The Polk County chapter of the Exchange Club honored the Polk County and Cedartown Fire Department’s with the annual “Fireman of the Year” award on Thursday night at Meadow Lakes Country Club.        Cedartown Fireman Felix White was honored as the city’s “fireman of the year, and Susan JacksonContinue Reading

       A constant mist fell over Murray County for the entire, but that was about the only thing that could dampen the Dawgs 65-13 win.        The junior varsity players gained some valuable experience and several banged up varsity players got the night off, including stand out Nick Chubb.       Continue Reading

       The Cedartown Bulldogs (6-2, 3-1) will travel to Chatsworth, Georgia on Friday to wrap up the regular season against the Murray County Indians (1-7, 0-4).        Murray County has had a tough year on the gridiron, but they did receive good news this week. Due to Dalton’s ineligibility issues,Continue Reading

       The Polk School District Board of Education met in special session on Tuesday morning at 10am and in the evening at 6pm for the purpose of receiving community input regarding “re-districting”.        State Senator Bill Heath was in attendance for the morningContinue Reading

Dalton High School’s Catamounts football team must forfeit four games after the Georgia High School Association ruled the team used an ineligible player. The GHSA’s ruling followed an investigation concerning the eligibility of starting linebacker Corey Smith, a senior, whom GHSA officials said did not make a “bona fide move”Continue Reading

The Polk County Chamber of Commerce will host a Membership Appreciation Breakfast, sponsored by Harbin Clinic, on Wednesday, November 2, 7:30am, at the Rockmart Depot.  Dr. Ken Davis, President and CEO of Harbin Clinic, will be the speaker.  The Chamber’s Member Value Committee designated October as Membership Appreciation Month andContinue Reading

        It wasn’t, by any stretch, an easy win for the Cedartown Bulldogs, but perhaps it was the most rewarding. On a night where the team tried on many occasions to let Cartersville escape town with a win, the athleticism and determination of the Dawgs prevailed.         After going up 6-0Continue Reading

       The Cedartown Bulldogs (5-2, 2-1) will return to action tonight as they take on the Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (4-3, 2-1) at 7:30pm at Cedartown Memorial Stadium.        Cedartown is coming off a heartbreaking 27-21 loss to the Allatoona Buccaneers, in which Allatoona recovered from a two touchdown deficit to remainContinue Reading

I wanted to send you some information about a young marine who was just killed Friday Oct 13, 2011.  He will be brought home tomorrow Oct 20, 2011 to a wonderful processional route with people standing and honoring him as a hero.  His family is grieving terribly for this young man.  Continue Reading

Cedartown native and champion wheelchair racer Krige Schabort was injured on Monday in a hit and run incident while out training. The Georgia State Patrol received a call regarding the incident and Corporal Joe Stephens was the officer to respond to the scene. Stephens said that there were two witnessesContinue Reading