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River

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River is about a year old and weighs 51 pounds. She is a little timid but friendly. She is learning to walk on a leash and is catching on fast. She was picked up with her friend Rex. River has been given a DA2PPvL vaccine. The adoption fee will be $35 to help cover the cost. Upon adoption, adopters are required to fill out a rabies and sterilization contract and will receive a Spay/Neuter Rebate Voucher provided by the Polk County Humane Society. Your new adoptive pet comes with a free 30 day health insurance policy. Activation information provided at time of adoption.

This shelter is NOT a no-kill facility. If you are interested, please act quickly.

Polk County Animal Control
Cedartown, GA
Adoptions: 678-361-7304
pspp_inc@yahoo.com

Lilith is about 6 months old and weighs 31 pounds. She is friendly and well mannered. She is learning to walk on a leash. She gets along well with other dogs. Lilith has received her DA2PPvL vaccine and deworming. The adoption fee will be $35 to help cover the cost. Upon adoption, adopters are required to fill out a rabies and sterilization contract and will receive a Spay/Neuter Rebate Voucher provided by the Polk County Humane Society. Your new adoptive pet comes with a free 30 day health insurance policy. Activation information provided at time of adoption.

This shelter is NOT a no-kill facility. If you are interested, please act quickly.

Polk County Animal Control
Cedartown, GA
Adoptions: 678-361-7304
pspp_inc@yahoo.com

A large crowd was present at Monday's special session of the PSD Board of Education

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 from the state, no personnel cuts or any pay cuts are included in the budget. Williams said that he doesn’t speculate any changes in the current plan and said he feels better about the progress. The superintendent also applauded the efforts of the board to keep the kids and teachers as their priority. With the state easing the classroom size requirements Monday, Williams says that he and his administrators will look at the options. However, he emphasized that larger class sizes may not be the best for Polk School District. A budget committee meeting was set for Tuesday, June 1 at 5 p.m. at the Polk School District Central Office on South College Street in Cedartown.

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 charges of insubordination.  Berry said Friday that the charges stemmed from how the chief organized the departments work schedule.  Berry said that after Payne refused to place some officers on desired shifts, she turned the scheduling responsibilities over to City Clerk Terri Daulton. The recent firing came after the mayor tried unsuccessfully in March to dismiss Payne but the council voted in April to reinstate him.  Payne said Friday that he felt the councils vote to dismiss him was unfair.

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 Altima as Katherine Greeson and says she suffered lacerations from the seatbelt and minor cuts to her knee – but is expected to be ok. Troopers says crash investigation evidence and eye-witness accounts indicate that Cook ran the red light at the intersection which led to Greeson t-boning Cook’s car. No charges will be filed as Cook was at fault.

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 Hokes Bluff and that the cause of death is speculated to be blunt force trauma to the head. An autopsy is currently underway to determine the exact cause of death. District Attorney Jimmie Harp said 25 year old Jeremy Wayne Grissom is charged with Murder, and Abuse of a Corpse with the Abuse of a Corpse charge, being due to his preparation to dispose of the body. Grissom reportedly wrapped the victims body multiple times in plastic and duct tape – he then placed the body inside a duffle bag and began cleaning the house. Harp said he also took the time to move Payne’s car to a different location. Hokes Bluff Police arrived on the scene and took Grissom into custody at 6:57pm following a 9-1-1 call, made by one of his own family members. Grissom is currently being held in the Etowah County Detention Center on $500,000 bond, for each charge. Sheriff Entrekin said the slaying is thought to have possibly been the result of a domestic dispute which escalated. Payne was a 2000 graduate of Sylvania High School.

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 a boyou in the area where he was last seen. Coker was thrown from his boat after apparently striking what is believed to have been a submerged log. According to Cherokee County Coroner Don Rogers the official cause of death will be drowning. Crews from the Cherokee County Rescue Squad, Piedmont Rescue Squad, Cedar Bluff Fire Department, Personnel from the Centre Fire Department, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Department, Cedar Bluff Police, Cherokee EMS, air units from Lifeforce and the Etowah County Sheriff’s Department all assisted in the recovery efforts. A specially trained search dog unit from the Huntsville Emergency Services was also called to the scene on Thursday to assist as well.

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 that went from Centre, Ala to Esom Hill. Patterson pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Rome to the possession and sale of at least 50 grams of methamphetamines in March. Patterson was arrested following a two-month investigation.

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 charges of criminal trespass and criminal damage to property in the second degree. Newsome says that entry was not made to the building however, an exterior storm window and primary window to the kitchen were broken. The incident occurred around 12:30 Wednesday afternoon.

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 Texas and Florida. They have at least one suspect in mind so far, but no arrests yet.