Polk’s unemployment numbers up for June
The unemployment rate for Polk County checked in at 5.5% in June which was up slightly from 5.3% in May but down from 6.3% from 12 months earlier. Polk is tied with Floyd County for the second highest unemployment rate in Northwest Georgia, while Murray County had the highest unemployment rateContinue Reading
Polk County Jail report 7/20/17
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__2017-07-20_08-02-08-AMContinue Reading
Heavy black smoke billows from Plant Bowen in Bartow County Thursday
Reports are coming in that employees were being sent home and that no one was injured in the fire. Officials tell 11Alive News that the fire started in the power plant’s switchyard. Originally posted from Hometown Headlines Bartow County Fire Department units are on the scene of fire at Georgia Power’sContinue Reading
Polk County Jail report – July 13, 2017
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Health department providing back-to-school services now
Cedartown, GA: “Summer’s hardly begun,” says Polk County Health Department Nurse Manager Malindy Ely, “but it’s not too soon for parents to check some of those mandatory back-to-school tasks off their list now and beat the rush.” Ely’s referring to certain screenings and vaccinations, all of which may be obtainedContinue Reading
Three arrested in Polk County for child pornography
MEDIA RELEASE Polk County, GA – Three (3) people were arrested and charged with crimes related to possession, of images of child pornography and other violations of Georgia laws after a several week long investigation by the Polk County Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division, Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child ExploitationContinue Reading
Jimmy Hand Finishes Baseball Career at Northeastern
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
Polk County Jail report – June 20, 2017
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Arrest made in the shooting of a teenager in Cedartown
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
UPDATE: Body found behind grocery store in Rockmart identified
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