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Singing Christmas Tree Friday, Dec. 19th at 7 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21st at 6 p.m. with refreshments following New Harmony Baptist Church at 951 Prior Station RoadContinue Reading

Pancakes with Santa!!

By: Gail Conner

On: December 2, 2025

In: Local Events

Have pancakes with Santa! Saturday, Dec. 20th from 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. at Doyle Road Baptist Church 1197 Doyle Road, Cedartown, GA 30125 Help support the youth of Doyle Road Baptist Church!! ScreenshotContinue Reading

YOUTH NIGHT

By: Gail Conner

On: December 1, 2025

In: Community News

Friday, Dec. 12 from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Rivers of Living Water G.E.M. 513 Goodyear Avenue Rockmart, GA 30153 Games, Food, Prizes and fun!!Continue Reading

Cedartown a “no-show” for reclassification hearing

By: Staff Reports

On: November 12, 2025

In: Area News, Local News, News Desk, Sports

CEDARTOWN, GA – Officials at the Polk School District say that an appeal for Cedartown High School to move from Class 5A to Class 4A, following the Georgia High School Association reclassification process was made in error. According to Assistant Superintendent and County Athletics Director Barry Williams, the school populationContinue Reading

GNTC Launches Line Repairer Apprenticeship Program

By: Staff Reports

On: November 10, 2025

In: Area News, Local News, News Desk

Georgia Northwestern Technical College has launched a new apprenticeship program to help train the next generation of electrical line repairers. The U.S. Department of Labor–registered Line Repairer Apprenticeship is offered through GNTC’s Office of Economic Development in partnership with Gridco, a Birmingham-based grid infrastructure company. The three-year program provides advanced,Continue Reading

Cedartown man sentenced to 20 years for attacking Polk County jailers

By: Staff Reports

On: November 10, 2025

In: Area News, Local News, News Desk

A Cedartown man will spend the next 20 years in prison for attacking two Polk County Jail officers. Forty-six-year-old Dewayne Young pled guilty on November third before Superior Court Judge Andrew Roper, admitting to charges from a July fifth assault inside the jail that left two officers hurt. Prosecutors sayContinue Reading

Field of candidates set for interviews to fill open commissioner seat

By: Staff Reports

On: November 10, 2025

In: Area News, Local News, News Desk

The Polk County Commission will hold public interviews on Monday, November 17th, to select a new District 1 Commissioner. Six candidates are in the running for the seat left vacant by the passing of Commissioner Gary Martin. They are David McElwee, Deborah Connelly, James Vines, David Lindsey, Chip Popham, andContinue Reading

Cedartown’s Veterans Day Program Set for Tuesday

By: Staff Reports

On: November 10, 2025

In: Area News, Local News, News Desk

Cedartown will honor local veterans with a special Veterans Day program on Tuesday, November 11, at the Cedartown Veterans Memorial Park.The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. This year’s guest speaker will be Captain John Hamil, commander of the Herbert R. Bridges National Guard Armory. Organizers say everyone is invited toContinue Reading

Marjorie Taylor Greene says she will vote 'NO' on proposed NDAA, blasts foreign aid spending December 9, 2025
While House Speaker Mike Johnson has spoken highly of the proposed NDAA, GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia noted in a post on X that she will vote against it
Melting mountain ice reveals 'rare' 1,500-year-old hunting facility still smelling of reindeer December 9, 2025
Ancient artifacts recently emerged from Norway's melting mountains, surprising archaeologists with a remarkably preserved 1,500-year-old wooden hunting facility.
North Carolina teen sues school after Charlie Kirk tribute sparked ‘criminal investigation’ and censorship December 9, 2025
North Carolina high school student Gabby Stout faced investigation and harassment after painting Charlie Kirk tribute on school rock, sparking a First Amendment lawsuit.
Turning Point chapter head rips Christian school for banning political groups after org forced underground December 9, 2025
Christian university in California bars Turning Point USA chapter recognition, citing new policy against political clubs operating on campus grounds.
Controversial 'OCTOBER 7' survivors play coming to Trump-led Kennedy Center after past threats December 9, 2025
A new play documenting real survivor accounts of Hamas' horrific Oct. 7 attack on Israel is coming next month to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Member of state House indicted in federal unemployment benefits case
ATLANTA — A metro Atlanta lawmaker accused of theft of government funds in connection with COVID-19 relief pleaded not guilty in federal court Monday. Rep. Sharon Henderson, D-Covington, walked into the courtroom in downtown Atlanta wearing ankle cuffs, after she was arrested at her home in the morning. U.S. Magistrate Judge Justin S. Anand made […]
Murderer scheduled for execution next week
ATLANTA — Two Cobb County women lost their lives because of a few thousand dollars, and soon the man convicted of killing them and taking their money is scheduled to meet his own end. Eighteen years ago, Stacey Ian Humphreys was convicted of murder and other crimes in the 2003 deaths of Cindy Williams and […]
Marjorie Taylor Greene fires back at Trump, who called her a traitor
ATLANTA — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene criticized President Donald Trump in a televised interview Sunday, saying he had abandoned his MAGA followers to help “major industries” and “big donors.” During her nearly 14-minute interview on the CBS News program 60 Minutes, the Rome Republican criticized Trump and gave one reason why she had decided to […]
All public schools to have naloxone by spring
ATLANTA — In a nod to the spread of opioids, Georgia is installing overdose reversal kits at all 2,300 public schools in the state using money from a legal settlement with the pharmaceutical industry. Distribution began this fall in parts of metro Atlanta and in southwest and central Georgia. The initiative is expected to be completed statewide […]
Lawmakers seek Lottery money for need-based college scholarships
ATLANTA — A record number enrolled in Georgia’s public colleges and universities this fall as the state’s lottery continued to produce a windfall for academic scholarships, but a bipartisan legislative committee thinks too many students are still being left behind. More than 2 million have received a HOPE Scholarship since the public lottery that funds […]
Holiday deliveries coming to some homes by air, without the ‘ho ho ho’
ATLANTA — They will not be dropping packages down your chimney, but unmanned air couriers will be able to deliver to your lawn in time for Christmas, if you live near one of six Walmart Supercenters in the suburbs that ring Atlanta. Walmart announced the new service with partner Wing on Wednesday. In addition to metro Atlanta, […]
No handing out food and drink at polling places, court rules
ATLANTA — A federal appeals court has restored a state ban on giving food and drink to people waiting in line to vote. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta on Monday cancelled a preliminary injunction issued by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia two years ago that stopped the […]
Drones a threat to prison security
ATLANTA — Drones powerful enough to lift a human have become a routine tool for delivering contraband in Georgia prisons. At a hearing Monday about the budget for prisons, Tyrone Oliver, the commissioner for the state Department of Corrections, said drones have been used to drop drugs laced with fentanyl and other goods, including power […]
Lawmakers, including former defendant, react to dismissal of Trump election case in Georgia
ATLANTA — The only lawmaker among the group of co-indictees with President Donald Trump who were dismissed from the election fraud prosecution this week lashed out at the Fulton County district attorney who brought the charges more than two years ago. “I genuinely believe that Fani Willis knew from the beginning that there was no […]
Georgia election conspiracy case against Trump and indicted allies dismissed
ATLANTA — Nearly half a decade after it started, the election fraud case against Donald Trump and his fellow indicted allies has ended, with a Fulton County judge on Wednesday granting a special prosecutor’s request for dismissal of the conspiracy case against the president and his 14 remaining co-defendants. Peter Skandalakis, executive director of the […]