The July 15 primary election may not come with a packed house of candidates but it will come with a sprinkling of contested races that will provide a preview of things to come in November.

A Senoia man was arrested Monday by Peachtree City police in connection with an investigation into an assault outside a nightclub June 28 that led to the death of a Hampton man.

James Armond Blackmon, 23, of Peeks Crossings, was charged with making false statements and writings.

The Newnan Police Department has received an armored personnel vehicle. The carrier will be used by Newnan Police Special Response Team. It will help the special response team gain entry to barricaded residences and against armed gunmen. It is added protection for the Special Response Team during standoff and hostage situations. Photo/Special.

Senoia’s skyline should be a little bigger by the first quarter of 2009.

During the City Council meeting Monday night, developer Scott Tigchelaar said his company was ready to proceed with a new building on Main Street.

The Coweta County Board of Education raised school meal prices in response to rising food prices for school system cafeterias.  The prices will allow the school system’s cafeteria’s to continue to be self-supporting.

The Coweta business owner accused of killing a Norcross construction worker Gaston Gonzales outside a work site June 28 on Trammell Road was granted bond June 7. A bond of $100,000 was set for Jason Veitch who is accused of murdering the Senoia Drywall sub-contractor. Veitch maintains the death was not intentional, saying that the shotgun he used to jab Gonzales went off.

Bond issue to be decided in Superior Court

A Fairburn man accused of murder for assaulting a Hampton man outside a Peachtree City nightclub June 28 will remain in jail.

Jeremy Scott, 22, of Elder Street, Fairburn appeared in Fayette County Magistrate Court Wednesday afternoon. Chief Magistrate Charles R. Floyd Jr. bound Scott’s case over to Superior Court, as magistrates by law cannot set bond for murder.

by Cal Beverly & John Munford

A Fairburn man charged with murder for assaulting a Hampton man at a Peachtree City nightclub turned himself in early Tuesday afternoon, Peachtree City Police Chief H.C. “Skip” Clark said.

Jeremy Scott, 22, of Elder Street, Fairburn, is charged in the murder of Devan Abercrombie, 32, of Hampton, police said. Scott is also charged with aggravated assault for the incident which occurred outside The Red Room bar in the Westpark Walk shopping center, police said.

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Fayette residents lined south Peachtree Parkway Saturday morning to take in the annual spectacle that is the Peachtree City July 4th parade.

Peachtree City officials are on their way toward essentially mothballing two zoning categories, after a vote for the change was unanimously approved by the Planning Commission Monday night.

Peachtree City Christian Church presents B.I.G. 4th of July Weekend Celebration

On July 6, the community is invited to join Peachtree City Christian Church in welcoming Coach Bobby Bowden to speak at the 10:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. worship services. Bowden’s visit is part of the church activities during the B.I.G. 4th of July Weekend Celebration. Other activities include a picnic fireworks at Pebble Pocket Pool and participation in the PTC Parade.

Kathryn Flandermeyer (age 10), daughter of Scott and Tracey Flandermeyer of Peachtree City, sings with award-winning musician Eric Litwin during the Vacation Reading Program at Peachtree City Library.

Robin Merriman, left, displays a quilt that his wife Leslie made of his Peachtree Road race shirts.

Main Street Newnan will kick off the city’s Independence Day activities with the annual parade at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 4. The parade starts at the Veterans Park at the corner of Temple and Jackson Street and continues down Jackson and LaGrange to conclude at Newnan High School. 

A Norcross man died after being shot just before 1 a.m. June 28 at a 55 Trammell Road home construction site near Grantville. He was shot at point blank range below the neck with a 12-gauge shotgun by J. Veitch Construction owner Jason Veitch. A bond petition for Veitch was denied in Coweta Superior Court earlier this week.

The nationwide economic slowdown will likely result in increased tax rates for many Americans. But not Coweta residents. County commissioners July 1 decided to rollback taxes to offset any net millage rate increase. Commissioners also decided to hold off temporarily on setting a date for a fire bond referendum.

The rehabilitation of Newnan’s landmark 1906 courthouse is nearly set to begin. Work on the $7.5 million Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax-funded (SPLOST) project will start up in early fall and is expected to be completed in 12-18 months.

Without stoplight, shopping center may go back to drawing board

A developer’s request for a new traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West for a new shopping center in Peachtree City is going nowhere at the Georgia Department of Transportation, DOT officials confirmed this week.

Panasonic Automotive Systems confirmed Friday that a combined total of approximately 50 full-time jobs had been eliminated June 20 in two of the company’s plants in Peachtree City and Southfield, Michigan.

The Peachtree City Recreation Department has released a map showing the parade line up, the water station locations and the porta john locations. “We thought it would be a good idea to inform everyone ahead of time where water stations would be, where the parade will start, and where the porta johns will be located,” says Ashley Alonso, parade coordinator.

Peachtree City residential property owners, as individuals or members of a group or organization, can earn a 25% credit toward their April 2009 stormwater utility fee by participating in the Peachtree City’s “Adopt-A-Mile, -Path or -Park” programs.

In 1963 the Chick-fil-A Chicken Sandwich was invented. In 1977 their freshly squeezed Chick-fil-A Lemonade was introduced. In 1982 Chick-fil-A was the first chain to sell nuggets nationally. In 2008 the President and Chief Operating Officer of Chick-fil-A, Inc., Dan T. Cathy, will serve as the Grand Marshal for the annual Peachtree City July 4th Parade.

While results of Coweta County’s Criterion Reference Competency Test for grades one through eight were released Monday, nearly 1,200 students and school administrators are really looking towards the middle of July as a crucial day.

Coweta residents may get the chance to address growing public safety needs as early as November by voting on a bond issue for $15-20 million in equipment and facilities for the county fire department. A successful vote in the referendum would offset a potential millage increase needed to meet county fire response requirements.

Looking for an adventure of a lifetime? All students going into third through eighth grades are invited to attend the Coweta 4-H Adventure Camp, July 7-11, at the Coweta County Fairgrounds Exhibit Hall on Pine Road. the camp will be a journey of the animal kingdom on a quest to discover the animal world as the expedition takes participants over the land through forests and streams.

The Newnan-Coweta Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the city of Newnan Convention Center Authority, is encouraging citizens to weigh in on the need and feasibility of constructing a new conference center in the city. All citizens of Newnan and Coweta County are urged to fill out a conference center survey online at www.newnancowetachamber.org before the deadline of July 7. Paper surveys are also available at the Chamber headquarters at 23 Bullsboro Drive in Newnan.

Sharpsburg Baptist Church recently celebrated the legacy of their beloved pastor, Dr. Watson Mills, who retired June 22. At the time of his retirement banquet, former Mercer University professor emeritus had served the church for 27 years, five months, four days, six hours, but who’s counting?

Eager readers gathered at the Senoia Library Wednesday morning to hear a presentation from Carroll Exterminating. The pest control folks brought lizards and other creatures to entertain the children. Photo/John Thompson.

Residents asked to be on lookout for ‘graffiti in progress’; video systems in the works

Graffiti bandits are continuing to strike in Peachtree City, but over the weekend at least one local Samaritan, perhaps more, struck back.

Peachtree City police are investigating a burglary at a physical therapy office on Shakerag Hill that occurred over the weekend.