MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown native Jimmy Hand (CHS ’13) finished his baseball career at Northeastern University in Boston. Hand hit .313 with 6 home runs for the conference champion Huskies. The senior Marketing major was also named to the Dean’s list with a 3.5 GPA, and will soon begin a 6-monthContinue Reading
The Polk County Jail releases the arrest reports in the mornings during the week. Click on the link below to view the file in PDF format. Media Arrest Summary with Photos__2017-06-20_08-32-09-AM-1Continue Reading
A man wanted in connection with a shooting that occurred in the front lawn of the Polk County School District Board of Education Central Office in late May was arrested on Friday. According to Polk County Jail reports, 19-year-old Derian Bona Ventura-Flores of a Lawrenceville, Georgia address, was taken into custodyContinue Reading
Staff Reports Some additional details, including the identity of a woman found dead in a tent behind the Ingles in Rockmart has now been released. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, detectives from the Rockmart Police Department and the coroner’s office arrived on the scene in a wooded areaContinue Reading
Police are investigating the death of a woman found in a tent behind the Ingles grocery store in Rockmart. According to Rockmart Police Chief Keith Sorrells, the woman was found at around 4:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon in a tent behind the grocery store. The woman’s identity is being withheld pendingContinue Reading
By: Kevin Myrick (Polk County Standard Journal) The City of Cedartown’s bet on bringing social service organizations together under one roof has paid off after one more lease was approved during their June meeting. Tallatoona CAP joins a long list of medical organizations, state and non-profit social programs for aContinue Reading
The Polk County Jail releases the arrest reports in the mornings during the week. Click on the link below to view the file in PDF format. Media Arrest Summary with Photos__2017-06-14_09-10-57-AMContinue Reading
The Polk County Jail releases the arrest reports in the mornings during the week. Click on the link below to view the file in PDF format. Media Arrest Summary with Photos__2017-06-07_08-27-22-AMContinue Reading
The Polk County Jail releases the arrest reports in the mornings during the week. Click on the link below to view the file in PDF format. Media Arrest Summary with Photos__2017-06-06_08-22-21-AMContinue Reading
Police are searching for a teen who reportedly ran away from the Murphy-Harpst Children’s Center last week. According to police reports, the child, listed as Natalie Shai Baker, 16, was in state custody at the children’s home and was reported missing on May 27. The family of Baker, who livesContinue Reading