Provided by Polk Today: Polk School District will be looking for new leadership after the board voted to approve the resignation of Dr. Katie Thomas at the tail end of of the Tuesday, March 4 work session for the Board of Education. Thomas reported during her final words as SuperintendentContinue Reading
From City of Cedartown: “The City of Cedartown could not be more thrilled about SOLARCYCLE coming to our town,” said Cedartown City Commission Chair Jessica Payton. “Bringing an innovative industry like this to Cedartown is something we have been working towards for many years. The current City Commissioners and IContinue Reading
The first meeting of the year marked the start of a new term for a long time city commissioner and the beginning of a new chapter for the recently elected Ryan Casey. Casey, along with Commissioner Dale Tuck took the oath of office from Judge Ben Burch just as theContinue Reading
CEDARTOWN, Ga., December 12, 2022 – Colony Bank has donated $50,000 to Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center through the Georgia HEART Hospital Program. Polk Medical Center is one of 55 hospitals in Georgia that qualify to receive funds through the program, which allows individual donors to receive a GeorgiaContinue Reading
Polk Standard Journal: For the first time in 21 years, the Cedartown Bulldogs will play for a football state championship this week. And if Friday’s semifinal game at Doc Ayers Field was any indication, the community is ready for it. No. 1 Cedartown took advantage of two turnovers by No.Continue Reading
Polk Standard Journal For the third straight year the Cedartown Bulldogs find themselves back in the Class 4A state quarterfinals. And this time they are putting their undefeated season and a prime shot at a state championship on the line. Senior running back Harlem Diamond scored four touchdowns and No.Continue Reading
By: Sam Branch What ended as a magical regular season for the Cedartown Bulldogs carried over into the postseason on Friday night in front of a packed-out Cedartown Memorial Stadium. For ten regular season games, the Bulldogs have left everything they had on the field. Blood, sweat, tears, hard hitsContinue Reading
Just over 55% of registered voters turned out during early voting and at the polls on Election Day and the lone contested local race is headed for a runoff next month. In the Special Election to fill the unexpired term of former Probate Judge Tony Brazier, interim Judge Shayne GreenContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE: On September 6, 2022, Members of the Polk County Police Department Criminal Investigation Division and Patrol Division executed (2) two search warrants inside of Polk County with the assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Polk County Drug Task Force (DTF). The execution of these search warrantsContinue Reading
From Polk Today – Police arrested a man and his girlfriend – both with a single felony charge – after his tenants reported he threatened to burn their trailer down and kill them, per a Polk County Police report filed over the weekend. Jayme Lee Souder, 47, of 5154 BuchananContinue Reading