Schools Polk School District – CLOSED Paulding County Schools – CLOSED Floyd County Schools – CLOSED Rome City Schools – CLOSED Darlington School – CLOSED (According to Hometown Headlines) Montessori School (Rome) – CLOSED Unity Christian School – CLOSED Saint Mary’s Catholic School – CLOSED Excel Christian Academy – CLOSEDContinue Reading
Schools Polk School District – CLOSED Floyd County Schools – CLOSED Rome City Schools – CLOSED Paulding County Schools – CLOSED Bartow County Schools – CLOSED Cartersville City Schools – CLOSED Haralson County Schools – CLOSEDContinue Reading
A Winter Storm Watch has been issued along and north of a line from Newnan to Covington to Athens. Rain will change over to snow on Wednesday with 2-4″ of accumulation possible, with up to 6″ in the northeast mountains. Lower amounts are possible on the south side of theContinue Reading
Citizens of Cedartown and all of Polk County are mourning the loss of a beloved community leader . Polk County Commission Chairman Billy Croker passed away Saturday afternoon after suffering a heart attack earlier in the week. In addition to serving on the county commission, Croker had also served asContinue Reading
Units of the Polk County Fire Department, along with the Rockmart Fire Department and the Georgia Forestry Commission spent most of Valentines Day battling a woods fire near Braswell Mountain Road and Highway 278. According to Polk County Fire Chief and EMA Director Randy Lacey, about 80 acres were consumedContinue Reading
Units of the Polk County Fire Department were called to a Branch Road location to the report of a chicken house on fire. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found flames in the center of one of the buildings. Polk County Fire Chief and EMA Director Randy Lacey says thereContinue Reading
PRESS RELEASE City Commissioners viewed a set of conceptual drawings for a proposed event center in the heart of downtown Cedartown during their February 2 work session. City Manager Bill Fann stressed that the proposed event center is in the infancy stage of planning. It has not been approved byContinue Reading
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
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