Peachtree City's Fire Chief says its mosquito prevention program is limited, but "adequate."

Chief Stony Lohr briefed the City Council on the program last week at the request of Councilwoman Judi-ann Rutherford, who said she was concerned with the growing amount of areas along the city's cart path which have standing water.

It was probably not the glowing reception that transportation consulting firm URS expected when they visited Coweta County Tuesday night.

Newnan High School Assistant Principal Nancy Cook has been appointed as the new principal of East Coweta Middle School, beginning in July.

The director of the Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater in Peachtree City has resigned from his position, officials said Wednesday afternoon.

Things are looking up at Tinseltown Movie Theatre in Fayetteville. A third follow-up food service inspection by Fayette Health Department April 4 noted a significantly better score than the two previous inspections. The Fayette Pavilion theater received a score of 83 during the April 4 visit, a far cry from the 54 on March 29 and the 50 scored on March 23.

Peachtree City Erin Hawkins and her husband Jack are leading a team of supporters at this weekend’s MS Walk in Marietta.

The Peachtree City Airport Authority hopes to avoid a trial in a lawsuit over an airport access agreement that it signed in 1991 with a company for a now-defunct building adjacent to Falcon Field.

Citizens are being invited to offer comments on the performance of the Peachtree City Police Department as part of its re-evaluation for national accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.

The Peachtree City Library is seeking patrons’ input in a survey to help update its new master plan.

Today, the library is hosting a patron appreciation day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., where refreshments will be served in an effort to encourage patrons to fill out the survey.

For the third year in a row, Piedmont Fayette Hospital has been named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals by Solucient, a healthcare information company.

State Sen. Ronnie Chance, R-Tyrone, has announced he will run for re-election to his current seat.

Chance sponsored a successful bill that, if signed by Gov. Sonny Perdue, will require local school systems to spend a minimum of 65 percent of their total operating expenditures on direct classroom funding. School systems could apply to the State Board of Education for a one-year waiver to this rule, and any sanctions for violating the rule are left to the discretion of the Georgia Board of Education.

National Heights presents Messiah

The National Heights Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir and Friends will present the Passion and Easter portion of Handel’s Messiah Sunday at 6 p.m.

Falcon Aviation Academy, the metro area’s premier provider of professional pilot training programs, will be offering future aviators ages 14-18 the opportunity to get hands-on experience with both ground training and flight training in a series of summer flight programs at the school’s Falcon Field facilities in Peachtree City. The programs will help teens explore the world of aviation and encourage them to consider careers in the aviation industry.

The City of Senoia is embarking on a proposal to draw up a proposal to govern ethics of its city workers and elected officials.

The Newnan-Coweta Historical Society announced today that a portion of the early American West will be traveling east in April when the Society hosts the traveling exhibit “Documenting the Corps of Discovery.” This exhibit features an extraordinary collection of primary documents, interpretative resources, art, and artifacts that provide a wealth of information about the Lewis and Clark expedition.

It’s going to take the contractor a little longer — at least a month — than initially planned to complete the widening of Ga. highways 54 and 34 from Peachtree City to Sharpsburg.

A Griffin man has been charged with murder in the Sept. 30 slaying of Senoia business owner Ken Crook, found dead of a gunshot wound in his home. Fifty year-old Richard Nelson Brown was arrested in Spalding County Wednesday and is currently in custody in Coweta County.

When it comes to providing current firefighting service to Peachtree City residents, the option of incrementally adding several firefighters per shift seems to outweigh the possibility of adding a fifth station and relocating northside Station 84.

The Peachtree City Council plans to schedule a workshop with the Fayette County Commission to try and resolve a complicated issue involving property taxes and the county’s Emergency Medical Service.

The Peachtree City Recreation Department will soon be offering after-school programming for middle school age students at the Glenloch recreation center.

The Flint River Regional Library System will likely rescind its earlier decree to opt out of a contract to provide library services to Fayette County, according to Peachtree City officials.

Peachtree City staff will be compiling more detailed information on how the mayor and council salaries match up with other cities of similar size.

Peachtree CIty officials may relocate the youth football and cheerleading programs currently at Riley Field because of noise complaints from nearby residents.

State transportation officials have informed a local cycling activist that a four-foot bike lane will be part of the project to widen the southern leg of Ga. Highway 74 in Fayette County to four lanes.

This Memorial Day promises to be one for the ages in Senoia.

Last week, the City Council approved a controversial proposal to fund $7,500 for a fireworks celebration during the Memorial Day weekend.

The Coweta County School System’s transportation system received a clean bill of health, after a weeklong annual inspection by the Georgia Department of Public Safety.

State Senator Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg) has announced the appropriation of over $10 million in state funding that will benefit Coweta County. The funds were approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee as part of the Fiscal Year 2007 state budget.

Robert Horgan received the most votes in 30 of Fayette County’s 36 voting precincts in Tuesday’s special election to fill a vacant seat on the Fayette County Board of Commissioners.

A Newnan man was found guilty Tuesday of cocaine trafficking and several other charges stemming from a traffic stop in April 2004 on Ga. Highway 314 near Kenwood Road.