Outdoor burning ban starts Tuesday
Starting Tuesday, May 1, the annual open burning ban will be enacted in Fayette County and 44 other counties surrounding metro Atlanta. The ban is aimed at improving air quality […]
Government
Uncategorized
Vehicle ‘birthday tax’ to be replaced with 1-time title fee
Gov. Nathan Deal last week signed tax reform legislation that will wipe out ad valorem taxes on all vehicles sold after March 1, 2013. The law also reduces the marriage
Peachtree City
Haddix, Imker joust over budgetary blog post
A blog post from Mayor Don Haddix referencing the city budget riled up two of his fellow council members at the April 19 meeting. A complaint about the post from
Crime, Peachtree City
PTC cops suspect Lindale man for 2-year burglary spree
A Lindale man has been arrested in connection with seven commercial burglaries in Peachtree City over a two-year period. Christopher Lee Lucas, 38, of Circle Drive has been charged with
Community, Fayette County
Charity motorcycle ride set to help aid burned firefighter
A benefit motorcycle ride to help an injured Fayette County firefighter is planned for Saturday, May 12. The ride will commence at Wings-N-Things on Senoia Road in Tyrone to raise
Community, Peachtree City
Garden and pavilion at Braelinn Elementary to honor Anna Van Horn
A new garden and pavilion built at Braelinn Elementary School in memory of a former student will be dedicated Tuesday at 1 p.m. The effort has been undertaken in memory
Crime, Fayette County
30-year prison terms for 2 Fayette meth dealers
Two defendants will serve lengthy prison terms for their role in a methamphetamine-trafficking operation they ran from a mobile home just inside Fayette County in June 2010. Ismael Guerrero Moya
Fayette County
Fayette to decide Thursday on alcohol sales vote in July
The Fayette County Commission is expected Thursday night to formally approve funding for the new public safety headquarters and emergency operations center. The county has been selected to receive a
Peachtree City
PTC Council clashes over cop cycle
The purchase of a new motorcycle for the Peachtree City Police Department is in peril after two city council members strongly opposed it Thursday night. The matter was tabled at
Peachtree City
Tennis courts sail to top of PTC repair list
Take heart, tennis-playing citizens of Peachtree City. Funds to repair the city’s four public tennis courts have been allocated and the project is at the top of the city’s priority
Peachtree City
PTC announces graduation sign rules
Peachtree City officials are reminding proud parents of the rules for graduation banners and signs. As long as the banners and signs meet the following criteria there is no need
Newsmakers, Peachtree City
Eagle Scout Robichaux builds K-9 kennel for PTC cops
Local Eagle Scout Chris Robichaux was recognized Thursday night by the Peachtree City Council for building a K-9 kennel and special table for the police department’s K-9 unit. The kennel
Newsmakers, Peachtree City
Training course no obstacle for Eagle Scout Casado
Local Eagle Scout Ben Casado was recognized by the Peachtree City Council Thursday night for rebuilding the obstacle course at the Peachtree City Police Department. Casado, second from right, raised
Uncategorized
Governor signs Rep. Ramsey’s school diabetes treatment law
Gov. Nathan Deal has signed a bill to require schools to help provide care to diabetic students at no extra cost to the state. The bill gives guardians and physicians
Lights and Sirens, Peachtree City
Boy, 13, fatally injured in fall at PTC’s Falcon Field
A Temple, Ga., boy was fatally injured in a fall through a skylight at the main hangar at Peachtree City’s Falcon Field Airport shortly after noon Friday, police said. The
Fayette County, Newsmakers
Fayette jail running out of room; county talks rehab for old jail
It will cost upwards of $855,000, and as much as $1.25 million, to bring Fayette County’s “old” jail facility back into service. The site was mothballed nine years ago when
City, Peachtree City
PTC police ask for ‘Victory’ motorcycle
With the lease on its Harley Davidson motorcycle ending next month, the Peachtree City Police Department is asking the city council to approve the purchase of a different brand. The
Crime, Fayette County
Higgins pleads guilty after winning new trial, will serve 3 years for cruelty
A Sharpsburg man who successfully appealed his 2009 rape conviction has pled guilty to one felony count of cruelty to children in connection with the same case. In exchange for
Fayette County, Politics
Brown wants Elections Board’s Watts ouster, Watts cries foul
Fayette County Commissioner Steve Brown wants to remove Marilyn Watts as the Republican Party-appointed representative to the Fayette County Board of Elections. Details of the complaint were kept mum at
Fayetteville, Newsmakers
Grammy winner Zac Brown cuts deal to rename F’ville venue
There’s a new name and a bit more activity coming in the future for Fayetteville’s downtown amphitheater. The venue will now be known as “Southern Ground Amphitheater” in a nod
Peachtree City
PTC Council to make bond spending priority decisions Thurs.
With less than $2 million left in proceeds from Peachtree City’s public facilities improvement bond, big decisions remain. Specifically the City Council will decide what projects will make the cut
Peachtree City
WWII vet had ‘close calls’ on B-17 bombing runs
In World War II, Dennis Baker was a bombardier on a B-17, helping attack specific Axis targets in occupied Europe. But on Sunday Baker, 93, was cutting a rug with
Crime
Girl arrives home from school to find 2 armed men
A student coming home from school Monday afternoon walked in on two armed men inside her north Fayette home, according to the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office. The juvenile called 911
City, Peachtree City
Auditors give PTC finances a thumbs-up
Peachtree City received a clean audit of its financial operations for the year ending Sept. 30, 2011, according to the accounting firm of Mauldin and Jenkins. Auditor Miller Edwards noted
Fayette County, Lights and Sirens
County takes first steps toward new Tyrone fire station
The ball is rolling for the construction of a new county fire station at the intersection of Ga. Highway 74 and Jenkins Road. The fire station, once complete, will replace
Fayette County
Fayette avoids water bill hike for new equipment
Fayette County water customers won’t be facing a water bill hike to fund $9 million in federally-mandated improvements to the county’s two water treatment plants. Instead the cost will be
Fayette County
Early retirement could save Fayette $1.6 million a year
Fayette County officials are hoping that an early retirement program for 44 employees will save a significant chunk of cash in the upcoming fiscal year budget. If all 44 qualified
Fayette County
Commissioner Brown denies NAACP ties
Fayette County Commissioner Steve Brown, a former member of the Fayette County branch of the National Association of the Advancement for Colored People, says he informally dissolved his membership “years
City, Peachtree City
ONE PTC campaign kicks off Sunday
Peachtree City is gearing up for the future, and officials are hoping for a significant amount of public input to help shape the vision. This Sunday the ONE Peachtree City
Newsmakers
WWII Heritage Days Sat-Sun in PTC
A part of Peachtree City will be transported back to the 1940s this weekend for the annual World War II Heritage Days festival hosted by the Commemorative Air Force Dixie
Fayette County, Newsmakers
FAA: Lower flying jumbo jets won’t increase noise for Fayette
Regulators are considering changes to the Class B airspace around Hartsfield Jackson International Airport that would lower the minimum ceiling over most of Fayette County from 8,000 feet to 6,000
Fayette County
Fayette considers move to Justice Center
In the next couple of years, its conceivable that some Fayette County offices could migrate to the currently unfinished third floor of the county’s justice center. Doing so would empty
Fayette County
Commission qualifying dates to be delayed for map OK?
There is a chance that qualifying for the three seats on the Fayette County Commission will be delayed beyond the May 23-25 qualifying period. That’s because the new five-district map
Crime, Peachtree City
PTC tanning salon peeper, 59, arrested for spying on girl, 16
A Peachtree City man was arrested Thursday for peering over a wall at a naked 16-year-old girl while inside a tanning salon in the Kedron Village shopping center earlier in