MEDIA RELEASE: On Jan. 1, 2017, at approximately 10:37 p.m., a white Ford pickup was traveling southeast on Ga. 293, west of Law Road, in Bartow County. The pickup entered a left curve but traveled off the right roadside and struck multiple trees and a fence. The pickup overturned ontoContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE: At 3:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 27, three black males wearing dark clothing and masks conducted an armed robbery at the Sunoco convenience store at 2471 U.S. 411 in Cartersville. During the robbery, one suspect was mortally wounded after an exchange of gunfire with the night store manager.Continue Reading
From WRGA News: A Cedartown man was jailed on Tuesday evening after he allegedly beat a man. According to a Floyd County Jail report, 30-year-old Corey Demarcus Gardhigh beat the man at a residence on South Central Avenue in Lindale in front of two young children. He is charged withContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE ATLANTA—The Georgia State Patrol is making final preparations for the Christmas and New Year’s holiday travel periods. The Christmas holiday travel period will begin on Friday, December 23, at 6 p.m. and end at midnight on Monday, December 26. The New Year holiday travel period will begin atContinue Reading
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.3 percent in November, up one-tenth of a percentage point from 5.2 percent in October. The rate in November 2015 was 5.5 percent. “For the third consecutive month, strong growth in ourContinue Reading
From WEIS Radio: Cherokee County Coroner Dr. Jeremy Deaton has released the names of four people killed Tuesday night after the Saturn SUV they were in went into Weiss Lake at the Leesburg Landing just before 7:00 p.m., crews are continuing the search for one victim still missing. According toContinue Reading
TAMPA, Fla., (December 11, 2016) — The upward trend continued at the gas pump last week, as the national average rose 4 cents in the past seven days. Pump prices also shot-up 4 cents in Florida, 6 cents in Georgia, and 5 cents in Tennessee. On Saturday, representatives from a number ofContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE On December 7th 2016 the Polk County Drug Task Force conducted a search warrant at 223 Ellis Road in Silver Creek after an extensive investigation lasting over 4 months. The investigation was a cooperative effort between several law enforcement organizations to include: The Polk County Drug Task Force,Continue Reading
From WRGA News: A Rockmart man is accused of taking a truck from a Cedartown woman. According to a Floyd County jail report, 37-year-old Kenny Lee Clemons took a 2000 Chevrolet S-10 pickup. The truck was valued at $2,000. When police arrested Clemons at a location on Cedartown Highway, theyContinue Reading
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will host a recruitment in Cedartown later this month to help Tallatoona Community Action Partnership fill a number of positions for substitute teachers at Head Start schools. The schools are located in Cedartown and Rockmart in Polk County, Rome in Floyd CountyContinue Reading