School board votes to create new College and Career Academy board
The Polk School District Board of Education met Tuesday morning to formally form a new board that will effectively oversee the completion of a new college and career academy for the county. The board, known as the Polk County College and Career Academy, Inc. is comprised mostly of business andContinue Reading
Rome bank robbery suspect caught in Rockmart
WRGA News Rome police Lt. Gary Clayton identified the suspect in this morning’s bank robbery as 49-year-old Michael Stiles. He is charged with robbery. Stiles was found the trunk of a vehicle driven by a man identified as his uncle, 63-year-old Curtis Stiles who was stopped by Rockmart police forContinue Reading
LISTEN LIVE: Polk County’s football teams are live here
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: Cedartown Bulldogs vs. Central-Carroll Lions – Live at 7:00 PM Rockmart Yellow Jackets vs. Haralson County Rebels – Live at 7:00 PM Go Dawgs andContinue Reading
Polk arrest was part of statewide child porn sting
An arrest of a Polk County man earlier this month was one of many arrests conducted across the state as part of a multi-agency electronic child pornography sting. According to a press release issued this week, the state wide endeavor, known as Operation MasqueRAID, began in July 2014 and centeredContinue Reading
Polk Residents Get First Look at New Polk Medical Center
More than 500 people toured the new home of Polk Medical Center as the hospital opened the doors for its Grand Preview event. It was the first opportunity for the community to see the $40 million medical complex, which will officially open on November 6. “I stand in awe ofContinue Reading
LISTEN LIVE to Polk County’s football teams
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: Cedartown Bulldogs @ Haralson County Rebels – Live at 7:00 PM Rockmart Yellow Jackets @ Callaway Cavaliers – Live at 7:00 PM Go Dawgs andContinue Reading
Georgia’s unemployment rate declines to 7.9 percent in September
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for September was 7.9 percent, down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.1 percent in August. The rate in September of last year was 8.0 percent. “The rate dropped because there were 5,744 fewer unemployedContinue Reading
Feds arrest Cedartown man on child porn charges
Federal agents and local authorities collaborated to make an arrest on a man who they say obtained and possessed digital images of child pornography on his computer. Homeland Security agents, along with the Polk County Drug Task Force went to a home on Lees Chapel Road earlier this month toContinue Reading
Brazier and Robinson take oath of office for coroner
Tony Brazier was officially sworn in as Polk County’s new coroner Tuesday morning, following the sudden resignation of long time coroner Trey Litesey last month. Brazier had been acting coroner ever since Litesey tendered his resignation several weeks ago. Probate Judge Linda Smith administered the oath of office to Brazier,Continue Reading
Bond denied in murder case against John Paul Jones
Bond was denied during a pre-trial hearing and arraignment Tuesday morning in Polk County Superior Court of the man who allegedly gunned down a former police officer in early August. John Paul Jones has been in jail ever since his arrest on August 6, when police say he fatally shotContinue Reading