Fred’s Incorporated has announced that it will be closing 159 stores across the country, including the one in Cedartown on North Main Street. Also on the closing list are stores in Rome and Calhoun. According to a press release from Fred’s Incorporated, Joseph Anto, Fred’s Chief Executive Officer, stated: “AfterContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE (4/11/19) An inmate at the Floyd County Jail was found deceased early this morning. The name and details are being withheld until the next of kin can be notified. As is protocol, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation has been contacted by Sheriff Tim Burkhalter and will be conductingContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE (Paulding County, GA) On Wednesday April 10, 2018 Detectives were made aware that the 6 year old female victim from the accidental shooting on Monday had succumbed to her injuries. At this point, Detectives have made the determination that no charges will be filed in this case. SheriffContinue Reading
By: Kevin Myrick (Polk County Standard Journal) Cedartown City Manager Bill Fann said it best during the latest Commission session: “my lordy, finally.” It took two years and lots of time back and forth between local, state and federal officials, but the way is now clear for construction to beginContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE On 4-9-2019 Piedmont Police Officers responded to a call of someone shot at a residence in the 4000 block of Old Piedmont Gadsden Hwy. When officers arrived at the residence officers found 40 year old male Joseph Solomon Nicholas Haywood with a single gunshot wound to the chest.Continue Reading
Polk County Standard Journal Inman Solar will soon be adding more electrical generating capacity to the City of Cedartown. Cedartown City Commissioners during their Monday night session voted to approve measures to move forward with an intergovernmental agreement between the city and the Cedartown Development Authority to transfer 21 acresContinue Reading
Georgia gas prices are holding steady compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers continue to pay an average of $2.61 per gallon for regular unleaded which is 13 cents less than the national average. That amounts to $39.15 for a full 15-gallon tank of gasoline. However, drivers are only payingContinue Reading
WEIS Radio The National Weather Service thinks a tornado may possibly have touched down in parts of Marshall and west-central DeKalb counties in Alabama on Monday morning. Afterwards the storm continued to track northeast with a tornado warning staying in effect for Jackson County until 7:15. At 7:03am the stormContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE A fire investigator with the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office has determined that a house fire in Polk County was intentionally set. The fire occurred around 7:00 A.M Monday morning. “The residence was located at 933 Shiloh Road in Cedartown, Georgia. It was determined the fire originatedContinue Reading
NEWS RELEASE A local resident sustained burns during an early morning house fire on Blanche Road on March 29. Cedartown Fire dispatch received a call of a home on fire at 804 Blanche Road at 12:20 a.m. Firefighters rushed to the scene where heavy smoke and flames were visible. TheyContinue Reading