Cedartown, Ga. – June 23, 2015: The Cedartown Police Department asks residents to keep an eye out for unusual activity after numerous vehicle entries have been reported. According to Assistant Police Chief Greg Cooper, many of the reports are concentrated on the north end of town, but not all. TheContinue Reading
A young mother is dead and her baby son seriously wounded after a large piece of a tree fell and struck them while sitting on a bench at Peek Forest Park early in the evening on Friday. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, the 16-year-old mother was sitting onContinue Reading
UPDATE: 4:48 PM From Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome: At approximately 1326 hours CPD officers along with CFD Fire/Rescue and Redmond EMS were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on West Rome Hwy at Walmart. 911 reported a possible entrapment/injuries. Officers and Rescue personnel arrived at approximately 1331 hours. Five vehiclesContinue Reading
TAMPA, Fla. — Gas prices are still creeping up in some parts of the southeastern United States, but motorists are forecast to pay the lowest summer gas prices since 2009. In comparison to this same date last year, motorists in Florida, Georgia and Tennessee are saving 87 cents, 88 cents,Continue Reading
The Georgia Department of Labor reported today that the unemployment rate in Polk County dropped to 6.4 percent for the month of April. That represents a milestone for the local job market, according to Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “That’s the lowest the unemployment rate has been in Polk County sinceContinue Reading
The Polk County Chamber of Commerce has named Bussey’s Florist as the 2014 Small Business of the Year. According to a press release from the Chamber, Each year, the Polk County Chamber recognizes a small business (20 employees or less) as the Small Business of the Year. The recipient receivesContinue Reading
The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will help staffing company Aerotek recruit about 45 workers for The Hon Corporation’s manufacturing plant in Cedartown. The company manufactures office furniture. The recruiting event will be held Wednesday, May 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Rome campus of Georgia NorthwesternContinue Reading
A Cedartown Police officer is recovering in a Chattanooga area hospital today after sustaining serious injuries from a wreck as he was rendering aid to a fellow officer early Sunday morning. Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome says that as another officer was attempting to pull over a driver on EastContinue Reading
The investigation is continuing after a body was found Saturday morning on the Silver Comet Trail near Fish Creek. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 41-year-old Paul Odell McGee of a Bethlehem Road address in Rockmart was located just after 11:00 a.m. by walkers on the trail near aContinue Reading
Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome said alert residents helped nab a fleeing suspect this morning and while doing so, protected the safety and well being of an innocent child. According to Newsome, officers with the Cedartown Police Department responded to a call this morning on Main Street by a concernedContinue Reading
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