The City of Cedartown Fire Department is showing its support for the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) as its members kick off the annual Fill the Boot fundraising campaign to help kids and adults with muscular dystrophy, ALS and related muscle-debilitating diseases live longer and grow stronger. Continuing a more thanContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – May 12, 2017: Brigadier General Doyle D. “Don” Broome, Jr. (U.S. Army Ret.) will be the keynote speaker at the Cedartown Memorial Day Service held on Monday, May 29. The solemn service will take place at the Cedartown Veterans Park at 11 a.m. Memorial Day,Continue Reading
Cedartown, GA: A raccoon has tested positive for animal rabies, and public health officials are reminding Polk County residents about the potential dangers of rabies and urging them to make sure their pets are vaccinated against the potentially deadly disease. The raccoon was found near Peek’s Park in Cedartown, butContinue Reading
Cedartown Police are looking for a suspect in a Thursday morning stabbing. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, a 17-year-old male was stabbed during an altercation when he caught 49-year-old Matthew Dalton Stroup trying to break into the victim’s grandmother’s car. Newsome said the victim chased Stroup and caught up withContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – May 11, 2017: The City of Cedartown’s water pollution control plant recently earned a Gold Award from the Georgia Association of Water Professionals. The award means that the City’s control plant had 100-percent permit compliance in 2016. The GAWP Gold Award is a very difficultContinue Reading
The Polk County Jail releases the arrest reports in the mornings during the week. Click on the link below to view the file in PDF format. Media Arrest Summary with Photos__2017-05-10_08-11-37-AMContinue Reading
From WRGA News: An inmate who escaped from the Floyd County Courthouse Monday disabled the locks on his leg shackles before running from three sheriff’s deputies, according to arrest reports. 26-year old Dustin Earl Cotton fled the third floor of the courthouse just before noon Monday, sparking a manhunt betweenContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE The Polk County Water Authority welcomed its latest Board member during their April session. Shemetrice Matthews was installed unanimously during the meeting, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of the Board Chairman, Mr. Jim Wright. Matthews is a Polk County resident who has expressed a keen interestContinue Reading
From Polk Medical Center: Laura Corn, a nurse in Polk Medical Center’s Emergency Department, has been named the hospital’s 2017 Nurse of the Year. Corn began her nursing career at Floyd Medical Center in 1998, before joining the staff at Polk Medical Center, where she has become known for herContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Rome, GA: The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) Northwest Health District’s Chronic Disease Prevention Program and the Northwest Georgia Regional Cancer Coalition (NWGRCC) were recently recognized by the DPH Chronic Prevention Section for excellence and commitment in creating and mobilizing organizational partnerships to identify and solve communityContinue Reading