Cedartown will be getting three new restaurants and possibly one more in the coming months. According to the Polk County Standard Journal, the new Popeye’s quickly rising on the former site of Wendy’s is on schedule thanks to dry weather of late. Expect an opening early to mid autumn forContinue Reading
A house fire swept through a home on Canal Street on Wednesday afternoon. According to Cedartown Fire Chief Felix White, no one was hurt and everyone was accounted for after a fire began on the front porch of the single story house at 5:30 p.m. The fire then spread insideContinue Reading
WRGA The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been called following an officer-involved shooting this morning on Kingston Highway. According to Floyd County Police, The Rome-Floyd metro task Force and the SWAT team were executing a warrant at 1933 Kingston Highway and were met with gunfire. A county police officer returnedContinue Reading
Paulding County Sheriff’s Office (Paulding County, GA) The Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunction with the Atlanta Police Department Homicide Unit Cold Case Squad, the Paulding Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Office, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Gang Task Force would like to announce the arrest of AndrewContinue Reading
Cedartown Police are investigating a shooting that occurred Tuesday evening near the Goodyear Village neighborhood. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, a single gunshot hit an 18-year-old black male on Ladue Avenue at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday evening. Newsome described the injury as non life-threatening, but the victim wasContinue Reading
From Paulding Co. Sheriff Office: On Friday May 3, 2019 at approximately 8:47 AM Paulding Deputies and Hiram Police Officers responded to the Home Depot in Hiram, Georgia (145 Depot Drive Hiram, Georgia 30141) reference a shooting call that took place inside the store. When Deputies and Officers responded toContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE / WRGA According to a news release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, a total of 82 people were arrested, and 17 children were rescued or identified as victims during a mutually coordinated operation between eight southeastern states. The joint, proactive operation, Operation Southern Impact III, was coordinatedContinue Reading
FLOYD COUNTY PD Police have arrested Kayla Wright following a lengthy search in Cave Spring. The 51-year-old woman was stopped by police following a look out from Alabama authorities about a vehicle that was taken without permission. Floyd County PD investigators are assisting with the ongoing investigation at the requestContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE At approximately 9 a.m. on Tuesday April 30th 2019 the Cedartown Police Department received a call of a burglary in progress at a residence on Virginia Avenue. The resident in the home reported that she heard glass breaking, called 911, and fled the home. The suspect was describedContinue Reading
CEDARTOWN, GA – An already bad situation could have turned much worse had it not been for the quick actions of a neighbor. The home located at 113 Ellen Hand Circle caught fire this morning around 9 a.m. A neighbor heard cries for help coming from inside the house andContinue Reading