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
An Aragon man died from injuries sustained in a single vehicle accident near his home late Tuesday afternoon. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 33-year- old Jeremy Fincher of an Aragon-Taylorsville Rd. address died at the emergency room at Kennestone Wellstar Hospital after he was airlifted from the sceneContinue Reading
FLOYD CO. – There is still time for Vietnam veterans from Floyd and surrounding counties to sign up for the upcoming Vietnam Veteran Honors Ceremony taking place Saturday afternoon, 2 p.m., April 13, 2019, at Pleasant Valley South Baptist Church (702 Pleasant Valley Rd SE, 30173) in Silver Creek. TheContinue Reading
By: Kevin Myrick (Polk County Standard Journal) The City of Aragon is set to lose another employee this week in a high-level position after a resignation letter was turned in ahead of the Aragon City Council’s latest session for March. City Clerk Christie Langston provided her two-week notice to MayorContinue Reading
From the National Weather Service (3/25/19): A line of strong thunderstorms will move through the area today, entering the northwest corner during the morning hours and pushing southeast into the Atlanta metro by the afternoon and into central Georgia by the evening. Large hail will be the primary threat.Continue Reading