‘Beauty and the Beast’ taking the stage with local talent, stunning set designs
PRESS RELEASE CEDARTOWN, Ga. – To borrow a phrase from a familiar Disney show tune, the cast of the upcoming Disney’s Beauty and the Beast performance invites local residents to “be their guest” in Cedartown on Aug. 15 and 16. The Cedartown Theatrical Performers’ Company and the Cedartown Performing ArtsContinue Reading
Japanese baseball team ready for trip to Cedartown
PRESS RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – On Saturday, August 2, the phrase, “Play Ball!,” will bring together two cultures from opposite sides of the globe for a friendly game of baseball. Twenty children from Japan will make the 15-hour journey from their hometown of Inabe City, Mie, to Georgia to runContinue Reading
Boil water advisory issued for sections of Cedartown
A boil water advisory has been put into place by the City of Cedartown Water Treatment Plant for a certain segment of its customers. Customers affected by the boil water advisory have been notified via hand-delivered official written notice. The area affected includes East Girard Avenue (from Main Street eastward),Continue Reading
Standoff at Floyd County apartment leads to arrest
The Rome/Floyd SWAT team was called in Thursday following a suspect who barricaded himself inside an apartment and allegedly threatened to burn it down. Floyd County Police originally responded to the call of a woman who had been cut by an assailant’s knife at the Ashton Ridge apartments on CallierContinue Reading
Three injured in College Dr. wreck on Thursday
Cedartown Police, Fire, and Redmond EMS responded to a single vehicle accident Thursday afternoon where a Chevy HHR had lost control on College Drive and slammed into numerous mailboxes. According to reports, the driver told police that she heard a loud pop as if a tire had busted. She thenContinue Reading
Unemployment rate up slightly in Polk
The unemployment rate in Polk County rose slightly last month when compared to May’s numbers, according to State Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “In Polk County, we saw the unemployment rate rise to 7.6 percent in June, which is an increase of 0.3 percent since the last month,” said Butler. “However,Continue Reading
GDOL to help Automation Personnel recruit workers in Rome next week
PRESS RELEASE ATLANTA –The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will help Automation Personnel fill more than 30 jobs in Calhoun and Adairsville with a light industrial manufacturer. The recruitment will be held Tuesday, July 29, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the GDOL Rome Career Center, 462 Riverside Parkway.Continue Reading
World Series champs to be honored during cruise-in and concert
The already planned Fourth Friday Concert and Cruise-In for Friday night now has a championship flavor as members of Cedartown’s two Dizzy Dean World Championship teams will be honored. According to city officials, a processional is being organized for the two teams, the Cedartown Bulldogs 16U baseball team and theContinue Reading
Drivers asked to use caution as road repair is under way
PRESS RELEASE Drivers traveling through the Cave Spring Road/Girard Avenue intersection will soon find their commute a little less bumpy and gravely. According to Kelvin Garmon, Public Works Director, workers are out right now setting concrete in that intersection, filling up the narrow ditch created when a new sewer lineContinue Reading
Injured Adairsville officer shoots suspect
An Adairsville Police Officer is on paid administrative leave after he fatally shot a suspect around 12:40 a.m. on Tuesday. The officer stopped a suspicious vehicle on the entrance ramp to I-75 north at Highway 140. The officer checked the license plate of the driver, 29-year-old Charles Leon Johnson, II,Continue Reading