Cedartown baseball advances to Sweet 16
Congratulations to the Cedartown High School Bulldogs. The baseball team swept Oconee County in two games on Friday, winning game one 13-5 and game two 15-7. Jack Haney belted two home runs and 5 RBI in game one. Brayden McCollum went 3 for 5 in game two with two doublesContinue Reading
Two arrested in connection with discovery of Cedartown woman’s remains
PRESS RELEASE On Monday April 18, 2016, Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) Agents and Detectives from the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office arrested Randy Leon Pitman Jr., age 44, of Buchanan and Marie Southers, age 34, of Temple, for the murder of Natoshia Melissa Smith. On August 31, 2015, the GBIContinue Reading
GDOL to host recruitment for North Georgia Staffing in Cedartown
ATLANTA – North Georgia Staffing is recruiting 20 employees to work at a manufacturing plant in Polk County. The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will host a recruitment for the company Wednesday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the GDOL’s Cedartown Career Center located at 262 NorthContinue Reading
Cedartown woman dies in horrific wreck on Cedartown Bypass
UPDATED: 7:32 PM Apr 12, 2016 From Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome: Northbound lanes of the bypass are open. The Collard Valley intersection is open. Southbound lanes of the bypass from Home Depot to Collard Valley are still closed. UPDATED: 5:22 PM Apr 12, 2016 From the Georgia State Patrol:Continue Reading
Aragon woman found dead in Florida
CBS 46 Atlanta Authorities have identified a Georgia woman whose dismembered body was found in a wooded area in central Florida. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office identified the body on Thursday as 42-year-old Ethel Shannon McCarson. Sheriff’s office spokeswoman Lourdes Clayton says a passer-by discovered McCarson in an Orange CountyContinue Reading
City undercharging residents on water bill; updated rates take effect in May
PRESS RELEASE For the last six years, City of Cedartown water customers have been undercharged for water service due to an administrative oversight that took place in 2010. Correcting the oversight means that city officials must raise the water billing rates of some of their customers starting in May. InContinue Reading
Coosa Valley Credit Union to merge with Northwest Georgia Credit Union
PRESS RELEASE The board of directors of Coosa Valley Credit Union and Northwest Georgia Credit Union announced today that they have reached an agreement to merge. Both credit unions are well operated and financially sound and both are headquartered in Rome, Georgia. Both Coosa Valley credit union and Northwest Georgia credit unionContinue Reading
Rockmart woman killed in wreck
A Rockmart woman died after the car she was riding in ran off the road to avoid hitting a dog. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 31-year-old Miranda Thomas of a Rockmart address was pronounced dead from severe traumatic injuries at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta just after midnightContinue Reading
Two-year-old child dies after being found unresponsive in small pond
A tragedy for a local family on Saturday as a 2-year-old girl died after being found in a landscaping pond behind a house. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, officers were called out to Gibson Street at about 6:30 p.m. where the child was found unresponsive in the shallowContinue Reading
GDOL to help Pilgrim’s recruit workers in Cedartown
Pilgrim’s will be recruiting about 35 production workers for a poultry-processing facility in Carrollton on Thursday, March 24. The Georgia Department of Labor’s (GDOL) Cedartown Career Center will host the recruitment from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The career center is located at 262 North Park Blvd. The company is recruiting graders, packers,Continue Reading