The most unlikely of comebacks was completed by the Cedartown Bulldogs in the first game of a Tuesday night double header that propelled them to a series sweep and a birth in the GHSA Class 3A Final Four for the first time in 22 years.Continue Reading
Early voting in the Polk County Primary is pacing to exceed the number that participated in the Presidential Preference Primary back in March. Numbers released from the Polk County Board of Elections office show that over 600 people had voted early at both Cedartown and Rockmart sites since the earlyContinue Reading
A Taylorsville woman has died and a man is still recovering from serious injuries after their motorcycle struck a deer on Saturday afternoon on Cartersville Highway near Rockmart High School. Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier confirmed over the weekend that the passenger, Jacqulin Diane Willis, 27 died of massive bluntContinue Reading
Congratulations to the Cedartown High School Bulldogs. The baseball team swept Oconee County in two games on Friday, winning game one 13-5 and game two 15-7. Jack Haney belted two home runs and 5 RBI in game one. Brayden McCollum went 3 for 5 in game two with two doublesContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE On Monday April 18, 2016, Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Agents and Detectives from the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office arrested Randy Leon Pitman Jr., age 44, of Buchanan and Marie Southers, age 34, of Temple, for the murder of Natoshia Melissa Smith. On August 31, 2015, the GBIContinue Reading
ATLANTA – North Georgia Staffing is recruiting 20 employees to work at a manufacturing plant in Polk County. The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will host a recruitment for the company Wednesday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the GDOL’s Cedartown Career Center located at 262 NorthContinue Reading
UPDATED: 7:32 PM Apr 12, 2016 From Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome: Northbound lanes of the bypass are open. The Collard Valley intersection is open. Southbound lanes of the bypass from Home Depot to Collard Valley are still closed. UPDATED: 5:22 PM Apr 12, 2016 From the Georgia State Patrol:Continue Reading
CBS 46 Atlanta Authorities have identified a Georgia woman whose dismembered body was found in a wooded area in central Florida. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office identified the body on Thursday as 42-year-old Ethel Shannon McCarson. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Lourdes Clayton says a passer-by discovered McCarson in an Orange CountyContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE For the last six years, City of Cedartown water customers have been undercharged for water service due to an administrative oversight that took place in 2010. Correcting the oversight means that city officials must raise the water billing rates of some of their customers starting in May. InContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE The board of directors of Coosa Valley Credit Union and Northwest Georgia Credit Union announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge. Both credit unions are well operated and financially sound and both are headquartered in Rome, Georgia. Both Coosa Valley credit union and Northwest Georgia credit unionContinue Reading