MEDIA RELEASE Cedartown Police are investigating a March 31 early morning shooting on Jule Peek Avenue that left one person dead and one injured. According to Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome, a woman suffered a single gunshot wound and was killed. Another individual, a male, was also shot, and wasContinue Reading
ROME, GA: This is a difficult, uncertain, and frightening time. Our job now, everyone’s job, is to bear what we’re all feeling and take appropriate action to help protect our families and loved ones, ourselves, our communities, and, for many of us, our employees. Many of our Northwest Georgia workplaces,Continue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE Touched by the outpouring of compassion and care from members of the community, Floyd Healthcare Foundation has established the COVID-19 Essential Needs Fund as a way to help. While much has been made about the need for personal protective equipment, Lauren Adams, Floyd Healthcare Foundation Director, points out that theContinue Reading
On Tuesday, a joint resolution was voted on and approved by the city councils of Rockmart and Aragon, as well as Cedartown City Commissioners and the Polk County Commission to deal with the local impact of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. The resolution directs all restaurants in Polk County, includingContinue Reading
From Polk County Water Authority: It appears that Polk County and the State of Georgia are experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases. While this trend may change at any time, and given the essential nature of our business, we are planning additional adjustments to our daily operating routine to allowContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE DALTON, Georgia – March 23, 2020 – As an essential community healthcare provider, Highland Rivers Health is currently maintaining services at its nine outpatient clinics, but has instituted a host of infection control procedures at the clinics in order to protect staff and individuals coming inContinue Reading
ROME, GA: The Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District is working with federal, state and local partners to expand COVID-19 specimen collection for testing in our communities as rapidly as possible. We wish we had more overall specimen collection and testing capability, and that’s coming, but right nowContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE March 19, 2020– Hospital and healthcare leaders across Northwest Georgia are working collaboratively to respond to the increasing presence of COVID-19 in Northwest Georgia. Following the guidelines from both the U.S. Surgeon General and the American College of Surgeons, effective immediately, AdventHealth, Cartersville Medical Center, Floyd Health System,Continue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE ROCKMART, GA: Today Sequatchie Concrete Service, Inc. announces the acquisition of WDC Block in Rockmart, Georgia. The acquisition took place March 13, 2020. “This acquisition places our concrete masonry business firmly in North Georgia with a focus from the Northern part of Atlanta back to our home marketContinue Reading
The Georgia State Patrol is investigating a fatal accident in Rockmart over the weekend. Polk County Coroner Tony L. Brazier states that Polk 911 received an emergency call early on Sunday morning at 1:47 a.m. to Braswell Road in Rockmart, to a motorcyclist striking a car. Upon arrival on theContinue Reading