May 2010

A standing room only crowd was present at Monday’s Special Session of the Polk School District Board of Education amid rumors that cuts in teacher supplements would be made through the ongoing budget crisis. However, Superintendent Marvin Williams says that based on what the district is expecting in allotments fromContinue Reading

HEFLEN, ALA. (WCKA) – Ousted Heflin Police Chief Ty Payne is expected to take his fight to regain his job to the federal courts this week.  Payne was dismissed Friday on a 4 to 2 vote of the Heflin City council after Mayor Anna Berry cited Payne with three chargesContinue Reading

One person is dead following a two-vehicle accident just before noon Monday at the intersection of Georgia Loop 1 and the Old Calhoun Road in Rome. State Troopers and Deputy Coroner Gene Procter identified the deceased as 54-year-old Doris Cook of Kingston. Troopers identified the driver of the Nissan AltimaContinue Reading

A 25 year old Hokes Bluff man has been placed under arrest in connection with the death of his girlfriend. Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin said that the body of 28 year old Monica Michelle Payne was found Wednesday night inside a residence located at 5588 Clinton Street in HokesContinue Reading

CEDAR BLUFF, ALA (WEIS) – The body of an Adairsville, Georgia fisherman who went missing after he was thrown from his bass boat late Tuesday evening, has been recovered. Rescue workers recovered 67 year old Jerry Coker from Weiss Lake at 6:14 Saturday morning. Coker was found next to aContinue Reading

An Esom Hill man has received his sentence for his involvement in a far reaching drug ring in Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama. According to reports, 37 year old Butch Chad Patterson of Esom Hill was sentenced to nine years in federal prison as part of a meth ring thatContinue Reading

Cedartown Police were dispatched to a possible burglary at the Woman’s Building on Wissahickon Avenue Wednesday. Cedartown Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome says that two concerned citizens made the call. The two citizens held the would be burglar until officers arrived. Police arrested 45 year old Perry Strickland on chargesContinue Reading

Police in Carrollton are looking for whoever stole a half million dollars of copper from Southwire Corp. They say two men in a tractor trailer drove off with 132,000 pounds of copper a couple of weeks ago. Police are wondering if it may be connected to similar cases in TexasContinue Reading

CEDAR BLUFF, ALA. – Authorities have learned the identity of the man missing after being involved in a boating accident Tuesday evening in Cedar Bluff. According to family members at the location – the victim has been identified, as 67 year old Jerry Coker of Adairsville, Georgia. Coker was thrownContinue Reading