Local News (Page 88)

Cedartown Police are investigating an apparent burglary of an outbuilding where two motorcycles were stolen. According to an incident report, the alleged burglary occurred at a Wilkes Court residence sometime early in the morning on Tuesday. Police observed that a padlock had been cut and the bolt cutters had beenContinue Reading

Polk County Police arrested a Cedartown man after he allegedly locked a woman in a bedroom against her will, during a domestic incident. According to a police report, Polk County Police, along with Cedartown Police and Polk County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a Pine Pitch Road residence where a manContinue Reading

The Polk County Board of Commissioners will be taking over upkeep of their portions of the Silver Comet Trial, following unanimous approval from the board during their Tuesday meeting. According to County Manager Matt Denton, the actual structural work, such as paving and striping, will continue to be handled byContinue Reading

PRESS RELEASE Two groups of young men, two very distinct cultures living nearly 7,000 miles apart, will come together on a red dirt playing field during a hot August day and share a common bond: the love of baseball. Cedartown Kimoto Tech officials and representatives with the City of CedartownContinue Reading

PRESS RELEASE The percentage of Georgia’s 8th graders exceeding standards in all content-area Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) increased this year, including an eight percentage point increase in reading. Grade 8 students showed a two percentage point increase in English language arts, a three percentage point increase in mathematics, a threeContinue Reading

PRESS RELEASE Sheliah Hogg was selected as the first recipient of the David Adam Scholarship to attend Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC). The scholarship was established by the Ronald pharmacy-no-rx.net Adam family in memory of David Wayne Adam (1971-1988) a student at Cedartown High School. One scholarship will be awardedContinue Reading

A public hearing will be held today on a proposed antique shop at the former Old Mill Restaurant near Cedartown. The special land use permit request, submitted by Jimmy and Ann Madden, reads that they intend to operate an antique shop on the lower level of their residence at 12Continue Reading

A hard to imagine calamity occurred on Lake Allatoona in Bartow County following Saturday nights fireworks show, that left five injured including a four month old child. The Atlanta Yacht Club had just completed its fireworks show when, A ski boat slammed into the rear of a boat with fiveContinue Reading

Cedartown’s Krige Schabort has won the men’s division of the Atlanta Peachtree Road Race. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, this is the 18th time that Schabort has participated in the coveted race. Schabort came in third place at the Cedartown 5K Road Race earlier this week. In the women’s division,Continue Reading