachtree City police are still investigating a shooting that damaged one of Fayette County’s oldest churches early Tuesday morning.

Peachtree City will be spending $16,600 to replace two thermal imagers for the fire department instead of paying almost $8,000 to repair them.

Majority of council wanted to keep ‘asset’

A local businessman informally offered late last year to purchase the city’s tennis center for about $1 million, according to Peachtree City Councilman Don Haddix.

The Peachtree City Police Department will be hosting a basic Community Emergency Response Team class beginning March 5.

$1,000 reward offered by police

Thirty-six year-old Philip Shawn Curl sustained non-life threatening injuries at a 1024 Ridgefield Drive residence Thursday morning after being shot by a man who fled the home on foot, police said. Peachtree City Police investigating the shooting are speaking with multiple individuals in relation to the shooting and the suspect seen running in an easterly direction. No arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation.

It appeared Tuesday night that the stars had not aligned for Starship Adult Novelties and Gifts in its preparation to open the company’s newest location at Thomas Crossroads. District 4 Commissioner Rodney Brooks told more than 300 anxious residents in attendance that the business license application was being denied because Starship had been determined to be a sexually-oriented business that is not permitted in the commercial area. The praise heaped on commissioners that night were contrasted Wednesday by the comments of Starship CEO Kelly Rogers, insisting that he would stock the store and not back off from his intention to operate his business.

Georgia, like the rest of the United States is in a recession. But in Coweta County, things are simply not that bleak. Tuesday at his office, Coweta County Development Authority President Bill Harrison shared his thoughts on the Coweta’s experiences in 2008 and on what lies ahead in 2009 and beyond.

Coweta County Commission Jan. 20 gave unanimous approval to a rezoning request for a commercial development on 9.067 acres at Ga. Highway 34 and Fischer Road. Only 1.25 acres on the site are suitable for development. The property is located just west of the northwest corner of Fischer Road and Ga. Highway 34 and is adjacent to the 800,000 square-foot Fischer Crossing commercial development already approved by the commission in June.

An early morning fire at an unoccupied residence on Ga. Highway 92 North just north of Gingercake Road resulted in extensive damage. Firefighters fighting the blaze in sub-freezing temperatures saw the runoff water from their hoses freeze on the ground and roadway.

Suspect denied bond; prosecutor calls it 'worst case' of family violence she has seen

A Peachtree City woman suffered two broken wrists and a broken toe at the hands of her husband, who also raped her at the couple’s home in the Kedron Hills neighborhood Sunday, according to court documents in the case.

This afternoon Michael William Ellicott, 47, was denied bond on several criminal charges filed in the case.

*** Update: Friday 1:04 p.m. Peachtree City Police are indicating that they have made no arrests and are continuing to speak with people in relation to the shooting. Spokesperson Rosanna Dove said investigators have determined that they need to speak with a number of other individuals before any charges are filed.

A Peachtree City woman was hospitalized Tuesday night after a domestic violence incident with her husband at their north Peachtree City home, The Citizen has learned.

The Fayette County Commission will hold its annual retreat Thursday and Friday on the third floor of the “old” courthouse in downtown Fayetteville.

Mayor defends secrecy of proposed layoffs; employees, public being surveyed

When the Peachtree City Council postponed acting on a recommendation to sack 23 landscape and maintenance employees Thursday night, it did so in the face of public criticism.

Homosexual ‘friends’ at issue in divorce order; Ga. Supreme Court to decide Fayette ruling

A former Fayette man is challenging an order that he not be allowed to entertain “his homosexual partners and friends” while his three minor children visit him once weekly.

They wanted to be a part of history. That is the reason a number of Fayette County residents traveled to Washington, D.C., to witness the inauguration Tuesday of President Barack Obama. A half-dozen of those making the trip shared their thoughts before beginning the journey.

It started off as a cold day, but that was only the weather. Frigid temperatures Saturday morning in Fayetteville could not dampen the spirits of the many participants and onlookers for the Martin Luther King Parade along Ga. Highway 85. The jubilation continued after the parade at Lafayette Education Center gym where more than 300 gathered for the MLK Commemorative Birthday Celebration Program.

He has served with the Fayetteville Police Department since 1993. Now Lt. Glenn Askew is going to serve his country. Jan. 8 was the last day the nearly 20-year law enforcement veteran will see of his department for more than a year.

Fayette County’s new sheriff, Wayne Hannah, wants more help from the public to combat crime.

Hannah is encouraging residents and business owners to report any suspicious activity immediately.

The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies for the past week. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty:

1st candidate to make formal announcement; may face incumbent Mayor Logsdon; 2 other slots to be decided this fall

If first-term Mayor Harold Logsdon decides to seek a second term later this year, he will face a challenge from another council member, Don Haddix.

A Peachtree City man was arrested Monday after he pulled out a knife and threatened his stepfather, police said.

Initially Cedric L. Blandburg was asked to leave his stepfather’s and mother’s house due to a family incident and he refused, police said. At one point he also threatened the stepfather with a pipe and the knife, police said.

As transportation projects across the state have been delayed or having their funding cancelled by the Department of Transportation, there is a growing concern about how to bankroll such projects.

Employees reunited deceased’s ashes with relative

Employees of a local salvage yard went out of their way to track down relatives of a deceased man whose remains were found in a wrecked truck.