PRESS RELEASE Drivers traveling through the Cave Spring Road/Girard Avenue intersection will soon find their commute a little less bumpy and gravely. According to Kelvin Garmon, Public Works Director, workers are out right now setting concrete in that intersection, filling up the narrow ditch created when a new sewer lineContinue Reading

An Adairsville Police Officer is on paid administrative leave after he fatally shot a suspect around 12:40 a.m. on Tuesday. The officer stopped a suspicious vehicle on the entrance ramp to I-75 north at Highway 140. The officer checked the license plate of the driver, 29-year-old Charles Leon Johnson, II,Continue Reading

Polk County Police are investigating a number of vehicle break-ins on Cedar Creek Crossing that have occurred over the last several days. According to reports, items missing from those vehicles include sunglasses, an iPhone 5C, and other items. A designer purse was taken from another vehicle, was emptied, and thenContinue Reading

PRESS RELEASE Cedartown Public Works Director Kelvin Garmon is asking for residents’ patience and understanding as city crews have recently changed the limb and yard debris pick-up schedule. “We have switched over to a new system, one that makes much more sense – both fiscally and time wise. We knowContinue Reading

Christmas comes early in Cedartown with the Fourth Friday Concert Series and Cruise-In coming up this Friday in Downtown Cedartown. According to organizer Jennifer Hulsey, people who attend the concert and cruise-in are asked to bring a new toy to donate. “We thought we would start early this year andContinue Reading

The next Superior Court Judge will be Tallapoosa attorney Meng Lim as he handily defeated Chuck Morris of Cedartown, 61.73% to 38.27% Lim carried not only Haralson County by over 1,200 votes, but also carried Polk County, where he got the majority at 53.99% to Morris at 46.01% We willContinue Reading

PRESS RELEASE ADAIRSVILLE – According to Interim Police Chief Arnold E. Gillman, on July 22nd, 2014 an Adairsville patrol officer fatally shot a perpetrator at approximately 12:45AM. The patrol officer was injured by the perpetrator and treated at a nearby hospital. In accordance with departmental procedure, the Georgia Bureau ofContinue Reading