The Georgia Department of Labor reported today that the unemployment rate in Polk County dropped to 6.4 percent for the month of April. That represents a milestone for the local job market, according to Labor Commissioner Mark Butler. “That’s the lowest the unemployment rate has been in Polk County sinceContinue Reading

The investigation is continuing after a body was found Saturday morning on the Silver Comet Trail near Fish Creek. According to Polk County Coroner Tony Brazier, 41-year-old Paul Odell McGee of a Bethlehem Road address in Rockmart was located just after 11:00 a.m. by walkers on the trail near aContinue Reading