This dump truck overturned Wednesday morning while trying to negotiate a curve on Senoia Road near the intersection of Ga.

The lawsuit over $1.5 million in unpaid loans owed by the Development Authority of Peachtree City is still mired in the discovery phase.

Work is progressing on the widening of Ga. Highway 54 to four lanes.

Much of the work now has to do with the bridges over Line Creek and the CSX railroad track. The first half of the new bridge over the railroad track is already being used, and construction is well underway on the other half of the bridge, with 90 percent of the bridge deck complete, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Picnic Park is next target for facilities

The McIntosh Trail recreation complex in Peachtree City will soon have public restrooms near the city’s BMX track and dog park.

A tree in the seventh-grade courtyard at Booth Middle School has been dedicated in memory of Danen Clarke, who died in a flooded culvert near City Hall in a July rainstorm.

If a Georgia state senator has his way, Georgia voters will get a paper trail when casting their ballots on electronic voting machines.

Tonight, the Peachtree City Council will consider a resolution to oppose the concept of district voting.

The agenda item was added late Wednesday afternoon, according to notices sent to The Citizen.

Senate follows House approval

Georgia is getting a second crack at trying to stave off voter fraud now that Gov. Sonny Perdue has signed the latest voter ID bill.

Police: Sharpsburg couple could face numerous charges

More and more victims are turning up as the investigation into financial identity fraud continues on a Sharpsburg couple that used information pilfered from the Best Buy store in Peachtree City, police said.

Sure a roundabout will be unique, but will it work at the intersection of Peachtree Parkway and Walt Banks Road, a busy junction adjacent to McIntosh High School?

According to Peachtree City Police, James M. Lourim went a little too far with his home-grown business.

Lourim used a bedroom closet to grow a significant amount of marijuana plants at his home in the Sandown Creek subdivision, said Peachtree City Police Chief James Murray.

Peachtree City police are looking for a Marietta man whose fingerprints link him to the scene of a daytime burglary in the Planterra Ridge subdivision in early December.

Peachtree City will not be adopting the franchise model for trash collection, the City Council decided Thursday night.

Peachtree City police arrested a Canton man at his dry-cleaning business Thursday morning for having explicit conversations online with an undercover police officer whom he thought was 13 years old, police said.

With Peachtree City’s 50th birthday coming up in 2009, there is a big push at the Recreation Department to get all its parks in tip-top shape.

Two Peachtree City teens escaped serious injury Friday afternoon when their golf cart pulled in front of an oncoming car on Peachtree Parkway, police said.

System in limbo after county contract halted by FRRLS board

The Peachtree City Library might continue receiving services from the Flint River Regional Library System, even though the FRRLS board has voted to halt a contract to deliver services to Fayette County.

The Kiwanis Club of Peachtree City will host its 14th Annual Pancake Saturday, scheduled for Jan. 28. This “All-You-Can-Eat” Pancake Saturday meal will be served in the McIntosh High School cafeteria on Walt Banks Road from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Peachtree City police arrested a Canton man at his dry-cleaning business Thursday morning for having explicit conversations online with an undercover police officer whom he thought was 13 years old, police said.

These lazy hazy days of winter may be coming to an end for awhile.

Would occur every five years under staff proposal

Peachtree City residents may soon be required to register their golf carts every five years.

Four Peachtree City teens who participated in an armed robbery on the golf cart path near Blue Smoke Park just before Christmas are “not at school” according to a schools spokesperson.

A north Georgia man was arrested yesterday by Peachtree City Police in an ongoing sting targeting Internet child predators, police said.

Peachtree City resident Phil Jones wants the city to get cracking and landscaping the median on the southern end of MacDuff Parkway.

Developers seeking to annex property into Peachtree City’s corporate limits will have a ticking clock if they get a first-round approval from the City Council.

Peachtree City’s Water and Sewer Authority saved money on a recently-completed sewer rehabilitation project.

The final cost came $12,100 under budget, necessitating a change order outlining various credits for parts of construction that were budgeted but never needed.

Pathway Communities wants city permission to pre-clear three commercial lots on a six-plus acre tract on the north end of Commerce Drive.

The J.C. Booth Middle School band program had very good results at the first-round auditions for Middle School All-State band this year. The students auditioned on a statewide basis and were judged on merit against all other applicants from across the state. The students who passed their first-round auditions are Diana Massengale, Katie Atkinson, Brandon Smith, Tim Thornburg, Rebekah Anders, Zenia Zheng, Sarah Manley, Matthew Niebes, David Wonderley and Lloyd Anders.

The Peachtree City Dog Park Association will meet 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 18 at the city recreation building off McIntosh Trail.

Dispute rages over ownership of cars

By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizen.com
and JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@TheCitizen.com