A brand new house in the Centennial subdivision caught fire early Friday morning, but the flames were extinguished before the blaze spread far, according to Peachtree City Fire Chief Stony Lohr.

Although results of a recent survey of Peachtree City residents are still being processed, some of the data has been released culled from the approximately 500 persons who responded ... accounting for half the total surveys mailed out.

Bob Konrad of Peachtree CIty VFW Post 9949 bugles Taps in memory of deceased war veterans during Saturday’s Veterans Day ceremony in Peachtree City.

A Peachtree City family has sued the city for failing to properly mark a golf cart crossing where their son was struck by an oncoming car more than a year ago.

Volunteer, staffers also honored

The Peachtree City Parks and Recreation Department was named the 2006 Parks and Recreation Agency of the Year by the Georgia Recreation and Parks Association.

4 industrial park projects also get go-ahead

A plan to build a 145-unit senior apartment community in south Peachtree City has been resurrected.

Coweta Performance Learning Center students have volunteered at the current Habitat for Humanity build in Coweta County. Many students are looking for career direction and Habitat’s Americorp and Vista intern programs have initiated careers in social service for many of these interns and volunteers. Coweta’s Habitat was just accepted into the Americorp/Vista program and will be “hiring” 3 interns over the course of 2007. Photo/Special.

Sponsors are being sought to help make Christmas special for several needy families in what has become an annual event at Falcon Field in Peachtree City.

Parents have two weeks to make their feelings known on the Coweta County school calendars for the next two school years.

The announcement of The Legacy Theatre came early in 2006 when the town of Tyrone and theatre owner Bethany Smith stated that the theatre would now be built near the Millbrook subdivision, directly across the highway from the Publix shopping center. A formal reception was held in March and citizens could purchase seats and hear about the inaugural line-up of shows at the theatre and things went quiet as everyone got to work.

A 15-year-old Peachtree City boy has been arrested for using a handgun to threaten his mother just before he ran away from home Friday, police said.

A Canton man has been convicted of having an obscene internet chat with an undercover Peachtree City police officer whom he thought was a 14-year-old girl.

Fresh from strong criticism for one round of middle school boundary hearings, the Fayette County Board of Education decided Monday night that a possibly more comprehensive set of elementary school hearings will occur next fall.

As parents’ shoulders slumped and heads bowed, the Fayette County Board of Education voted 4-1 Monday night to approve the new middle school boundaries with a few minor changes.

Getting out the good news and achievements of students comes with a price tag in Fayette and Coweta counties.

In Fayette County, the public relations effort of the school system uses a number of different tactics and costs more than $183,000 on a yearly basis, according to information obtained by The Citizen.

To make way for TDK Boulevard’s extension into Coweta County, it cost the Peachtree City Airport Authority $1.41 million to acquire two golf holes and additional land for its runway safety area.

Fayette County’s 911 Communications Center has been named the 911 center of the year in Georgia by the state’s National Emergency Number Association.

It is back. Residents of Fayette and Fulton counties are again reporting a chemical odor in the vicinity of the Philip Services Corp. (PSC) waste treatment plant on Spence Road near Fairburn.

The Fayette County School System’s crackdown on illegal students is picking up steam as the system’s staff sorts through sworn attendance affidavits.

Fayetteville City Council Nov. 16 will hear a zoning request from a local business and consider a revision to the city’s stormwater illicit discharge ordinance.

Molestation suspect believed to be in Texas; charged with attack on 12-year-old

A Peachtree City man accused of molesting his fiancée’s 12-year-old daughter isn’t missing at sea as initially reported by his 16-year-old son, police said.

The Peachtree City Council is expected to continue its moratorium on rezonings for multi-family projects at its meeting Thursday night.

In its third "Letters and Literature Series", the Fayette County Public Library will honor native author, Robert Burch. The first two Fayette Countians to be honored were Carolyn Cary, and Dr. Ferrol A. Sams Jr.

Teachers across Fayette County were surprised with gift baskets, balloons and Bright Idea checks ranging from $357 to $1500 in late October when representatives from Coweta-Fayette EMC and Operation Round Up showed up at schools to announce this year’s winners. The Trust Board awarded $22,849 in Bright Idea grants to 20 deserving classrooms throughout the EMC’s service area leaving excited teachers at every school they visited.

More than 100 Fayette high school students brought home a combined total of 48 awards from the 2006 Clemson Foreign Language Declamation Competition.

Many in the the crowded confines of the Fayette County Board of Education meeting room just shook their heads Monday night as the board approved a new set of attendance lines for middle school students next year.

A Canton man insisted that he was role-playing when he transmitted pornographic images via the Internet to a girl he thought was 13 years old who turned out to be an undercover Peachtree City police officer in January.

The Tyrone Town Council will hold a special workshop next week to discuss what to do with unused impact fees.

Last week, Town Manager Barry Amos revealed the town was looking at refunding nearly $64,000 in impact fees to developers because the town had not done anything significant in efforts to build a new town hall and police station.

The Sandy Creek High School Talent Show was October 24 at the school’s auditorium.

Things are changing in Union City. And its more than a change in name. Known for years as Shannon Mall, the new Union Station Atlanta is positioned to undergo a transformation that will match the changes all over south Fulton County. The transformation along the Ga. Highway 138 corridor will include new theaters and many new commercial ventures.