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Three Cedartown High School students will represent the United States in the First Parliamentary Debate Personnel Development World Cup. Seniors Elizabeth Arencibia, Callie McDonald and Holly Robinson will be flown to Japan on January 20 to join other high school students from around the world seeking to win the titleContinue Reading
The Georgia Department of Labor’s (GDOL) Cedartown Career Center will host a recruitment Tuesday, Nov. 3, to help Aerotek Commercial Staffing hire about a dozen workers for manufacturing jobs in Cedartown. The recruitment will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the career center located at 262 NorthContinue Reading
As children go door to door Trick-or-Treating this year, residents in both Polk and Haralson counties can rest assured that local law enforcement have taken extra steps to ensure the safety of our youth. All law enforcement agencies within the Tallapoosa Judicial Court System met today at the Polk CountyContinue Reading
ATLANTA — State Representative Trey Kelley (R-Cedartown) recently announced that he will offer letters of recommendation to qualified Georgia high school seniors seeking the Georgia Military Scholarship at the University of North Georgia. “As a state representative, I feel it is not only my duty to improve Georgia, but toContinue Reading
UPDATE 9/30/15 6:40 AM: Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier has identified the man who allegedly shot himself during a Monday traffic stop as 53-year-old Carey Michael Golsen of a Metro Atlanta address. ____________________________ The GBI has been tasked in to investigate the death of a man on Monday morning whoContinue Reading
A man convicted of murdering his step-father was sentenced to life in prison Monday in Polk County Superior Court. According to District Attorney Jack Browning, Curtis Kuhn received the sentenced for the malice murder conviction. Kuhn was convicted of gunning down his step-father Robert May at his home back inContinue Reading
A Political forum will be held for candidates seeking election in the November 2015 election at the Polk County Commission meeting room in Cedartown on September 22, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. WGAA will be broadcasting the forum live on the internet at this link: http://rdo.to/WGAAS If you can’tContinue Reading
A tense situation on Main Street on Thursday morning, as Cedartown Police and Polk County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a late model Honda Accord. Cedartown Police Chief Jamie Newsome says Sgt. Jon Zuker received a call about a reckless driver. The driver refused several requestsContinue Reading
The Polk County Police Department is investigating an armed robbery that occurred at a local convenience store early Thursday morning. According to Detective Brandy Brady of the Polk County Police Department, an armed assailant entered the Citgo Convenience Store at 1410 Buchanan Highway across from Cason Road at around 7:35Continue Reading
Strong thunderstorms ripped through the historic College Street and Girard Avenue neighborhood Thursday afternoon, knocking down large trees limbs and tangling up power lines. The National Weather Service had issued a Significant Weather Advisory for Cedartown at around 4:00 PM. Georgia Power reported a peak outage of nearly 800 customersContinue Reading
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