The Target store on Ga. Highway 34 was in the bulls-eye Aug. 5 as Newnan firefighters and police officers hosted family activities as part of the National Night Out event to offer safety tips to families, hand out goodies and play games and give children a close-up look at the tools public safety officers use to do their jobs.

The horrors of $4-a-gallon gasoline are bringing metro Atlanta employers to The Clean Air Campaign and its innovative commute option programs in record numbers.  Four Coweta County companies are among The Clean Air Campaign’s 79 new Partners.

It is going to be a different kind of 5K race, Halloween costumes and all. The Coweta County Commission Aug. 5 approved the Oct. 25 Halloween Classic 5K fundraiser to benefit CORRAL (Coweta Organization for Riding, Rehabilitation and Learning) in Roscoe and to help start up the Newnan Running Club. The event is a follow-up to last year’s Goblin Run.

Delta Community Credit Union, a not-for-profit, financial services institution and anchor in the communities it serves, announces today the grand opening of its 12th metro-Atlanta branch. The full-service branch is located in the Summit 1825 building on Highway 34 East. Residents of Coweta County are eligible to join Delta Community.

New lease will cost $3,200 more a month for three months; time needed to finish rehab of police headquarters

Though Peachtree City is keeping its millage rate the same this year, it will still result in a property tax increase, netting the city an additional $17,000 for the 2008-2009 budget.

An existing shopping center on the city’s east border and owners of 35 acres in the West Village area want to come into Peachtree City.

As in many cities, costs for providing police, fire and emergency medical services takes up nearly half of Peachtree City’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2009. The new $27.48 million budget is expected to be approved by the City Council Thursday night.

Nearly pristine Aberdeen Parkway is about to become a little less pristine.

Peachtree City has approved only the second curb cut ever allowed onto thickly wooded Aberdeen Parkway for an 11,000-square-foot office building planned for the southwest corner of the eastbound parkway’s intersection with Northlake Drive.

An existing shopping center on the city’s east border and owners of 35 acres in the West Village area want to come into Peachtree City.

Culture and Recreation comes in 2nd at 18.4%; recreation fees pay only 15% of rec programs’ costs

As in many cities, costs for providing police, fire and emergency medical services takes up nearly half of Peachtree City’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2009. The new $27.48 million budget is expected to be approved by the City Council this Thursday night.

What might be surprising is what comes in second: “Culture and recreation” at $5 million, about 18.4 percent of the total city budget.

Nearly pristine Aberdeen Parkway is about to become a little less pristine.

Peachtree City has approved only the second curb cut ever allowed onto thickly wooded Aberdeen Parkway for an 11,000-square-foot office building planned for the southwest corner of the eastbound parkway’s intersection with Northlake Drive.

New Peachtree City Police Chief H.C. “Skip” Clark will ask the City Council Thursday night to OK a $13,000 donation to start a two-dog, two-handler K-9 unit.

Faced with a contingency fund of less than $80,000 for the remainder of this fiscal year, the Peachtree City Council will decide Thursday night on ponying up $10,000 as its share of an interchange modification study.

The site of Peachtree City’s first Japanese cuisine restaurant will soon be the destination for sushi and steak lovers again.

The place you are most likely to have a wreck in Peachtree City is right where you’d probably guess: The busy intersection of Ga. highways 54 and 74.

A man and a woman were treated for minor injuries and released Friday afternoon following the crash of a small airplane just southeast of Peachtree City’s Falcon Field, police said.

Times expanded, standardized; look for police checkpoints for seat belt compliance in school zones

The Peachtree City Police Department wants to ensure that our city is a safe place to live, work and visit; therefore, our department sponsors a variety of educational and enforcement programs relative to traffic concerns.

The Peachtree City Library has confirmed that 23 consecutive time New York Times bestselling author, Stuart Woods, will be headlining the second annual Peachtree City Literary Festival, September 19-21.

An old Peachtree City landmark that sat on the site of what will be the permanent offices of Whitlock Ellis Wealth Management came tumbling down Tuesday, July 15.

Peachtree City may soon make minor changes to its open space zoning category.

The move would split open space zoning into two categories: one for nature areas and other undeveloped conservation-type lands. The other would be for city-owned parcels such as the City Hall and Library complex.

Peachtree City planners have signed off on a local industry’s expansion plan.

The 12,000 square foot office/warehouse building will be added to the Wilden Plastics campus on Ga. Highway 74 south. The conceptual plan was approved by the Planning Commission Monday night.

Nature just got a lot more interesting, especially for anyone interested in spending a leisurely amount of time along the banks of the Chattahoochee River. The approval and bond sale of the 3,000-acre Chattahoochee Bend State Park in western Coweta County on property bordering Carroll and Heard counties was announced July 28 at the Coweta County Commission chambers at a meeting of Chattahoochee-Flint Regional Development Center.

An investigation into the robbery of Southern Community Bank in Newnan by two men late Tuesday morning is ongoing. Coweta Sheriff’s investigators said no weapons were used and no one was injured. Some aspects of the robbery show a familiarity to a July 21 attempted robbery in east Coweta and a July 23 robbery in Griffin.

Coweta County students go back to school for the 2008-09 school year on Wednesday, August 6. Parents and students can visit schools on the day before school starts, Tuesday August 5, from 10 a.m. to noon (all middle schools) and noon to 2 p.m. (all elementary schools).

The Georgia Department of Education released an initial list of Coweta County schools which successfully met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements under the No Child Left Behind act in the 2007-08 school year.

When Lt. Col. Martin Rowe of Peachtree City got to Baghdad several months ago, he assumed command of forensic crime labs that are helping to identify enemy combatants.

The labs are a relatively new wrinkle in the Global War on Terror, using fingerprints, DNA and other evidence to identify enemies who attack coalition forces, Rowe explained.

Malin Roghelia, left, and Amy Luenberger were recently honored by the Rotary Club of Peachtree City as their ‘07-’08 “Rookie Rotarian” and “Rotarian of the Year” recipients. They were selected for exemplifying strong commitment and loyalty to Rotary’s motto, “Service Above Self,” in all their good works for the community. Photo/Special.

Could Peachtree City start up a local bus service?

Representatives of the city’s Senior Adult Council are suggesting just that in making a presentation to the city’s Recreation Commission Monday night.

Police: no foul play suspected

A woman who fell down stairs after a domestic dispute with her son Saturday afternoon has died from her injuries, Peachtree City police said.