News Desk

Paulding County Tax Commissioner J. W. (Bill) Watson, III says homeowners should brace themselves for additional property taxes this year and the next. The state homestead tax relief grant that funded an increased homestead exemption […]

The Dallas trailhead of the Silver Comet Trail is among $146 million in metro Atlanta transportation projects Gov. Sonny Perdue has submitted for funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Perdue’s 1511 Certification includes […]

Georgia’s Fire and Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine will speak at the Floyd County Republican Party’s monthly breakfast meeting Saturday, June 27, at 8:30 a.m. at Opi’s Waterfront Grille on West Second Avenue. Oxendine, one of […]

A couple of Guatemalans who reside in Rome were picked up during a sting conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel assisted by officers from the Conasauga Safe Streets Task Force. Miguel Monzon of a […]

The City of Cedartown will not receive any money from the Georgia Department of Transportation for road paving projects this year. The DOT says they don’t have any money to give to anyone. Cedartown City […]

Two people were treated for injuries on the scene and later taken to the hospital after a head on collision on Highway 101 Tuesday morning. According to Floyd County police, 18-year-old Jordan Salmon from Rockmart […]

Another Northwest Georgia soldier has been killed in action. According to the Department of Defense, 38 year old First Sergeant John D. Blair of Gordon County, was killed in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan on […]

The last part needed to restore the operation of a water fountain at Cedartown’s Peek Park was reported to be en route on Friday. Cedartown City Manager Charles Akridge said a control panel for the […]

The time is approaching for the 10th annual Cedartown 5K Roadrace and Wheelchair Training Camp. Pastor Dave Grove of the race committee says that this race has come so far since its infancy a decade […]

The Cedartown Fire Department will be conducting its annual tests of pumper trucks this week. The tests will be conducted at Mundy’s Lake off College Street. The tests require that the fire department block part […]