Systems could spend certain funds where needs arise

The Georgia legislature may remove some spending controls for school systems to help them meet the challenges of the rough economy.

DOT Atlanta office has final say on approval for signal

Peachtree City will apply for a new traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West to serve a new shopping center.

A vote of the City Council tonight was split 3-2 in favor of seeking the light, which would be located at Line Creek Drive in between existing lights at Planterra Way and MacDuff Parkway.

In the wake of numerous recent entering auto cases, the Peachtree City Police Department is asking the public to report suspicious activity both at home and elsewhere in the city, officials said.

The Peachtree City Council is expected to vote Thursday night on whether to apply for another traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West to serve a proposed shopping center.

Peachtree City City Manager Bernie McMullen will propose a number of other areas to cut as the city tries to whittle down an anticipated $3.5 million shortfall in the coming fiscal year’s budget.

A Peachtree City woman has taken it upon herself to fight for the jobs of 23 landscaping and mowing employees who are facing layoffs and replacement by private contractors.

Atlanta Police are still investigating the case of a 29-year-old Peachtree City woman found dead of a gunshot wound in a sport-utility vehicle in northwest Atlanta Sunday. Investigators are also attempting to locate the woman’s next of kin.

PTC may spend $14K to design connection, allow closing of problematic path

Drawing up a potential solution to cart path-related woes in the Cedarcroft subdivision will be up for a vote Thursday night by the Peachtree City Council.

Instead of raising taxes to cover a revenue shortfall next fiscal year, Peachtree City Mayor Harold Logsdon wants to reorganize and streamline city operations to get by without a property tax increase.

Developer says path should be removed; city said ‘no’ in November

When Tim West moved his family into their home on St. Albans Way in Peachtree City in fall 2007, they were aware a cart path would be located next to their home.

In a statement issued earlier this week, the Fayette County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is urging “swift” apprehension of the person or persons who fired gunshots into two unoccupied churches in Fayette County last week.

Employee, video from Walmart lead to resolution

Peachtree City police arrested three people last week after one of them tried to use a fraudulent check at Walmart, officials said.

Will help advance governor’s legislative agenda at Capitol

Rep. Matt Ramsey, R-Peachtree City, now has even more responsibility in the Georgia legislature.

Residents of two homes in Peachtree City have had to find other living quarters following two smoky fires that were extinguished with no injuries, according to the Peachtree City Fire Department.

Council to vote on traffic light Feb. 5

A proposed new traffic light for Ga. Highway 54 West will come with a video camera that can zoom in either direction with the feed going straight to the area Georgia Department of Transportation office in Thomaston.

More cuts coming to address $3.5M shortfall next year

A little more than 10 percent of Peachtree City’s 324 full and part-time employees indicated in a survey that they would voluntarily accept 25 percent pay cuts, City Manager Bernie McMullen said Monday afternoon.

If a business such as Starship Enterprise tried to locate in Peachtree City, its options would be limited by zoning laws. By city ordinance, any store selling adult sex toys would be considered a “sexually oriented business.”

Peachtree City police are still investigating a shooting that damaged one of Fayette County’s oldest churches early Tuesday morning.

Peachtree City will be spending $16,600 to replace two thermal imagers for the fire department instead of paying almost $8,000 to repair them.

Majority of council wanted to keep ‘asset’

A local businessman informally offered late last year to purchase the city’s tennis center for about $1 million, according to Peachtree City Councilman Don Haddix.

The Peachtree City Police Department will be hosting a basic Community Emergency Response Team class beginning March 5.

$1,000 reward offered by police

Thirty-six year-old Philip Shawn Curl sustained non-life threatening injuries at a 1024 Ridgefield Drive residence Thursday morning after being shot by a man who fled the home on foot, police said. Peachtree City Police investigating the shooting are speaking with multiple individuals in relation to the shooting and the suspect seen running in an easterly direction. No arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation.

A Peachtree City woman was hospitalized Tuesday night after a domestic violence incident with her husband at their north Peachtree City home, The Citizen has learned.

A Peachtree City man was arrested Monday after he pulled out a knife and threatened his stepfather, police said.

Initially Cedric L. Blandburg was asked to leave his stepfather’s and mother’s house due to a family incident and he refused, police said. At one point he also threatened the stepfather with a pipe and the knife, police said.

Several gunshots were fired into a Peachtree City church in the city's industrial park between 11:30 a.m. yesterday and 7:30 this morning, police said.

Some 23 Peachtree City employees who were recommended to be "downsized" got a reprieve Thursday night ... at least for 30 days.

Instead the City Council directed staff to survey all employees and ask if they would be willing to take a 25 percent pay cut beginning next week.

The Peachtree City Council again postponed a decision Thursday on whether the city should apply for a traffic light on Ga. Highway 54 West at the intersection of Line Creek Drive.

A Peachtree City man was arrested late Tuesday night after he allegedly took a peek inside his neighbor's bedroom.

Dale F. Brantly, 50, was chased by the woman's son after she spotted him peeking through her bedroom window at her home on Vellum Trace in the Planterra Ridge subdivision, police said.

Some residents in Peachtree City will be getting some additional buffer protection from new development thanks to a new regulation passed by the City Council Thursday night.

The Georgia Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has named one of Fayette’s Georgia history teachers as the 2009 Georgia Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year for middle schools.