Senoia residents may soon to able to purchase a Happy Meal in their own backyard.

During Tuesday night’s meeting of the Senoia Planning Commission, city administrator Richard Ferry updated the commission members on the restaurant giant’s efforts to build a combination McDonald’s and gas station in Senoia.

Does the city of Senoia look too cluttered with signs?

That’s one of the issues the City Council will discuss today at an all-day work session at the Freeman Sasser Building in the city’s park. During Tuesday’s Planning Commission meeting, one planning commissioner made his thoughts quite clear on the issue.

Teachers of the Year for each of Coweta County’s 29 public schools have been elected by their fellow faculty members. They will participate in the May 22 Coweta County Teacher of the Year Program, which the Board of Education presents annually with the Newnan Pilot Club.

The retail giant Wal-Mart received its latest approval Tuesday night in its efforts to open a store at Interstate 85 and Sharpsburg-McCollum Road.

A routine traffic stop in Peachtree City early this morning turned up more than routine DUI charges.

The suspect, Jonathan Michael DeMartino, 26, of Palm Coast, Fla. had outstanding arrest warrants for armed robbery and false imprisonment, police said. The charges stemmed from a case in St. John's County where DeMartino is accused of robbing two victims for drugs, police said.

Construction projects will affect auto and cart path traffic in coming weeks.

Peachtree City has issued the following traffic alert for construction projects:

Elly Strelka (top) and twin sister Zoey scoot their way up a rock climbing wall at Pebblepocket Park Wednesday morning.

Sharpsburg teen pleads guilty to ‘accidental’ shooting of close friend

A Sharpsburg teen was sentenced yesterday to eight years in prison for firing a gun that killed one of his close friends at an unsupervised teen party in Peachtree City fueled by drugs and alcohol.

DA: law not adequate, but parents deserve prison time

Fayette County prosecutors have dropped criminal charges in two separate cases against Peachtree City parents who were accused of letting their children live in filth and squalor.

The Peachtree City Library and the city’s developmental services division will remain closed early Monday due to electrical work being performed in the City Hall complex, officials said.

A rendering of the proposed commercial area of the village.

Scott Gerard, a Class of 1995 gaduate from McIntosh, has a movie screening at the Independent Film Festival in Atlanta tomorrow at 4 p.m. Gerard served as executive producer for the movie and also has a small role in the film as Mr. Azzleton.

Coweta County Associate Superintendent John Dunn is retiring from his position at the end of the year. Dunn has held the position since being appointed by Superintendent Blake Bass in 2004.

Registration for next year’s Coweta County kindergartners and pre-kindergartners starts Monday and runs through March 23 at district elementary schools.

Ribbons on trees due to tree survey; no cutting planned yet

The mystery about the ribbon-marked trees near the Line Creek Nature Center has been solved.

Tour de Georgia is a foArea residents who were worried that the Tour de Georgia wouldn’t be running this year can rest easy, an announcement came out Wednesday afternoon stating that the race will go on as planned.

Kevin Johnston gets 8 years in prison

A Sharpsburg teen admitted in court Thursday morning that he was holding a gun when it “accidentally went off” at a party, killing 18-year-old Dallas Crenshaw of Peachtree City June 20.

Wilshire residents worry about future traffic, crime

Consideration of a plan to build a shopping center on Ga. Highway 74 south including a large “home improvement” store was postponed at Monday night's meeting of the Peachtree City Planning Commission.

Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon dropped the puck before the opening game between two U-10 teams last Saturday. The Peachtree City Roller Hockey Association opened their spring season last Friday and had action on the Kedron rink until nearly 10 p.m. each night through Sunday. The group has over 400 players and teams range in age from under eight to over 30. For more information on the league, visit www.ptchockey.com.

Fayette students participating in the FIRST Vex Robotics Challenge learned it takes more than engineering skills to build a winning robot.

Left to right are Murray McAfee, out-going president of Senoia Area Historical Society and in-coming presidents for 2007 Laura and Rick Reynolds.

City well under national staffing standards; new hires contemplated
Even if the Peachtree City Fire Department hires three additional firefighters this year as planned, the department will still be short of the minimum national staffing standards, the CIty Council was informed last weekend.

For months, the buzz in Coweta and Fayette counties has centered around the massive McIntosh Village development proposed on the Fayette border in unincorporated Coweta County.

Agency will also re-evaluate Hwy. 154 widening in Coweta

Peachtree City and Tyrone commuters will be glad to hear that the Interstate 85 interchange at Ga. Highway 74 is now being studied for potential improvements by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

Chief recommends working with landlords of problem houses

It's no big secret that many of Peachtree City's older neighborhoods have homes that are converting into rental properties.

Work may start in September; slowdown due to permit process

It’s going to be a while before Huddleston Pond can be restored to its natural self, as a project to repair the dam and spillpipe is taking longer than many initially thought.

A Peachtree City man has filed a complaint with a federal agency, alleging that he was discriminated against by city officials when he was not called back for an interview for the city’s stormwater manager position.

Peachtree City has scheduled a community-wide volunteer litter removal day on Saturday, April 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. as part of national The Great American Cleanup campaign.

The Rotary Club of Peachtree City is hosting the third annual Multi-District Presidential Training Seminar (PETS) at the Wyndham Conference Center on March 10th and 11th, 2007. PETS is a premier training event for Rotary leaders and the program provides information, inspiration and fellowship. It is structured to meet the needs of incoming club presidents, club president nominees, incoming assistant governors and governors nominees and other club officers.

East Coweta High School senior Daniel Rahim was announced as the 2007 Coweta County STAR student March 2, and was recognized along with STAR students from all Coweta County High Schools by the Newnan Rotary Club.