From Polk Standard Journal As a local man recovers from surgery this afternoon following a morning shooting, police are in search for the driver of a silver late model pickup truck that is believed to be the perpetrator. Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd was able to announce the incidentContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – June 29, 2018– Criminal charges have been announced and an additional arrest made in the deadly Sunday night shooting that took the life of Cedartown resident Ronald Morris Bentley. Laryan Yance Walker, 30, of 501 Line Street, Cedartown, was arrested on June 28 and taken into custody on an initialContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE A Cedartown man has been arrested and charged with murder in the early Sunday morning shooting death of Ronald Morris Bentley. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, Laryan Yance Walker, 30, of 501 Line St., was arrested on murder charges at 7:45 this evening. The arrest came asContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Polk County posted a record low unemployment rate in May. The area also saw an increase in the number of employed residents and a decrease in initial claims for unemployment. There was a slight decrease in the labor force. “Georgia’sContinue Reading
The offices of the Polk County Board of Elections will be open for early voting for the July 24 statewide run-off election. Early voting begins on Monday, July 2 through July 20, with the exception of Wednesday, July 4, as the office will be closed for Independence Day. There areContinue Reading
Polk County Standard Journal A man and woman were jailed after a group was accused of shoplifting at the Cedartown Walmart and ended up in hot pursuit by law enforcement in an attempt to get away. Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome said the chase that spanned three counties began whenContinue Reading
The investigation continues into the death of a Cedartown man, found lying in the street, dead of an apparent gunshot wound. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 40-year-old Ronald Morris Bentley was found dead on the scene in the middle of the intersection of East Gibson Street and ParkContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – June 13, 2018: J.P. Foster’s life has taken him many places. Atlanta, Calhoun, Canton, South America, Northern Virginia — but he’ll be the first to tell you that his home has always been Cedartown. “I am a product of the Goodyear Village. 237 Third StreetContinue Reading
A single vehicle wreck on Thursday night in Cedartown has claimed the life of a Rockmart teen. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 15-year-old Kemarion Washington, a Rome High School student, was pronounced dead at Polk Medical Center in the emergency room at 11:48 p.m. Kemarion’s brother Brent, 12,Continue Reading
NEWS RELEASE The Board of Trustees of the Joint Apprenticeship Training Fund and the membership of The International Union of Operating Engineers Local 926 announced today that they will be relocating and expanding their training facility to 90 acres in the Cedartown North Business Park. The investment will include landContinue Reading