Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon may have taken over the supervision of the police department, but it hasn’t had any effect on police operations, officials said.

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com
and JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizen.com

The Fayette County Board of Elections plans to notify the county board of education that BOE member Greg Powers is no longer eligible to serve on the board.

The proposed Chick-fil-A restaurant to be located on the southeast corner of Peachtree Parkway and Ga. Highway 74 at Kedron Village received a unanimous nod June 12 from Peachtree City Planning Commission.

Chief: Officer shouldn’t have been involved

The Peachtree City Council has upheld a written reprimand issued to a police officer for several infractions stemming from the pursuit of a hit-and-run suspect into Coweta County in January.

XPlayground in Peachtree City has long been a favorite of the gaming crowd, but the popular establishment on Dividend Drive may find new fans in the coming months. While they continue to be at the forefront of gaming, offering play on various gaming systems on big screen, high definition televisions, there is now a restaurant inside the facility that also features pool tables, an air hockey table, several old-school arcade games and numerous televisions, including a 146” screen hooked into a stereo surround sound system. XPlayground has been showing every game of the World Cup thus far and will have NFL Ticket in the fall, showing every football game this season.

An Atlanta man who worked at a Peachtree City company has been arrested on outstanding warrants for an incident involving a child in College Park, police said.

Accused murderer Richard Nelson Brown has pleaded not guilty in the Sept. 30 murder of Senoia businessman Ken Crook. No trial date was set at the June 13 arraignment in Coweta Superior Court in Newnan.

The Coweta County Board of Education is projecting it will have to use more than $3.4 million in reserve funds to balance next year’s budget.

Board of Education member Mike Sumner made it official Tuesday night with the announcement that he will seek a fourth term.

Newnan High School’s Air Force JROTC program has been recognized for excellence by the U.S. Air Force with a Distinguished Unit Award for the 2005-06 school year.

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com

A fire that destroyed a home in one of Peachtree City’s older neighborhoods Sunday afternoon is being investigated by the Peachtree City Fire Department.

Suspects (R) await trasport to the jail after a buy-bust operation Friday at Banks Crossing shopping center in Fayetteville results in three arrests and the seizure of 14 grams of suspected crack cocaine (L). The operation was conducted by the Sheriff’s Drug Suppression Task Force and Fayette County SWAT team. Photo/Ben Nelms.

Counselors Kaitlin McNally (rear) and Mary Beth Secor swim with children at Glenloch Recreation Center’s Around the World in 10 Days summer camp in Peachtree City Monday.

During the last week, the county’s two races for school board got a lot less crowded.
Late last week, Fayette Superior Court Judge Tommy Hankinson ruled that both incumbent board member Greg Powers and candidate Kay Seabolt were ineligible to run in two July 18 Republican primary races.

The Peachtree City Council has eliminated the expansion of the city’s senior citizens center from the upcoming year’s budget.

Could Peachtree City soon be the home of more multi-family developments in the heart of town?
That’s one of the questions the Peachtree City Council will answer during a busy meeting tomorrow night.

The ongoing dispute between Piedmont Hospital and Blue Cross Blue Shield health insurance company has left many of the county’s residents angry and confused over their healthcare options starting July 1.

The proposed “gateway” cart path bridge that would span Ga. Highway 54 West near the entrance to the Wynnmeade subdivision may not get past the design stage.

It’s down to the wire for Tinseltown.

Fayette County’s highways and byways won’t be seeing any new billboards in the near future.
On Friday, the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected outdoor advertising company Tanner Advertising’s request to allow more billboards and reject the county’s 1998 sign ordinance.

For more than two hours last Wednesday, the Fayette County Commission and the Peachtree City Council butted heads over the city’s allegation that city residents are being double-taxed for EMS services.

The Peachtree City Church of God and Peachtree Christian Fellowship invite all youth in the area to attend the JesusCultureAtlanta Youth and Young Adult Conference, which starts tonight at the Peachtree City Church of God on Ga. Highway 34 in Sharpsburg. The event will continue through Friday, June 16.

As in past years, The Citizen is again opening its opinion pages to candidates for contested local and locally-decided political offices.

Tyrone native, Floy Farr, center, chats with Chip Young, left, and his father, Tommy Young.

Fairburn firefighters and those from Union City and Fulton County fight a blaze that caused extensive damage to a residence at 43 Washington Street.

“This is the new South Fulton.”
The message June 7 to the Community and Housing Development Corporation (CHDC) and Fulton County Housing Authority could not have been more clear. Residents of unincorporated South Fulton were adamant in their resistance to a proposal to build a 264-unit, revenue bond-funded apartment complex for largely low-to-moderate income families near the intersection of South Fulton Parkway and Ga. Highway 92. Articulate and determined, the 125 residents that filled the meeting room at Fulton County’s Stonewall Tell complex came through loud and clear. Their response to the proposal was “No.”

Services provided by Fulton County may be on the wane, but in Palmetto that cloud has a silver lining. The city council June 5 unanimously approved a Facility Use Agreement with Fulton County over recreational programming at Wilkerson Mill Park.

The gubernatorial campaign trail made its way to South Fulton Chamber of Commerce Thursday with the appearance of Georgia Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor. The long-time politician focused many of his comments on the importance of local business and his aim to restore cuts to the HOPE scholarship and provide healthcare to all Georgia children.

Like a microcosm of cities and towns across America once the school year ends, Fairburn is seeing a jump in crimes committed by some of its younger residents. Four young Fairburn offenders, ages 12-15, were arrested in the past two weeks for burglary, stalking, simple battery, trespassing and curfew and tobacco violations.

Tyrone’s controversial information policy may not pass legal muster.
Last week, the Town Council approved a policy that would only provide information to residents in a hard copy form, and forbid the use of email for answering residents’ questions.