Polk County Police are investigating a shooting that reportedly occurred early Sunday morning. According to initial reports, a couple who were in bed early Sunday were hit by a single shotgun blast at theie Striker Road residence off Mountain Home Road. Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd said that theContinue Reading
Local police are investigating two shootings that took place within days of each other. In both cases, the victims were not seriously hurt and are recovering from their wounds. In Rockmart, a woman driving on College Street at Hogue Avenue was shot in her car during the afternoon on Thursday,Continue Reading
A single vehicle wreck Monday resulted in two people being sent to the hospital. Polk County Fire Station 9 and Cedartown Fire were dispatched to Highway 100 going toward Cave Spring. When firefighters arrived, they quickly worked to stabilize the vehicle that had run off the road and was 20Continue Reading
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