The Coweta County Board of Education approved a record $166.5 million general fund budget that will keep the millage rate the same as last year’s.

Starting Friday at 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. Monday, Ga. Highway 74 between Kelly Drive and TDK Boulevard will be closed as work progresses on the highway widening project, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation.

A Peachtree City man was arrested by police Wednesday after his 2-year-old son was found unattended on a cart path nearly a quarter-mile away from their home by a woman driving in her golf cart, police said.

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon will host a town hall meeting Tuesday focusing on current and future growth, transportation and redevelopment issues.

A Fayette County Jury ultimately will determine whether or not a Powder Springs woman accused of killing her ex-husband in Peachtree City in October is competent enough to stand trial on criminal charges from the case.

State and federal grants are being secured to allow for the repair and crack sealing of the runway and terminal-area ramps at Falcon Field, officials said.

Cadets of Civil Air Patrol’s Newnan Coweta Cadet squadron recently spent the day on a special tour of Delta’s museum and facilities. William Ortiz, a dispatcher at Delta and a former cadet, guided the cadets on the tour as they explored many different parts of the Delta campus.

After 10 months of intensively studying all the factors that make Coweta County a great place to live — and exploring its current and future challenges — 15 members of the Leadership Coweta Class of 2007 celebrated their graduation at the Newnan Utilities Cabin in Newnan.

Coweta County officials said Tuesday that last week’s vote by the Peachtree City Council to not build the extension of TDK Boulevard

Official: Dad failed to call police after son went missing

A Peachtree City man was arrested by police today after his 2-year-old son was found unattended on a cart path nearly a quarter-mile away from their home by a woman driving in her golf cart, police said.

An assistant principal at Whitewater High School was arrested early Sunday morning and charged with DUI while driving a golf cart, police said.

The Peachtree City City Council will appoint a committee to recommend Scottish-themed names for Peachtree City’s West Village at the July 19 City Council meeting. The five-member committee will be chaired by former Peachtree City Mayor Fred Brown.

Police say speed may have played a role in a Friday afternoon wreck on Peachtree Parkway that seriously injured a Sharpsburg woman.

A witness told police that he saw the 2001 Toyota Corolla going “extremely fast” moments before the car crashed into a patch of trees in the median just south of Windgate Road, said Police Chief James Murray.

The following text is a news release issued by Peachtree City in reference to a waiver that will allow unregistered golf carts to be used in the city for the July 4 holiday.

A woman was seriously injured Friday afternoon when her car crashed in a patch of trees on Peachtree Parkway just south of Windgate Road.

The Peachtree City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to put the controversial TDK extension on hold indefinitely.

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Allows county to use money on other projects

The Peachtree City Council voted unanimously tonight to put the controversial TDK extension on hold indefinitely.

Kids ages 7-15 swam laps in the Glenloch pool Saturday as part of the annual Youth Triathlon.

It was a time for dogs of all shapes and sizes to celebrate at the annual Bark in the Park fund-raiser Saturday.

The Senoia City Council Monday night approved a measure that will allow golf carts to operate on city roads with speed limits of 35 miles per hour or less.

First draft of budget only had one cop, no firefighters

With only one police officer and no new firefighters in the first draft of Peachtree City’s budget for next year, it didn’t appear as if the city’s public safety divisions would get much of a manpower boost.

In a move that has been debated for years, the Fayette County Commission voted Wednesday afternoon to create a special EMS tax district that would include all county residents, except those in Peachtree City.

City waiting on consultant report for suggested fix, estimate

Ongoing problems with moisture infiltrating Peachtree City’s police headquarters are still unresolved.

In the first version of the 2007-2008 budget proposal for Peachtree City, city staff proposed hiring three new full-time employees, including an additional accountant for the finance department.

Peachtree City has submitted both the federal and state permit applications which must both be approved before work can begin to rebuild the dam at Huddleston Pond, according to City Engineer David Borkowski.

At its second round of budget workshops Friday night, the Peachtree City Council scrutinized proposals for two new full-time positions: a buildings system supervisor and an assistant planner.

Coweta County’s jail may soon be needing an expansion.

That’s the word that Sheriff Mike Yeager delivered to the Coweta County Commission Tuesday night. The 350 inmate facility has become so overcrowded at time that inmates have slept on the floor, Yeager said.

The Coweta County School System is reminding parents that the deadline to renew all existing student transfers for the 2007-08 school year is coming this Monday, June 11.

The Peachtree City Police Department is urging residents to use their seat belts, and police will be issuing tickets to violators of the state’s seat belt laws.

The National Transportation Safety Board has released its findings on an airplane that had a landing mishap at Falcon Field May 10.