Peachtree City is now accepting applications for several volunteer boards serving the community. Applications are due to City Hall by 5 p.m. Dec. 4 and are available online at www.peachtree-city.org.

Alert service used to warn citizens of major events, scams and more

The Peachtree City Police Department is enhancing its citizen alert message service to include cellphone text alerts along with emails.

A Peachtree City man remains in jail after he was arrested Tuesday for violently assaulting his wife late Monday night.

Matthew Smollar, 30, is accused of attempting to kill his wife Amber by suffocating her while he held her down on the floor of their home on Grapevine Curve, according to arrest warrants filed in the case. The warrants claim that Smollar deprived his wife of oxygen by putting his hands over her mouth and nose during the altercation.

Election day is right around the corner but there’s no need for you to wait until then.

Those who have already made up their mind on the SPLOST and city elections can vote at the libraries in Peachtree City and Tyrone starting Monday and running through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The American Red Cross is conducting a blood drive this afternoon from 3-7 p.m. at Peachtree City's Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church.

Motorists who have griped about speed limits on the three-lane stretch of Ga. Highway 74 in Peachtree City have won a small victory.

The following is a summary of responses from mayoral candidates at the Oct. 14 forum sponsored by the Peachtree City Civic Association.

381 pounds of coke seized after PTC chase in August; drugs were flown in via Falcon Field

Rene Perez, 31, of San Marcos, Texas, Adrian Perez, 23, of San Marcos, Texas, Jorge Olivo, 24, of Roswell, Ga., and Donald Fontana, 68, of Plano, Texas, were arraigned Friday by a United States magistrate judge on felony charges of conspiring to possess, and of possession with the intent to distribute, cocaine that had been couriered by flight from Texas to Falcon Field in Peachtree City, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

PTC Council denies variance, meaning house addition must be demolished; builder alleges ‘good old boy decision’

Council turns down request to extend sewer line east of city limits

It didn’t take long, nor did it take much discussion, for the Peachtree City Council to sack a sewer request Thursday night.

Chairman Mike Brady resigns before authority board votes 4-0 to remove him

When Peachtree City Airport Authority Chairman Mike Brady called Tuesday night’s meeting to order, the only item on the agenda was his fellow board members’ plan to remove him as chairman.

The cart path bridge over the CSX railroad tracks off Ga. Highway 54 West and next to Best Buy is another big step closer to being ready.

Some homeowners may see a reduction in their fire insurance premiums

Some homeowners in Peachtree City may see a reduction in their homeowner’s insurance premium as the city’s fire safety rating is being upgraded, officials announced this week.

A Jonesboro woman was arrested Tuesday by Peachtree City police for for going on quite a shopping spree with an elderly man’s credit card, officials said.

Sandra Lee Miller, 40, of Devonshire Boulevard, Jonesboro is charged with 20 counts of identity fraud.

According to police, Miller was working for an elderly Peachtree City man doing housework and other miscellaneous tasks when he gave her his Discover card to purchase some medicine.

When Peachtree City Airport Authority Chairman Mike Brady called Tuesday night’s meeting to order, the only item on the agenda was his fellow board members’ plan to remove him as chairman.

Business park on city’s east side has septic trouble, wants to tap onto PTC sewer line

[Online: Why PTC should keep its sewer service inside the city limits — www.thecitizen.com/node/4261]

The Peachtree City Council is being asked to allow a development in unincorporated Fayette County to tap into city sewer lines along Ga. Highway 54 East.

A proposal to annex 18 acres into Peachtree City to enable a sewer connection for a shopping center in the unincorporated county was tabled by the planning commission Monday night.

Peachtree City Councilwoman Cyndi Plunkett, running for mayor, contended during a political forum last week that she did not vote to “request” state approval for a new traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West at Line Creek Drive to serve a new shopping center.

The Peachtree City Planning Commission Monday voted down a request for a recommended approval to “reaffirm” two large-scale annexations that were adopted by the city council in 2007.

The Peachtree City Council is being asked to allow a development in unincorporated Fayette County to tap into city sewer lines along Ga. Highway 54 East.

Peachtree City’s planning commission is expected to vote Monday on an annexation request that would allow a 177,000 square foot development in the unincorporated county to receive sewer services.

PTC, Tyrone, SPLOST elections crank up at county elections office

It will take a little ride, but Peachtree City and Tyrone voters itching to cast their vote for the Nov. 3 election will be able to do so starting Wednesday.

He may have been a surprise candidate when he qualified to run for Post 1 on the Peachtree City Council, but David Craig has apparently been giving it some serious thought.

Peachtree City’s Falcon Field Airport has been designated for $1.85 million in federal funding to construct an apron for its new hangar area currently under construction.

The following is a summary of the most pertinent questions and answers fielded by Peachtree City's mayoral candidates during Tuesday night's candidate forum hosted by the Peachtree City Rotary Club.

The following is a summary of the most crucial questions and answers from Tuesday night’s candidate forum hosted by the Peachtree City Rotary Club. For simplicity’s sake, the Q&A summaries are split up by the various races.

A similar roundup of the Q&A with the mayoral candidates will be forthcoming later this evening.

This Tuesday night Peachtree City residents can do some one-stop shopping for City Council candidates as all are scheduled to appear at a question-and-answer forum at the Wyndham Peachtree Conference Center.

The event runs from 6:45 to 9:15 and is sponsored by the Peachtree City Rotary Club.

Nearly three years after it was installed, the cart path bridge spanning the CSX railroad tracks on Ga. Highway 54 West in Peachtree City is within weeks of being approved for construction.

Allows cost savings, better team structure

Peachtree City’s two select youth soccer organizations are merging, and all that’s basically left to do now is pick a new name and a new color scheme.

Canongate, the company that now manages Peachtree City’s Tennis Center, has won city approval to proceed with $152,000 in renovations that will be funded by the company.