Month: February 2017

MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown, Ga. – February 27, 2017:  Three juveniles have been arrested and charged with burglary of the Cedartown High School Baseball concession stand and damage to property owned by the Polk School District. According to […]

MEDIA RELEASE On February 17, 2017 the Polk County DTF executed a narcotics search warrant at 420 Pace Street located in Cedartown, Georgia. This search warrant stemmed from an investigation that was initiated mid January […]

The Polk School District Board of Education voted Tuesday night to suspend Superintendent Dr. Darrell Wetherington with pay. According to a media release from the school board, the action “occurred after an unfortunate incident and […]

The Polk County Jail releases the arrest reports in the mornings during the week. Click on the link below to view the file in PDF format. Media Arrest Summary with Photos__2017-02-21_08-02-09-AM

ATLANTA – Nathaniel McCain of Cedartown has won a lucky prize playing a Georgia Lottery instant ticket game. McCain, 67, won $75,000 playing the Win All scratcher. Discount Grocery, located at 425 S. College St. […]

The Polk School District Board of Education met in an emergency session on Saturday morning at the offices of McRae, Smith, Peek, Harman and Monroe in regards to an incident involving Superintendent Dr. Darrell Wetherington. The […]

The Polk School District Board of Education will meet in a special called meeting Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. at the offices of McRae, Smith, Peek, Harman & Monroe at 223 South College Street in Cedartown. […]

UPDATED Police are searching for a man Friday night after he was reportedly seen fleeing from the scene of the fire not long after it started. The Friday morning fire on Sciple Street in Rockmart […]

Cedartown, Ga. – February 17, 2017:  Cedartown was named a 2016 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of the city’s commitment to effective urban forest management. Cedartown achieved Tree City USA […]