A request to reduce sewer tap-in fees for a local ministry focusing on helping teens and young men conquer addiction was denied by the Senoia City Council Monday night.

Piedmont Newnan Hospital’s Women’s Imaging Center will be hosting its “Mammogram Saturday” on Saturday, July 25 from 8 a.m.

Keep Newnan Beautiful is proud to announce the City’s first pet waste station has been installed at Temple Avenue Park. The Newnan- Coweta Historical Society’s generous donation made the first pet station possible in the city. Citizens are encouraged to use this station when walking their dogs in the area. The station is located in Temple Avenue Park near the Male Academy Museum.

The Coweta County Fire Department will hold its 13th Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Friday, July 31st at Orchard Hills Golf Club. This year’s recipient of the fundraising event will be the American Cancer Society through the county’s annual Relay for Life. This tournament over the years has supported various charities and efforts across Coweta County, including Special Olympics, Coweta County Food Pantry and various public safety community outreach efforts like the “Ghost-Outs” held regularly at county high schools. 

Piedmont Newnan Hospital and the Georgia Poison Center will be conducting a Poison Prevention Instructor Training Program (ITP), on Friday, Aug. 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This highly informative program is ideal for SAFE KIDS coalition members, educators, day care providers, healthcare and public safety professionals and all others interested in learning more about poison prevention.

A proposal to ban the use of hand-held signs along city roads to promote businesses in Peachtree City is going to be hashed out some more.

Newnan Police are searching for an armed gunman who held up the Bank of Georgia branch at 471 U.S. Highway 29 North Tuesday morning. An undetermined amount of money was taken in the heist.

All Childrens Playground wins recognition; also honored are Partner's Pizza and Pascal's Bistro

Peachtree City's handicap-accessible playground recently was crowned the best playground in metro Atlanta by the website Atlanta.Momslikeme.com.

Swim team fees also hiked to boost revenue

In another cost-cutting move, the Peachtree City Council Thursday night eliminated one full-time and three part-time positions at the Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center.

Proposal includes street and path repair

The Peachtree City Council is officially backing the need for a new six-year one percent sales tax to fund a variety of projects from street resurfacing to debt retirement.

Property tax increase proposed by city staff

The Peachtree City Council got public input Thursday night on the upcoming 2009-2010 budget.

A commercial developer will be allowed to pursue annexation of an 18-acre tract off Ga. Highway 74 south of the city’s Meade Field recreation complex.

An early afternoon traffic accident Thursday in Peachtree City resulted in one man being transported to Atlanta Medical Center and three vehicles damaged.

It is back to Georgia Dept. of Transportation (DOT) with a project proposal to close the CSX railroad crossing at Valleywood Road at Senoia Road and the extend Park Drive to East Crestwood. The Tyrone Town Council Thursday agreed to send revisions for the project back to DOT with the proposal that the town be responsible for a maximum of $225,000.

An opportunity that may never come again was passed up by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night.

Council voted to withdraw from an $892,000 federal grant to mitigate recurring flooding problems at the Tinsley Mill Village condos just off Lake Peachtree.

Mounted F-16 jet to be displayed at Falcon Field

A dedicated group of volunteers, led by retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Ted Mallory, are putting together a new veteran’s memorial park in Peachtree City.

The new memorial, to be located at Falcon Field, will be hard to miss. A full-size F-16 fighter jet is the centerpiece of the Veterans Memorial Park at Falcon Field, as the project is officially dubbed.

Psychic Shop! In Senoia? No, not really. It was actually the re-do of The Market on Main organic grocery store that was used July 14 as part of the set for Drop Dead Diva, the Lifetime Television series being filmed in Peachtree City and in locations around Senoia. Photo/Special.

What is next for Charter Schools USA’s bid to open a K-8 charter school in Senoia? Two options were addressed at a public meeting Tuesday as a small group of parents met at the Freeman Sasser building to hear the remarks of company Vice President Richard Page and Georgia company representative Danny Brewington.

Results of the 2008-2009 report released by the Georgia State Department of Education (DOE) earlier this week showed that all three Coweta County high schools, all 18 elementary schools and four of Coweta County’s six middle schools made the required Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). In total, 93 percent of Coweta schools met AYP requirements.

Georgia Dept. of Economic Development project manager and former Newnan-Coweta Chamber President Greg Wright has been named as the Coweta County Development Authority’s next president. Wright will replace Bill Harrison, who will be retiring at the end of July.

It is here. Coweta County’s long-awaited Dial-A-Ride program began operations transporting citizens on July 1. The program is funded with federal, state and local dollars and provides transit services to business, commercial and activity centers in Coweta County, said Coweta County Public Information Officer Patricia Palmer. 

Banners will be hung for the month of July around the courthouse square to observe the sister city connection. The city of Newnan and Ayr, Scotland have celebrated a sister city relationship since 1997.

The Peachtree City Council is expected to vote tonight on a resolution to support putting a new 1 percent sales tax on the November ballot for voters' consideration.

PTC’s Logsdon tells $22 million shopping list; county wants $5 million ‘spec’ campus in 6-year, $135 million extension of 1¢ tax

It was a Ponzi scheme that traded on faith and friendship, according to papers filed in federal court in Newnan.

Federal officials are accusing long-time Peachtree City resident E.A. Gresham with swindling at least 75 investors out of their savings, including retirement funds, by distributing falsely inflated reports of market-beating rates of return.

Council may chop 4 Kedron Fieldhouse jobs; Aquatic Center swimming fees to rise

One full-time and three part-time positions at the Kedron Fieldhouse and Aquatic Center are on the chopping block at Thursday night’s meeting of the Peachtree City Council.

A proposal to ban businesses from taking to Peachtree City’s roadsides with employees holding promotional signs met with resistance from the city’s Planning Commission Monday night.

Peachtree City officials are reporting that 50 street signs have gone missing this summer, a practice being chalked up to summertime pranks.

A proposed ban on “walking” signs in Peachtree City got bad reviews at tonight’s meeting of the city’s planning commission.

Peachtree City officials are reporting that 50 street signs have gone missing this summer, a practice being chalked up to summertime pranks.