Board of regents approve cuts at GHC
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents agreed with the proposal of Georgia Highlands College on Monday that will slash $2.4 million from its budget. The regents’ proposal will now go to the General Assembly, which will decide on the final cuts. The cuts include:Continue Reading
Weather closings listed
School & Daycare Closings Polk School District – early release at 10 a.m. Bartow County Schools – early release at 11 a.m. Gordon County Schools – early release at 11 a.m. Calhoun City Schools – early release at 1:30 p.m. Trion City Schools – early release Chattooga County Schools –Continue Reading
BREAKING NEWS: Polk School District to release students early
Polk School District Superintendent Marvin Williams announced this morning that school will be released early today due to the winter weather. Williams said that school will be released at 10 a.m. due to mountain roads that are starting to accumulate snowfall. Parents are advised to pick up their children asContinue Reading
Georgia Highlands to make drastic cuts
Georgia Highlands College president Randy Pierce was very emotional speaking to his staff on Friday. GHC was told by that it had to cut $2.4 million from its fiscal year 2011 budget.Continue Reading
New municipal complex dedicated in Rockmart Sunday
The City of Rockmart held an open house and dedication of the new Rockmart Municipal Complex and Administrative Services Building Sunday afternoon. Many citizens, local and state officials were in attendance to tour the facility. The building, which was once home to Rockmart High School for over much of theContinue Reading
Closure to affect traffic on Hwy. 27 south in Floyd Co.
Lanes will be closed temporarily on U.S. 27 South near Rome this week to allow workers to install beams for the new bridge at Booze Mountain Road. The closures – scheduled for 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 2 through Friday, March 5 – will affect both northbound andContinue Reading
Two children missing from Murphy Harpst Grady Rd. campus
Police are currently searching for two boys who ran away from the Murphy Harpst Children’s Center on Wednesday. According to reports from the Polk County police department, a worker saw the two children running toward the woods at the center’s location at 128 Grady Road while she was loading otherContinue Reading
School board changes payment package for CHS head coach
The Polk School District Board of Education met in a special called session Tuesday at Central Office on College Street in Cedartown. Superintendent Marvin Williams recommended to the board that the salary package for the new Cedartown High School Head Football, Scott Hendrix be changed. The board had previously approvedContinue Reading
Thurmond to attend open house at Cedartown Career Center
ATLANTA, GA — State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said today that an open house ceremony for a new Georgia Department of Labor Career Center in Cedartown has been set for 2 p.m. Thursday, March 4. The location of the new career center is 262 North Park Blvd. in Cedartown. TheContinue Reading
City of Cedartown recognized as a Tree City USA community
Cedartown was recognized by the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA community for its commitment to urban forestry. It is the 16th year Cedartown has earned this national designation. The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the National AssociationContinue Reading