Aragon calls emergency meeting to schedule a special election
The City of Aragon has called an emergency meeting on Wednesday morning for the purpose of calling a special election in November to fill the council seat of Curtis Burrus. The meeting will be held at the Aragon City Hall building on Wednesday, August 10 at 10:30 a.m. Aragon CityContinue Reading
City to accept bids for CDBG funded sewer infrastructure improvements
The bid process will be underway this Wednesday for a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant project to repair dilapidated sewer lines in the Goodyear Village area of Cedartown. Cedartown City Manager Bill Fann said that once the bidding period is completed, he hopes to see the project underway within aContinue Reading
County commission fail to approve budget for third time
Polk County Commissioners failed to come to a compromise during a third budget work session Tuesday night, delaying the fiscal year 2017 budget another month. During the final budget work session of June, county commissioner Jennifer Hulsey proposed an amendment to the FY17 budget that would eliminate the assistant countyContinue Reading
Murder Suspect Jeffery Wilcox Jr. Has Been Captured
WEIS Radio Reports Centre, Ala. – Murder suspect Jeffery Wilcox Jr. has been arrested after his 2001 Chevy pickup-truck was spotted on West Main Street in Centre just after 2:00 this afternoon. Centre Police Officers Billy Roche and Brody Moses conducted a traffic stop on Wilcox in the parking lotContinue Reading
Primary Healthcare Centers welcomes new pediatrician to Cedartown facility
Cedartown, Ga. – July 26, 2016: When you ask Dr. Amaris Daniels what her goal is in life, her face lights up and she smiles. “Serving the underserved,” she says as a matter of fact that can’t be denied. “That is a passion of mine, and that’s what brought meContinue Reading
Two more plead guilty in fatal shooting of Daniel Leon
Two suspects accused of being involved in the October 2015 shooting death of Daniel Leon pleaded guilty and have been sentenced in Polk Superior Court. According to District Attorney Jack Browning, 17-year-old Brandon Wilson entered a guilty plea in court Monday morning to charges of felony voluntary manslaughter and felonyContinue Reading
OSHA cites feed mill, contractors after dust explosion kills 1, injures 5
The blast at JCG Farms in Rockmart killed 25-year-old Justin Deems and seriously injured five others. Four companies have been fined $112,00 for multiple safety violations. MEDIA RELEASE ROCKMART, Ga. – In the agricultural industry, excessive dust is a fuel that can cause serious and sometimes deadly explosions and firesContinue Reading
GDOL to help Yachiyo recruit workers in Carrollton
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will help Yachiyo Manufacturing of America (YMOA) recruit a number of workers as part of an expansion of its existing facility in Carrollton. The auto-parts supplier manufactures plastic fuel tanks and sunroofs. The recruitment will be held Tuesday, Aug. 9, from 10Continue Reading
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available in Georgia Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration
ATLANTA – The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that federal Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations located in Georgia as a result of the drought that began on July 12, 2016. This disasterContinue Reading
Thaxton defeats Barber in commission runoff
Chuck Thaxton has defeated Incumbent county commissioner Ray Barber in his reelection bid to the District 2 seat of the Polk County Board of Commissioners.Continue Reading