A Rockmart woman died after the car she was riding in ran off the road to avoid hitting a dog. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 31-year-old Miranda Thomas of a Rockmart address was pronounced dead from severe traumatic injuries at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta just after midnightContinue Reading

Pilgrim’s will be recruiting about 35 production workers for a poultry-processing facility in Carrollton on Thursday, March 24. The Georgia Department of Labor’s (GDOL) Cedartown Career Center will host the recruitment from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The career center is located at 262 North Park Blvd. The company is recruiting graders, packers,Continue Reading

PRESS RELEASE A mature bald eagle was found shot and killed on February 24, 2016, in Polk County, Georgia. The shooting took place near Lewis Road, north of Cedartown, Georgia. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are jointly investigating this incident and seekContinue Reading