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U.S. senators Saxby Chamblis and Johnny Isakson on Monday announced that the city of Rockmart will receive a $300,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to construct infrastructure improvements at the Ga. 101 Industrial Park. The city of Rockmart will use the funding to develop an additional water well, asContinue Reading

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A Polk County school bus carrying 15 students was struck by a garbage truck Tuesday morning. Georgia State Patrol spokesman Sergeant Wade Chaffin says there were no serious injuries. “The garbage truck was apparently following too close. The driver of the truck attempted to evasively, rather than strike the busContinue Reading

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Bartow County Sheriff’s investigators have arrested a Cartersville man in connection with Identity Theft. According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, investigators arrested 28 year old Brandon George Tasker of 7 Chestnut St. Tuesday afternoon. Tasker allegedly used someone else’s checking account information from February 2008 until it was discovered in AugustContinue Reading

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The Piedmont police department has received about $50,000 worth of new equipment thanks to several grants from the Alabama department of economic and community affairs. The most significant additions are mobile data units and printers that have been installed in the cities police cruisers. Sergeant Don Glover says this newContinue Reading

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The Georgia Department of Revenue announced that flooding victims can now apply for tax relief. Taxpayers who reside in or have a business located in Bartow and Chattooga counties, along with several from metro Atlanta. Deadlines are being postponed until Dec. 17 for taxpayers who live or have a businessContinue Reading

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A proposal by the city of Atlanta to build a 2,000-acre reservoir in north Georgia to resolve its drinking water shortage has Alabama officials already raising concerns that the plan would siphon too much water from the Coosa River. The controversial idea to build the reservoir on Shoal Creek andContinue Reading

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A Cartersville man is on a whirlwind of a ride since winning a quarter-million dollar lottery win. Henry Wilson won $250,000 playing the Georgia Lottery instant game Bass Pro Shops $250,000 Cash Adventure. Thanks to his 22-year-old daughter, the 55 year old Wilson decided to stop at BP Food Mart,Continue Reading