PRESS RELEASE The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will help Halex Corporation recruit a number of workers for its plant in Calhoun Tuesday, Aug. 18. The event will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the GDOL’s Rome Career Center located at 462 Riverside Parkway. The company isContinue Reading

From WRGA News A Lindale woman is facing three charges of cruelty to children and hindering the apprehension of a criminal after police found three children in a home with no running water and feces on the floor. According to Floyd County Jail reports, 24-year-old Dianna Marie Carter of 218Continue Reading

Staff Reports The Shorter University Department of Athletics announced the hiring of Wes Timmons as its new baseball coach. Timmons comes to Shorter from NCAA DI North Carolina A&T where he served as assistant coach. And, prior to his time in North Carolina, Timmons played professionally in both the AtlantaContinue Reading

Rain proved to be a major factor in the plans for the season opener for the Cedartown High School Lady Dawgs softball team. The Lady Dawgs were set to take on the Cass Lady Colonels in a non-region tilt on the diamond Monday afternoon following the first day of schoolContinue Reading

From: HometownHeadlines.com Bartow County EMS  responded to two separate motorcycle accidents. The crew arrived to the first accident on Pine Ridge Road to find a 20-year-old male unconscious and unresponsive. The crew, after evaluation, determined the patient had a closed head injury and requested a medical helicopter for rapid transportContinue Reading

Rain proved to be a major factor in the plans for the season opener for the Cedartown High School Lady Dawgs softball team. The Lady Dawgs were set to take on the Cass Lady Colonels in a non-region tilt on the diamond Monday afternoon following the first day of schoolContinue Reading