Just over 55% of registered voters turned out during early voting and at the polls on Election Day and the lone contested local race is headed for a runoff next month. In the Special Election to fill the unexpired term of former Probate Judge Tony Brazier, interim Judge Shayne GreenContinue Reading
From Polk Standard Journal Despite having already wrapped up the Region 7-4A crown, the Cedartown Bulldogs punctuated their season Friday night by downing Northwest Whitfield 58-13 to end the season undefeated. Cedartown (10-0, 5-0 Reg. 7AAAA) racked up 44 first-half points to end the season for the Bruins on aContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE: On September 6, 2022, Members of the Polk County Police Department Criminal Investigation Division and Patrol Division executed (2) two search warrants inside of Polk County with the assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Polk County Drug Task Force (DTF). The execution of these search warrantsContinue Reading
The Cedartown Bulldogs improved to 2-0 on the season after blowing out the Callaway Cavaliers (0-2). Check out the scoring highlights from Week 2.Continue Reading
Check out the highlight reel of Cedartown’s win over the Cass Colonels. The Dawgs open the season this Friday, August 19 at Rockmart.Continue Reading
From Polk Today – Police arrested a man and his girlfriend – both with a single felony charge – after his tenants reported he threatened to burn their trailer down and kill them, per a Polk County Police report filed over the weekend. Jayme Lee Souder, 47, of 5154 BuchananContinue Reading
For more photos from the Elite Eight games, click here https://camerachik.smugmug.com/2021-22-Baseball/CHS/Varsity-Baseball Cedartown Bulldogs baseball has stamped their ticket to the Final Four round of the Georgia High School Association Class AAAA State Baseball Championships for only the third time in program history after sweeping the Perry Panthers in the EliteContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE – CHARLOTTE, N.C., DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. and MILWAUKEE (May 11, 2022) – Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health announced today their plans to come together to create a leading health and wellness delivery system to best meet patients’ needs by redefining how, when and where care is delivered.Continue Reading
April 14, 2022 Cedartown, Ga: Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents have charged Joseph Leroy Jones, 30, with murder, aggravated assault by strangulation, and aggravated stalking in connection to Monisha Leath’s death. Both Jones and Leath were reportedly residing in Cedartown at the time of her disappearance. She was reported missing onContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE: On March 29, 2022 the Polk County Fire Department with assistance from Rockmart Fire Department responded to a house fire located at the address of 13 Oak Grove Road in Aragon, GA. The call was dispatched at 1:29 A.M. and the first fire truck arrived at 1:39 A.M.Continue Reading