Eugene McDonald, 72, Palmetto, died Aug. 27, 2007. He was born Oct. 31, 1934 in Jefferson, Ga. He was the owner of McDonald and Son, Inc. Graveside services were at Cedar Rock Cemetery, Jackson, Ga., with the Rev.Calvin Smith officiating. Survivors include his wife, Mary Frances McDonald, Palmetto; a son, Gregory McDonald, Palmetto; and a brother, Wayne McDonald, Gibson. Memorial donations can be made to American Diabetes Association, One Corporate Square, Ste. 127, Atlanta, GA 30329.

A cruise ship waiter has become the 21st person arrested by Peachtree City police in an undercover sting targeted at people who use computers to prey on children, police said.

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Heather Reynolds (199, above) rides the cycling portion of last Saturday’s 5th annual Tri-PTC Sprint Triathlon. Millard Lovelace (863, right) washes off Lake Peachtree after the swim portion of the 5th annual Tri-PTC Sprint Triathlon last Saturday. To see results, click here. For more pictures, visit our photo gallery. Photos/StanProphitt

Eric Maxwell, Peachtree City’s fill-in municipal court judge, switched roles and represented a client as a defense attorney last week in that same court.

Developer Doug McMurrain — responsible for Peachtree City’s Wal-Mart, Home Depot and other westside area shops — has won over the hearts and minds of many neighbors in the Cardiff Park and Planterra Ridge subdivisions, at least when it comes to bending the city’s big box rules for an 89,000-square-foot Kohl’s department store in their collective backyard.

‘Movie posters’ too large, in wrong locations, Rast says

Advertising signs recently erected at The Avenue shopping center in Peachtree City aren’t exactly what city officials had in mind when they signed off on a special “sign program” for the development.

PTC tract rezoned from industrial to commercial

The Peachtree City Council approved a rezoning Thursday night to put a shopping center on a 21-acre site directly across Ga. Highway 74 South from the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center.

Peachtree City planning officials are hoping for a good turnout Thursday night as input is sought on the future of the Braelinn Village area.

Salaries to average $50,000; plant will assemble concrete pumper trucks; 180-acre site last large parcel in industrial park

A developer’s proposal to build a 89,000 square foot Kohl’s department store and other shops at Ga. Highway 54 West and Line Creek drive will be discussed by the Peachtree City Planning Commission tonight at 7.

City says signs are in violation

Peachtree City may just have its first-ever billboards, and of at all places the luxuriously-designed Avenue shopping center.

But the city wants the signs taken down, as not only does the city have a ban on traditional billboards, but they are also apparently in violation of the special sign rules the city drew up for The Avenue when the development was approved, officials said.

Tonight the Peachtree City Council unanimously approved rezoning a 21-acre industrial tract for a shopping center directly across Ga. Highway 74 south from the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center.

Imported marble floors. Dazzling fixtures. The hottest names in fashion.

Those are just a few of the items that shoppers will discover next Wednesday when Dillard’s opens its new location at Ashley Park in Newnan.

Developer wants new traffic light on Hwy. 54 West

A Tuesday night meeting at Peachtree City City Hall practically turned into a pro-big box lovefest.

Several residents from the Cardiff Park and Planterra Ridge neighborhoods spoke in favor of the City Council waiving its big box rules, which cap store sizes at 32,000 square feet, for a proposed 89,000 square-foot Kohl’s Department Store south of Ga. Highway 54 at Line Creek Drive.

Peachtree City may be losing one of its Kroger grocery stores.

City officials confirmed this week that the building department has received plans to renovate the Kroger at the Peachtree Crossings East shopping center.

When Coweta County added an “Arborist” position, many citizens and developers didn’t know exactly what that meant or how it might affect the county. In short, the job is the first line of defense in making sure that, no matter how fast we develop or how quickly landowners move to improve or subdivide their property, Coweta stays as “green” as possible. The official role of the Arborist is to enforce the new Tree Preservation Ordinance which was developed to benefit the environment and aesthetic quality of Coweta County.

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon is lobbying state officials in a bid to improve sales tax collections and the data that state officials compile for sales taxes.

A new air charter service is opening at Falcon Field.

Connectafly has three planes including a Merlin turbo-prop that seats eight with a luxury cabin, and it is available for corporate customers as well as casual customers, a company official said.

Peachtree City will hold its annual Patriot Day celebration at Falcon Field Saturday, Sept. 15 at 10 a.m.

The event will be located next to the hangar housing the Dixie Wing of the Commemorative Air Force, which is located on Echo Court. Parking and seating will be limited, so the public is encouraged to carpool with others and bring folding chairs or other portable seating. Bleachers and chairs will be available, but officials are unsure about the potential crowd for the event.

Senoia furniture magnate Frank Hollberg is not thrilled about the upcoming car show in Senoia’s historic downtown.

The car show is Sept.22 from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. and the city’s leaders have agreed to close Main Street to allow the more than 100 vintage cars to be displayed in the city’s business district.

The city of Senoia could soon get bigger, thanks to an annexation request.

Coweta County Board of Education member and Newnan attorney Mike Sumner asked the City Council Monday night to annex 167 acres at the southeast corner of the Ga. Highway 85 and Ga. Highway 16 intersection. Sumner is acting as the court-appointed guardian for the Roy Tinsley family, who owns the property.

Would allow for big box Kohl's at 89,000 square feet; neighbors support big box plan

The Peachtree City Council agreed Tuesday night to consider either a land swap or outright sale of two city-owned roads to make way for a large shopping center anchored by an 89,000 square foot Kohl’s Department Store.

Peachtree City police are offering a reward, hoping to solve the armed robbery of a man on the city’s cart path system early Saturday morning.

Peachtree City police are looking for the driver of a red sport motorcycle who is believed to have robbed the Tires Plus store, holding an employee at gunpoint early Monday evening.

Three candidates for Post 1 and four for Post 2 have paid their qualifying fees to run for the Peachtree City Council in the November election.

A citizen committee studying the future development of an 89-acre industrial parcel in the West Village isn’t close to making a recommendation to the city council.

Participants release balloons to celebrate the groundbreaking for The Bridge Community Center, which will be built and operated by First Baptist Church of Peachtree City directly across from its main campus on Willowbend Road.

Citizen input sought for updating of PTC comprehensive plan

More than 30 people attended the first village-based comprehensive plan forum at Falcon Field in Peachtree City Aug. 23.

The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority has inquired about why the widening of McIntosh Trail in unincorporated Coweta County was included in funding plans prioritized by the Atlanta Regional Commission.