Effective immediately, the Peachtree City Recycling Center at Highway 74 South and Rockaway Road will be open from 1-4:30 p.m. on Wednesday afternoons.  The hours on Saturday will remain 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.  The Recycling Center is open only to Peachtree City residents.

Tyrone Elementary School 5th grader Carlye Jones received a special kind of award last week. Hers was the winning entry in an essay contest that was featured at the District Attorneys 3rd Annual Law Enforcement Banquet held May 7 in Fayetteville.

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All four lanes of Ga. Highway 54 near Ebenezer Road and Brittany Way are open as of 3:30 p.m, officials reported. The road had been closed for over four hours Friday, May 15 while emergency crews worked on repairing a major gas line break in the area.

Recession. What recession? What began as an empty lot on the northwest corner of Main and Seavy in Senoia has become the three-story “48 Main Street” office/retail building that continues the city’s march into the future by capitalizing on the historic look of the past.

More than a dozen Palmetto youngsters May 9 got their first look at digital cameras they will use as part of the 2009 Palmetto Cultural Arts Project, a two-year effort that will combine photography with training they will receive to catalogue many of the oral histories provided by local residents. Funding for the project, entitled “Our Lives, Our Land, Our Legacy” came from a grant from Fulton County Arts Council (FCAC) and its partnership with the city of Palmetto.

A Grantville diesel mechanic has revealed a $1 million prize. Robert Baker Jr., 42, won playing the Georgia Lottery's 15th Anniversary Millionaire Extravaganza instant game.

Vandals struck in Peachtree City’s Smokerise subdivision in the wee hours of the morning, turning over trash cans, smashing wine bottles in the street and ripping street signs out of the ground, a resident told The Citizen this morning.

The Peachtree City Airport Authority has decided not to oppose a 80-home subdivision and event center that would be built near the end of the runway at Falcon Field.

No one was injured when this car crashed into the Starbucks restaurant at The Avenue in Peachtree City this morning, fire officials said.

Carrollton physician Dr. Phil Astin III was sentenced in Newnan May 12 by U.S. District Judge Jack T. Kemp to serve 10 years in federal prison for his January conviction on 175 counts of illegally dispensing prescription drugs from 2002 until his arrest in 2007. Astin was the personal physician for wrestler and Fayette County resident Chris Benoit.

Pastors and local officials join hands to pray for our nation and its leaders during the prayer breakfast last week at Grace Evangelical Church in Fayetteville. Photo/Ben Nelms.

February figures suggest local tax collections likely to remain in slump, mirroring state’s 21% April decrease

This weekend, J.C. Booth Middle School’s Science Olympiad team will be seeking its 10th national title in competition at Augusta State University.

A former maintenance worker for New Hope Baptist Church was arrested this weekend on four counts of child molestation for incidents that occurred on the church’s campus on New Hope Road, police said.

Three local families stand to lose their homes should the latest alignment of the West Fayetteville Bypass second phase be approved by the Fayette County Commission Thursday night.

The first cohort of Clayton State University’s Masters in Business Administration (MBA) graduated on Saturday, May 9.

A proposal to annex the existing Peachtree East shopping center on the eastern limits of Peachtree City may have hit a snag.

Losses are never easy to take, but losses in championship games tend to sting a little more than others. Mistakes get amplified and missed opportunities get played over and over in one’s head with one word repeating itself, “If.”

Peachtree City Councilwoman Cyndi Plunkett confirmed Tuesday that she is considering the possibility of running for mayor.

It was a time to honor those who put their lives on the line each day. Law enforcement officers from across the Griffin Judicial Circuit were some of the 500 attending the District Attorney’s 3rd Annual Law Enforcement Banquet held last week at Fayetteville First Baptist Church.

A pedestrian-friendly look is in the offing along Stonewall Boulevard. The Fayetteville City Council at the May 7 meeting approved a federally-funded sidewalk project in the city’s historic district and adopted the well head protection ordinance for city drinking water supplies.

It comes but once a year, but for some in the Christian community it holds relevance to local communities and to the nation. More than 70 elected and appointed officials, along with ministers, community members and church members attended the 16th Annual Fayette Community Prayer Breakfast held May 7 at Grace Church as a part of the National Day of Prayer.

PTC has 2 kitchen fires in 1 week

Peachtree City firefighters are urging residents to use caution when cooking, as fire crews have responded to two kitchen fires in the span of one week.

A Covington man was arrested at Piedmont Fayette Hospital in the early morning hours May 9 after displaying erratic behavior in the emergency room area.

Elementary math competitors at the 2009 Fayette County Elementary Math Tournament proved they knew their subject, forcing tiebreakers during the two-day event.

Even with donations being down this year, the Fayette County Education Foundation gave over $18,000 to teachers throughout the county’s public school system to help bring innovative teaching materials and programs to students.

TruGreen, the contractor now handling all right-of-way mowing and landscaping for the city, is making progress on keeping up with the necessary work, Peachtree City Public Works Director Tom Corbett told the City Council Thursday night.

Project ready for consideration by DOT board

In the span of several weeks, the Georgia Department of Transportation has signed off on several documents that will ultimately lead to the completion of the cart path bridge over the CSX railroad tracks on Ga. Highway 54 West.

Planners to consider bringing Peachtree East into the city

A proposal to annex the 17-plus acre Peachtree East shopping center just outside the eastern Peachtree City limits will be considered Monday night by the city’s planning commission.

The first Peachtree City Monopoly tournament was held last Saturday at the Towne Club on Crosstown Rd. in Peachtree City.

Darren Siegerdt became the wealthiest player through buying, renting and selling property in the popular board game to win the $100 first prize.