The Piedmont Police Department is still seeking public’s assistance in locating a local missing person. Piedmont Police continue to search for Carla Cook Fuqua who was last seen in late October, 2009. To date the department has conducted more than 70 interviews in the case, has assisted in polygraph examinations,Continue Reading

A retired postal worker in Bartow County has collected a winning Fantasy 5 prize. 73 year old Grady Little, a resident of White, matched all five winning numbers in the March 17 drawing, winning a $139,266 jackpot prize. Little purchased his winning Quik Pik ticket at Publix Super Market 0554,Continue Reading

The City of Cedartown will be receiving money from the federal government according to our two U.S. Senators. Republican U.S. Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss recently announced that the city of Cedartown will receive a loan of $17,100 and a grant of $20,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’sContinue Reading

Cedartown Middle School students return to class this afternoon after the  school was put on lock down this morning after a reported bomb threat was discovered by a school resource officer. According to Cedartown Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome, all students  evacuated the building as a K-9 unit searched theContinue Reading

A man was sent to the hospital with a gunshot wound after an apparent altercation with his father. Reports indicate that Kevin Quillian was shot once in the upper part of his leg at a house at the corner of Blanche and Lavista Avenues. Details are sketchy at this timeContinue Reading

A public information open house to share information on the modifications to the area of the Georgia DOTs proposed US 411 Connector project in Bartow County is scheduled for Thursday, March 18, 2010, from 4 until 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Cartersville Civic Center, located atContinue Reading

Polk Medical Center and Redmond Regional Medical Center of Rome have been named to the Georgia Hospital Associations (GHA) Partnership for Health and Accountability (PHA) Quality Honor Roll. Polk Medical and Redmond Regional are two of only 14 hospitals in Georgia to be placed in the Chairman’s category, the highestContinue Reading

Reports Friday indicate a new Steak ‘N Shake restaurant will be open July 1 at the site that had most recently been Johnny Carino’s off Turner McCall Blvd. Tentative plans had been discussed for an opening in the area during the past few years. Demolition of the old building willContinue Reading

The missing teen from Aragon has been found according to authorities. Aragon Police say that 14 year old Amber Graham of Aragon was reported missing back on February 21. U.S. Marshalls had been called in to assist with the search for Graham and according to Raymond Kitson of the SoutheastContinue Reading