Polk School District officials report that Van Wert Elementary School in Rockmart was placed on temporary lockdown Thursday afternoon. According to an alert sent out by the Polk School District communications office, Van Wert was placed on lockdown status due to Polk County Police pursuing a suspect in the area.Continue Reading
Cedartown Police were called to a Russell Street residence Tuesday evening to the report of someone being shot. According to reports, officers were dispatched by Polk 911 at around 7:00 PM Tuesday to a Russell Street residence on the report that a female victim had been shot by two maskedContinue Reading
Polk County Deputy Coroner Marty Robinson has identified the victim in Tuesday’s deadly crash as Richard Allen Jolly, 67, of a Culp Lake Road address. Jolly was driving a white Chevrolet truck when he was reportedly struck by a tractor trailer at the intersection of Highway 278 and Canal Street.Continue Reading
PRESS RELEASE Five individuals will face a long and serious list of charges after an early-evening vandalism spree in Downtown Cedartown on January 21 left one local driver unnerved and local business owners with thousands of dollars worth of damage to their property. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome,Continue Reading
Cedartown Police say they have three individuals in custody in connection with a number of broken storefront windows and a couple of broken car windows in Downtown Cedartown Wednesday night. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, a pellet gun was recovered from a vehicle matching the description of theContinue Reading
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WGAA is bringing you coverage of the Cedartown Bulldogs and Rockmart Yellow Jackets right here on online. Click below for the link to our webstreams: GIRLS BASKETBALL – Cedartown Lady Dawgs @ Pepperell Lady Dragons – Friday, January 9 – Live at 7:00 PM BOYS BASKETBALL – Cedartown Bulldogs @Continue Reading
Rockmart’s Jaylin Smith may have had one of the best individual performances of the year Tuesday evening as he led the Rockmart Yellow Jackets boys basketball team to an opening region win on the road. Smith tallied 33 points in a 60-49 win over the Pepperell Dragons, improving Rockmart’s overallContinue Reading
The City of Cedartown announced today that the Goodyear Civic Center will be made available tonight as an emergency-only shelter for residents — city or county – as forecasters are calling for temperatures to drop to 10 degrees or below. According to Cedartown City Manager Bill Fann, residents who haveContinue Reading
Polk County Police recently arrested a woman who reportedly led police on a brief pursuit while driving the wrong way on a divided highway. According to reports, Polk 911 advised police that someone had called about a wrong way driver on Highway 278 near Wimberly Hill Road. The driver wasContinue Reading
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