The Peachtree City Council has elected to seek formal "requests for information" from the city's residential trash companies.

The Peachtree City Council now has the power to enact emergency water restrictions if necessary, a power once limited solely to the mayor and the mayor’s designee.

An era came to a quiet end Friday afternoon as City Subs and Deli closed its doors for the last time.

Two arrangements of fresh-cut flowers obviously there to brighten up the place took on an funeral-like air of condolences as customers lined up for their last City Subs reuben and devil dog.

A graduate of McIntosh High School was awarded the

Distinguished Flying Cross Tuesday for helping a rescue mission Iraq for a downed helicopter defeat enemy forces, secure the crash site and recover the bodies of the soldiers killed in the crash.

Local residents have almost all day today to roll up their sleeves for a good cause.

The American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive at the Gathering Place recreation center in Peachtree City located off McIntosh Trail across from Huddleston Elementary School.

Under a gorgeous October sky, proponents of free speech and the First Amendment took to the streets surrounding Newnan’s historic courthouse to show their support.

The 2007 McIntosh Homecoming King and Queen were announced at halftime of the Chiefs’ football game last Friday.

The Senoia Optimist Club met at the Catfish Hollow restaurant on October 18th for its bi-monthly club meeting. The club welcomed as its special guest Coweta County Sheriff Mike Yeager.

The Coweta County School System moved a step closer Tuesday night to moving forward on the construction of a new elementary school.

Residents in eastern Coweta’s municipalities head to the polls Tuesday to decide five races in two cities.

In Sharpsburg, voters will decide between Connie Turner and Larry Hyde for the Council Post 1 position and incumbent Standly Parten and Gordy Anderson in the Post 2 race. In Post 3, former Mayor Wendell Staley faces off against Polly Garlington.

If you’re eagerly awaiting the opening of Senoia’s new library, keep on waiting.

Last week’s meeting between Senoia and Coweta County did little to firm up a construction date for the city’s new library that was slated to open at the end of this year.

Search warrant for McIntosh weapon turns up empty; 3 officers patrolling McIntosh ... 2 officers at FCHS

Peachtree City residents who have been using well water or water from Lake Peachtree to irrigate vegetation or wash their vehicle may soon be out of luck.

Local residents have almost all day Friday to roll up their sleeves for a good cause.

The American Red Cross is hosting a blood drive at the Gathering Place recreation center in Peachtree City located off McIntosh Trail across from Huddleston Elementary School.

A Booth Middle School student was arrested Wednesday after he pulled a knife from his backpack and threatened to stab another student.

A Peachtree City man was arrested Tuesday after an officer clocked him going 108 mph on Ga. Highway 54 across Lake Peachtree, police said.

Police chief: Rumors not credible so far ... School on 'heightened alert' for suspicious activity

Police presence has been stepped up at McIntosh High School in the light of rumors that other students have threatened to carry out a shooting spree at the school.

Friend’s tip about MySpace posting leads to bust of plans to shoot up McIntosh High

Two girls, ages 15 and 16, who are accused of chatting on a MySpace site about shooting people at McIntosh High School will remain in a youth detention facility pending the next juvenile court hearing in the case, The Citizen learned Tuesday afternoon.

A University of Georgia student was arrested Friday after he traveled to Peachtree City to meet with a girl he thought was 15 years old, police said.

The Peachtree City Planning Department and Comprehensive Plan Advisory Board hosted the sixth of seven public forums Thursday at City Hall in Peachtree City to discuss updating the city’s comprehensive plan.

Katelyn and Kelly Walton of Senoia show a pumpkin grown in Fayetteville by their uncle Scott Power. Photo/Special.

Plunkett says city should look at building HQ elsewhere

In a bid to repair the moisture problem that has caused mold and mildew damage at the Peachtree City police headquarters, the City Council approved a $593,000 bid last week.

The Sany Corporation’s corporate headquarters campus with housing for corporate guests is on its way to formal approval.

Would link southside with industrial park; neighbors in Morallion Hills oppose design

Peachtree City is moving closer to completing a golf cart bridge that will link the south side of town with the city’s industrial park.

Another traffic signal is coming to Peachtree City.

Last week the City Council approved the low bidder to install a signal on Ga. Highway 74 north at Wisdom Road.

Road widening claimed trees, leaving others susceptible to fall

A gas station owner will be allowed to landscape a smidgen of city-owned property on the border of his new development at the intersection of Ga. Highway 74 and Crosstown Road.

The Peachtree City Fire Department will be presenting its annual Haunted House and Haunted Trail Friday and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. at their Leach Station. Leach Station is located at 110 Paschall Road just off South Highway 74.

Will Senoia’s proposed new library be built in the near future?

That’s an answer city administrator Richard Ferry hopes to get when he meets with Coweta County officials today.

Peachtree City police arrested three people Wednesday for cashing fraudulent checks.

Ironically it was one of the suspects himself who called police after the other two tried to shake him down, police said.

A bid to annex 14 acres into Peachtree City for a 48-unit assisted living complex was turned down by the City Council last week.