A police chase through north Peachtree City Saturday evening is connected to the interception of a large quantity of illegal drugs that were flown into Falcon Field on a private 8-passenger twin-engine aircraft earlier that day, The Citizen has confirmed.

More than 200 people filled the council chambers at Peachtree City Hall Aug. 26 for an educational town hall on healthcare. And a no-frills, fact-laden education is what they got. The only emotion displayed was the applause for the speakers. The town hall meeting was sponsored by the Southern Crescent Tea Party Patriots.

Thursday night the Peachtree City Council is set to significantly increase residential impact fees.

The same action would also require impact fees from non-residential development, a first for the city. Impact fees are one-time only and are collected from developers once a parcel is under construction.

Peachtree City police are continuing to investigate the sexual assault of a woman on the city’s cart path system but no further details of the incident early Thursday morning are being released at this time.

If flu strikes a business’s work force, what is the company to do?

To answer that, Summit Healthcare companies sponsored a flu pandemic preparedness conference for businesses Aug. 26 at the Coweta County Fairgrounds that was attended by companies from Coweta and Fayette counties.

Feds: Golf pro drove to N. Georgia to meet with young child

A Peachtree City man was arrested Sunday in north Georgia after traveling there to meet with a person he thought was a minor child, federal officials said.

A Peachtree City man was arrested Sunday in north Georgia after traveling there to meet with a person he thought was a minor child.

Thursday night the Peachtree City Council is set to significantly increase residential impact fees.

The same action would also require impact fees from non-residential development, a first for the city. Impact fees are one-time only and are collected from developers once a parcel is under construction.

Another Peachtree City resident has announced plans to run for the City Council.

Beth Pullias is planning to run for the Post 1 seat currently held by Don Haddix, who has said he will resign from the unexpired term to run for mayor in November.

Mayor, 2 council seats up for election

Qualifying begins Monday at 8:30 a.m. at City Hall for those interested in running for mayor or either of the two city council posts in Peachtree City.

On a 3-2 vote, the Peachtree City Council Thursday night avoided a proposed property tax increase.

Instead the city will pull an estimated $451,000 from its cash reserves to balance the $26.53 million budget for the upcoming 2009-2010 fiscal year.

Senoia Historic Preservation Commission’s newest member is Boston native and history buff Mary Swinchatt. Preserving the physical past is crucial to getting to the future, Swinchatt explained.

The $1.5 million renovation of the Carnegie Building in downtown Newnan is coming to an end. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the grand re-opening for the historic building will be held Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m.

Senoia Councilman Jeffrey Fisher on Wednesday went on the record with his response to a ethics complaint filed by Heritage Pointe resident Don Rehman. The ethics hearing will be conducted Sept. 3 by the committee established by the City Council last week.

It has been along time coming, but Coweta County’s unemployment rate declined half a point in July to 10.7 percent, while unemployment across the 10-county Three Rivers Region increased slightly to 13.2 percent.

Some flu-like symptoms are being seen in Coweta County schools, but those numbers are minor compared to some other southwest metro area school systems. As of Tuesday, only 107 students had manifested flu-like symptoms out of a student population of approximately 23,500.

A McIntosh graduate is convalescing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center after he was seriously injured in Afghanistan last week.

Daniel Berschinski, a 1st lieutenant in the Army, lost both his legs in an explosion when he stepped on an improvised explosive device while his unit secured a village in Afghanistan Aug. 17, a family friend told The Citizen.

Coweta County school students have outscored their predecessors on the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test), with 2009 scores coming in at the highest ever. The average 2009 SAT score increased to 1,516, a one-point increase over last year’s county-wide average. That score puts Coweta County’s average score 7 points over the national average on the college admissions test.

A woman told police that she was sexually assaulted early this morning on the cart path next to Lake Kedron and the cul-de-sac of Samuel Point and Larkins Landing, police said.

The American Red Cross blood drive, sponsored by the Optimist Club of Senoia and held at the Senoia United Methodist Church on August 3rd, was the most successful drive yet held by the Senoia Optimists.  A total of 49 pints of blood was collected versus a goal of 33.  Fifty four people actually attempted to donate, but some could not due to various reasons. 

Members of the Senoia Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Tuesday voted unanimously to split the rent and utilities at the city’s Welcome Center with the city until 2011. The DDA Coordinator recently vacated by Stephanie Savage will not be filled.

Last call!

That is, if you want to have a say on the proposed .244 millage rate increase proposed by the Peachtree City Council. Council will meet Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. to hold the final of three public hearings on the property tax increase.

A Hampton man died Monday morning after his car struck a tractor trailer on Ga. Highway 279 near Imperial Way shortly after midnight.

Vance R. Johnson, 44, was driving south on Hwy. 279 when his vehicle crossed into the northbound lanes and the path of a tractor trailer driven by Victor Soto, 46, of Bogart, according to sheriff’s deputies.

Coweta County commissioners Tuesday approved the submission of a letter to Fayette County Water Department requesting that Fayette include Coweta properties in federally-required documents relating to the the upcoming construction of Lake McIntosh. That inclusion could help Coweta property owners near the 650-acre lake avoid the requirement to purchase flood insurance.

Four Peachtree City teenagers have been arrested in connection with numerous entering auto cases reported Aug. 14-15, police said.

The Peachtree City Council voted Thursday to accept a $650,000 grant over a five-year period to hire six new firefighters.

The novel H1N1 strain of influenza is already here in Fayette County, Peachtree City emergency officials told the city council Thursday night.

Despite the struggling economy, several Peachtree City residents told the city council Thursday night that they support a property tax increase of .244 mills.

The Peachtree City Council voted Thursday to accept a $650,000 grant over a five-year period to hire six new firefighters.

A decision to add to Falcon Field’s name to boost marketing and enhance operations has resulted in a minor controversy at the Peachtree City airport.