Peachtree City will get a $96,000 shot in the arm thanks to a settlement over unpaid hotel-motel taxes with the company that previously owned the Aberdeen Woods Conference Center.

Legal action sought against Don Cobb and Associates of Peachtree City; Repair authorized by 3-2 council vote; city to pay Leslie Construction $177K for $345K work

Peachtree City’s police station will get a new exterior and other related repairs after the project was approved on a 3-2 vote of the City Council tonight.

The Peachtree City Council may vote tonight to spend $720,000 to fix the city's police headquarters.

The matter has been added to the City Council's agenda for tonight's meeting at City Hall, which starts at 7.

9 other communities in running for relocated Atlanta Christian College; Wilksmoor Village seen as ideal site

Peachtree City officials are scaling back their recommendation to replace several trucks for the city’s Public Works Department.

Local officials are hoping to woo a private four-year college to relocate from East Point to Peachtree City.

The target of their desire is Atlanta Christian College, which enrolls approximately 400 students and has degree programs in seven areas of study.

One year after it was originally supposed to be completed, progress on Peachtree City’s long-delayed golf cart bridge is gaining some steam, city officials reported last week.

Within a month city officials hope to be filling Huddleston Pond back up.

The pond’s level has been dramatically reduced while crews built a new dam and pipe for the emergency spillway. Significant problems with the dam were found in March 2006, and the lake was drained almost completely in September 2006 when more extensive problems were found.

A fix is in the works for the flooding that has occurred over the years at the Tinsley Mill Village condomimums just off Lake Peachtree.

Bridge will span creek between Picnic Park, Drake Field

A local triathlon group has offered to pay for and install a pedestrian bridge to be installed between Drake Field and Picnic Park.

A couple trying to sell their home got approval from the City Council last week to build into the rear building setback to extend their kitchen and breakfast area.

Second graders raised money and helped mitochondrial disease sufferer Riley Peek, who made a guest appearance at Huddleston Elementary School in Peachtree City to meet the students and thank them for their donation.

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A 16-year-old from Fairburn was arrested Tuesday morning after he wrecked a stolen vehicle in Peachtree City and bolted from the scene, sparking a school-closing manhunt, police said.

Peachtree City’s new police chief has hit the ground running in his first official week in office.

Halifax C. “Skip” Clark said Monday that he’s been attending group briefings to learn about the how and why of department operations. He has also been holding “office hours” so he can meet one-on-one with all individual officers in the department. He also will do the same with individual non-sworn members of the administrative staff and even members of the auxiliary (volunteer) arm of the department.

Environmentalist says kids will be exposed to viruses

Peachtree City has entered a contract with the city’s Water and Sewer Authority to irrigate fields with treated sewage at the city’s Baseball and Soccer Complex on Ga. Highway 74 south.

The Peachtree City Council unanimously passed a slate of budget cuts Thursday night in response to shrinking sales tax revenues.

Developer suggested buying part of nature area

Despite a recent media report to the contrary, it seems Costco isn’t close to coming to Peachtree City after all.

Suit: chemicals migrated to three properties

A lawsuit alleging that three parcels next to a Peachtree City gas station were contaminated by the business is likely headed for a jury trial later this year.

The McIntosh Trail Kiwanis Club has donated $250 to the Southern Conservation Trust to further its efforts to protect greenspace in Fayette and Coweta counties. From left: Dennis Koehler, Kiwanis member and SCT board member; Abby Jordan, SCT Executive Director; Phil Boswell, President of McIntosh Trail Kiwanis and Bonnie Helander, SCT Development Director.

New Peachtree City Police Chief Halifax C. “Skip” Clark was welcomed to Peachtree City Thursday night when he was sworn in by Mayor Harold Logsdon. Clark said he was particularly proud of the city’s officers who make the department so great. A large contingent of officers attended the meeting as a visible showing of support. Photo/John Munford.

The Kiwanis Club of McIntosh Trail will hold the first PTC Home Depot Classic Car and Golf Cart show on Saturday, May 3 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in the parking lot of the Peachtree City Home Depot.

Facing a continuing shortage in sales tax revenues, Peachtree City financial staff are recommending changes to save $850,000 from the current budget.

The Peachtree City Council will consider Thursday night a formal agreement to allow treated sewage water to be used to irrigate fields at the city’s Baseball and Soccer Complex on Ga. HIghway 74 south.

A development company pitched a Walgreens drugstore for a new shopping center on Ga. Highway 74 South Monday night.

Although it was generally well received by the city’s Planning Commission, the developer told The Citizen after the meeting that Walgreens has not yet made a final decision to locate at the shopping center, which is located across the highway from the Wilshire Pavilion shopping center.

Feds: Speer arrested after escape plan to Aruba was hatched

A Peachtree City man convicted of participating in a $3 billion securities fraud scheme has been placed in custody after federal officials learned he and three co-defendants were planning to escape to Aruba, federal officials said.

Peachtree City got some love from the national media last week when the New York Times’ real estate magazine featured a story on what usually draws the attention of out-of-towners: the city’s copious amounts of golf carts.

The City of Peachtree City is seeking volunteers for a term on the Peachtree City Library Commission and for an unexpired term on the Peachtree City Airport Authority.

Parents wanting to make sure their child safety seat is installed correctly can now make an appointment for a professionally trained volunteer to do just that.

American Cancer Society Peachtree City

The American Cancer Society would like to invite women cancer patients in the Fayette County area to participate in a wonderful program called Look Good Feel Better.

The Peachtree City Council adopted a limited range of fee increases Thursday night, but tabled a final decision on a host of others that are being challenged or questioned.

The fee increases adopted include:

• Increasing the cost of solicitor's permits to $25 for the first day of the permit and $10 for each additional day the permit is effective in the same week;