City earns Georgia Association of Water Professionals Gold Award for water pollution control plant
MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – May 11, 2017: The City of Cedartown’s water pollution control plant recently earned a Gold Award from the Georgia Association of Water Professionals. The award means that the City’s control plant had 100-percent permit compliance in 2016. The GAWP Gold Award is a very difficultContinue Reading
Polk County Jail Report – May 10, 2017
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__2017-05-10_08-11-37-AMContinue Reading
WRGA: Charges filed in Monday escape
From WRGA News: An inmate who escaped from the Floyd County Courthouse Monday disabled the locks on his leg shackles before running from three sheriff’s deputies, according to arrest reports. 26-year old Dustin Earl Cotton fled the third floor of the courthouse just before noon Monday, sparking a manhunt betweenContinue Reading
Shemetrice Matthews Joins PCWA Board
MEDIA RELEASE The Polk County Water Authority welcomed its latest Board member during their April session. Shemetrice Matthews was installed unanimously during the meeting, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of the Board Chairman, Mr. Jim Wright. Matthews is a Polk County resident who has expressed a keen interestContinue Reading
Polk Medical Center names Laura Corn 2017 Nurse of the Year
From Polk Medical Center: Laura Corn, a nurse in Polk Medical Center’s Emergency Department, has been named the hospital’s 2017 Nurse of the Year. Corn began her nursing career at Floyd Medical Center in 1998, before joining the staff at Polk Medical Center, where she has become known for herContinue Reading
Organizations recognized for collaborating to solve northwest Georgia health problems
MEDIA RELEASE Rome, GA: The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) Northwest Health District’s Chronic Disease Prevention Program and the Northwest Georgia Regional Cancer Coalition (NWGRCC) were recently recognized by the DPH Chronic Prevention Section for excellence and commitment in creating and mobilizing organizational partnerships to identify and solve communityContinue Reading
Minge signs letter of intent to play college baseball at Southern Union
The baseball career for Miles Minge will continue at the next level as the Cedartown Bulldog baseball star inked to play college baseball with Southern Union Community College in Opelika, Alabama. Minge played shortstop and pitched for the Bulldogs as a varsity player all four years during his time atContinue Reading
Polk County Jail Report – May 9, 2017
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__2017-05-09_08-46-57-AMContinue Reading
Tractor Supply location clears its final hurdle; site work to begin within days
After much anticipation, work on a new retail development will soon begin to take shape on land located just north of the Home Depot shopping center on Rome Highway. Tractor Supply acquired it’s final Georgia Environmental Protection Division permit and are now clear to begin site prep work on the development,Continue Reading
From PSJ: Cancer survivors true heroes: Relay for Life celebrates local cancer survivors
By: Kevin Myrick (Polk County Standard Journal) Legends of superheroes are all based on the idea that select few are given great powers, and through training and hardship learn to control them and overcome a villain of one kind or another. Spiderman got his gifts through the bite of aContinue Reading