Concept drawings of proposed event center presented to commissioners
PRESS RELEASE City Commissioners viewed a set of conceptual drawings for a proposed event center in the heart of downtown Cedartown during their February 2 work session. City Manager Bill Fann stressed that the proposed event center is in the infancy stage of planning. It has not been approved byContinue Reading
Van Wert placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon
Polk School District officials report that Van Wert Elementary School in Rockmart was placed on temporary lockdown Thursday afternoon. According to an alert sent out by the Polk School District communications office, Van Wert was placed on lockdown status due to Polk County Police pursuing a suspect in the area.Continue Reading
Shooting reported at Russell Street residence
Cedartown Police were called to a Russell Street residence Tuesday evening to the report of someone being shot. According to reports, officers were dispatched by Polk 911 at around 7:00 PM Tuesday to a Russell Street residence on the report that a female victim had been shot by two maskedContinue Reading
UPDATE: Coroner’s office releases ID of crash victim
Polk County Deputy Coroner Marty Robinson has identified the victim in Tuesday’s deadly crash as Richard Allen Jolly, 67, of a Culp Lake Road address. Jolly was driving a white Chevrolet truck when he was reportedly struck by a tractor trailer at the intersection of Highway 278 and Canal Street.Continue Reading
DEVELOPING: Five now under arrest in connection with window shootings
PRESS RELEASE Five individuals will face a long and serious list of charges after an early-evening vandalism spree in Downtown Cedartown on January 21 left one local driver unnerved and local business owners with thousands of dollars worth of damage to their property. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome,Continue Reading
Downtown storefront windows broken; police have three in custody
Cedartown Police say they have three individuals in custody in connection with a number of broken storefront windows and a couple of broken car windows in Downtown Cedartown Wednesday night. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, a pellet gun was recovered from a vehicle matching the description of theContinue Reading
High School Basketball: LISTEN LIVE
Click below to listen live to WGAA!! WGAA is bringing you coverage of the Cedartown Bulldogs and Rockmart Yellow Jackets right here on online. Click below for the link to our webstreams: GIRLS BASKETBALL – Cedartown Lady Dawgs @ Central-Carroll Lady Lions – Tuesday, January 20 – Live at 6:00Continue Reading
High school basketball tonight
WGAA is bringing you coverage of the Cedartown Bulldogs and Rockmart Yellow Jackets right here on online. Click below for the link to our webstreams: GIRLS BASKETBALL – Cedartown Lady Dawgs @ Pepperell Lady Dragons – Friday, January 9 – Live at 7:00 PM BOYS BASKETBALL – Cedartown Bulldogs @Continue Reading
Rockmart boys hoops win in opening region game
Rockmart’s Jaylin Smith may have had one of the best individual performances of the year Tuesday evening as he led the Rockmart Yellow Jackets boys basketball team to an opening region win on the road. Smith tallied 33 points in a 60-49 win over the Pepperell Dragons, improving Rockmart’s overallContinue Reading
City offering warming shelter for those in need
The City of Cedartown announced today that the Goodyear Civic Center will be made available tonight as an emergency-only shelter for residents — city or county – as forecasters are calling for temperatures to drop to 10 degrees or below. According to Cedartown City Manager Bill Fann, residents who haveContinue Reading