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Cedartown City Commissioners met briefly Thursday afternoon to vote on taking a bid for a tax anticipation note. City Manager Charles Akridge said the loan for $1 million will cover costs throughout the year due to the budget crunch. Commissioner Dale Tuck moved that the low bid from First NationalContinue Reading

A pedestrian was transported to the hospital after she was struck by a car on Wednesday. According to officials, 28 year old Tabitha Sue Agan of a Potash Road address was found lying injured in a ditch along the side of Georgia Avenue. Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome said that Continue Reading

A new career center is now open in Cedartown. According to reports from the Georgia Department of Labor, the center closed its 321 West Avenue location Wednesday in preparation of the move. The new center is located at 262 North Park Blvd. in Cedartown’s North Industrial Park off of theContinue Reading

The Polk School District Board of Education Tuesday night voted to change the times that the board meets. The school board previously met on the first Tuesday of the month in a work session which also included a community input session. The following week, the board met in their regularContinue Reading

The Cedartown City Commission recently approved a measure to ease the financial burden of the city during this difficult time of low revenues and high costs. City Manager Charles Akridge told WGAA News that all employees would take one furlough day a month and would also have a 75 toContinue Reading

Bob Worthington of the city road department told WGAA News Tuesday that a section of West John Hand Road will be closed from east end of College Circle to west end of College Circle starting at approximately 8 a.m. Wednesday. Worthington said that they will start work after all schoolContinue Reading

Heroic actions of two off duty Cedartown firefighters may have saved the life of an elderly man whose house caught on fire earlier this afternoon. According to Polk County 911, Cedartown Fire, Cedartown Police, Polk County Police, and Redmond EMS all responded to a possible entrapment at a house atContinue Reading

Cedartown City Commissioners Monday chose their 2010 chair and vice chair during their regular session at Cedartown City Hall. Commissioner Dale Tuck nominated current chair Larry Odom to serve as chair for the New Year. Seconded by Commissioner Gary Martin, the appointment was made official. Also, Commissioner Scott Tillery nominatedContinue Reading

A Cedartown man was killed in a fatal car crash in Alabama and icy roads appear to be the cause. According to the Alabama State Patrol, 22 year old Eribaldo Lucas Ramirez of Cedartown was transported to Gadsden Regional Medical Center were he later died from his injuries. Troopers sayContinue Reading