UPDATED 8:30 PM 1/21/2021 Two sisters were the victims of a fatal wreck this afternoon, per Polk County Coroner Norman Smith. Cedartown High School student Gracie Reed and her younger sister Ava at Cedartown Middle […]
From WSB-TV: A Cartersville man is behind bars after police said he had an inappropriate relationship with one of his former students. Craig Dean Godfrey, 38, of Cartersville, was a band teacher at the North […]
By: Sen. Jason Anavitarte (R – Dallas) On Monday, Jan. 11th, 2021, the Georgia Senate reconvened for the first session of the 156th Georgia General Assembly. All 56 senators including nine other new senators were […]
The City of Rockmart has lost their longtime leader this morning. Jeff Ellis, died this morning due to complications caused by COVID-19. Ellis, who was City Manager for the past 25 years, was hospitalized for […]
STAFF REPORTS: Effectively Immediately for all Polk School District Events: Due to a rise in the number of COVID cases outside of Polk School District, parents/guardians will be the only spectators allowed to attend winter […]
MEDIA RELEASE: January 14, 2021 – Governor Brian Kemp and State School Superintendent Richard Woods plan to provide a one-time, $1,000 bonus payment to every K-12 public-school teacher and school-level staff member in the state. The bonus […]
Cedartown, GA, January 14, 2021 – Cedartown and Rockmart officials jointly announced the closing of their municipal lobbies today. The closure affects public access to Cedartown City Hall, the Cedartown Police Department, Rockmart City Hall […]
Atlanta – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is launching a COVID vaccine locator on the DPH website at https://dph.georgia.gov. The tool allows users to search by county for a vaccine provider in their community, […]
Atlanta, GA – The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) issued over $130 million last week to Georgians in regular Unemployment Insurance (UI), Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC), Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation […]
MEDIA RELEASE: Our office would like to inform Polk County that the state is updating our systems and we will not be able to process anything to do with Motor Vehicle. The Polk County Tax […]
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