The Senoia City Council Monday night approved a measure that will allow golf carts to operate on city roads with speed limits of 35 miles per hour or less.

First draft of budget only had one cop, no firefighters

With only one police officer and no new firefighters in the first draft of Peachtree City’s budget for next year, it didn’t appear as if the city’s public safety divisions would get much of a manpower boost.

In a move that has been debated for years, the Fayette County Commission voted Wednesday afternoon to create a special EMS tax district that would include all county residents, except those in Peachtree City.

City waiting on consultant report for suggested fix, estimate

Ongoing problems with moisture infiltrating Peachtree City’s police headquarters are still unresolved.

In the first version of the 2007-2008 budget proposal for Peachtree City, city staff proposed hiring three new full-time employees, including an additional accountant for the finance department.

Peachtree City has submitted both the federal and state permit applications which must both be approved before work can begin to rebuild the dam at Huddleston Pond, according to City Engineer David Borkowski.

At its second round of budget workshops Friday night, the Peachtree City Council scrutinized proposals for two new full-time positions: a buildings system supervisor and an assistant planner.

Regina and Morris Hunter, recently approved applicants to receive a Habitat home in Coweta County, saw their future Habitat home this week. The Hunters will move into the home after accruing their required 400 hours of sweat equity.

Coweta County’s jail may soon be needing an expansion.

That’s the word that Sheriff Mike Yeager delivered to the Coweta County Commission Tuesday night. The 350 inmate facility has become so overcrowded at time that inmates have slept on the floor, Yeager said.

It was an extraordinary moment that only occurred before a few people Tuesday night at the end of the Coweta County Commission meeting.

The Coweta County School System is reminding parents that the deadline to renew all existing student transfers for the 2007-08 school year is coming this Monday, June 11.

In a move that has been debated for years, the Fayette County Commission voted Wednesday afternoon to create a special EMS tax district that would include all county residents, except those in Peachtree City.

The Peachtree City Police Department is urging residents to use their seat belts, and police will be issuing tickets to violators of the state’s seat belt laws.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its findings on an airplane that had a landing mishap at Falcon Field May 10.

Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Tommy Irvin is alerting Georgians to a recall of blueberry yogurt manufactured by a California company.

A 14-year-old girl visiting Peachtree City from Buffalo, N.Y. was injured Friday night when she fell out of a golf cart while it was turning, police said.

Three Clayton County teens have been arrested after several gunshots were fired into the air late Sunday night following a graduation party at Dazzles Skating Rink in north Fayette County, police said.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its findings on an airplane that had a landing mishap at Falcon Field May 10.

The pilot, who was not injured, lost directional control after the main landing gear of the small plane touched down while the tail landing gear was still in the air, the report said.

CSX Railroad may get what it wants from Fairburn, but only if it make good on issues that have plagued the city for many years.

Listen as Coweta County Sheriff Mike Yeager talks about his overcrowded jail during Tuesday's County Commission meeting.

The Peachtree City Council got a detailed lowdown of the proposed $36.43 million budget for the 2007-2008 fiscal year at a workshop meeting Tuesday night.

Fayette County Library employee Jessica Kuhr (L) helps Karen Edkins of Fayetteville register for the library’s adult reading program at the summer reading kickoff event which brought hundreds of residents out for games, inflatables, face painting and a magic show.

The first draft of the 2007-2008 budget for Peachtree City includes a quarter-mill tax increase and a dip of nearly $550,000 into the city’s cash reserves.

A Peachtree City man has filed a lawsuit against the city, asking the court to nullify a vote taken May 3 to annex two large parcels of land that would house 1,075 homes on 782 acres in the city’s West Village area.

A hearing has been scheduled for July 6 in the pending lawsuit over the extension of TDK Boulevard from Peachtree City into Coweta County.

It’s one of the largest developments south of Interstate 20 and has Peachtree City residents worried that traffic from the more than 3,000 homes will overwhelm the city’s capacity.

It should be a full meeting Thursday as Fayetteville City Council hears the second reading of an ordinance protecting children left unattended in vehicles and the first reading of ordinances on maximum residential occupancy, residential parking and group homes.

Peachtree City staff is recommending that a traffic engineering firm study two key intersections on Peachtree Parkway to determine what improvements should be made at each.

While students are busy whiling away the lazy days of summer, workers in the Fayette County School System’s Facility Services Department are moving into crunch mode to make sure all the schools are ready when school opens Aug. 13.

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