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Citing a decline in heavy construction due to the slowdown in new housing, Advanced Steel Technology Inc. in Rome Tuesday said it had sent a letter of Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification to its employees. The letter, sent May 24, is required by federal law in the case of jobContinue Reading

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The Cedartown Fire Department was the recipient of a $1,000 donation from the Cedartown Wal-Mart. According to fire department officials, the money is to be used to purchase materials for the construction of fire-fighting simulators. With this money, they will be able to build a simulator with real doors andContinue Reading

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A domestic incident has resulted in the death of a Cartersville woman and the arrest of her sister on a murder charge. 28 year old Tanisia Thomas is charged with the stabbing death of her sister, Tavarra Williams. The incident occurred at a home on Mission Ridge Drive where deputiesContinue Reading

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After years of struggling with drought conditions throughout much of the south, heavy rains have made the region nearly drought-free for the first time in several years. Over 95% of the south is now drought-free. Only a very small section of southwestern Florida is experiencing D1-Moderate Drought. Small sections ofContinue Reading

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A local Floyd County soldier in the National Guard was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan on Thursday. 21 year old Jeffery W. Jordan of Cave Spring was killed during a deployment with the 108th, which is part of the more than 2,000 members of the Macon-based 48th InfantryContinue Reading

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Tallapoosa authorities are investigating an over decade old rape case after one of the two suspects was entered in to a DNA database producing a match. Investigators Terry Parker and Mark Worthy will travel to south Florida to interview the Colquitt prison inmate in relation to the rape. Investigators willContinue Reading

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Polk County police have made a third arrest in the May 7th attempted burglary at a house on Mountain Home Loop Road. According to reports, 23 year old Jessica Lane Griffen of a Morton Springs Rd. address in Cedartown was arrested Friday, June 1 on a warrant from the PolkContinue Reading

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A Rockmart man with warrants from Haralson County led Floyd County Sheriff’s Deputies on a chase that ended in a swamp near Woods Road at 7:30 Wednesday night, according to Cpl. John Blalock of the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office. According to Floyd County Jail records, 35 year old Paul LynnContinue Reading

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Cedartown High School is among several local high schools that were given notice that they will get grants from the Georgia Appalachian Center for Higher Education at North Georgia College and State University. The grants will provide resources for them to increase their graduation and college-going rate. The high schoolsContinue Reading