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Bring One for the Chipper, the state’s annual Christmas tree recycling program, invites Georgia residents to bring their trees to local drop-off centers. For Polk County: any of the 6 convenience centers plus Home Depot in Cedartown. In Polk County, residents will receive a coupon which can be exchanged onContinue Reading

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A small plane bound for Kennesaw that crashed in the Talladega National Forrest close to Heflin, Alabama Thursday, was located on Christmas day. Cleburne County Director of Emergency Management Steve Swafford says the wreckage was found Friday afternoon about two miles north of Heflin, which is about 70 miles eastContinue Reading

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It was a much better than expected Christmas holiday travel period as only 12 people lost their lives on Georgia’s roadways. According to the Georgia Department of Public Safety, the only northwest Georgia highway fatality was reported in the Dalton area. The Georgia State Patrol and the Crash Reporting UnitContinue Reading

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Bartow County authorities are investigating a fire at a Rydal residence that also reportedly damaged some chicken houses. Reports state that a man responded to an automated alarm early Saturday when the temperature in his chicken houses was too high. When the man arrived at his residence, a trailer, twoContinue Reading

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A two car wreck on Highway 27 at the Walmart entrance Wednesday evening tied up traffic and caused some major delays. According to reports from the scene, the wreck involved a late model red Pontiac 4 door sedan and a full size dark blue Honda SUV. Both vehicles had toContinue Reading

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Traffic safety is the priority for holiday patrols over the next two weeks by Georgia State Troopers and officers with the Motor Carrier Compliance and Capitol Police Divisions of the Georgia Department of Public Safety.  Both the Christmas and New Year’s holiday periods are 78 hours long this year.  LastContinue Reading

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Cedartown City Manager Charles Akridge told WGAA Radio Tuesday that a major route through the north end of town will be closed for at least 24 hours next week. Akridge says that West John Hand Road in front of the First Presbyterian Church will be blocked off in order toContinue Reading

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Police continue to investigate what they currently believe to be the accidental shooting death of a Bremen teenager. Bremen Police Chief Keith Pesnell says the 18-year old female victim along with two other teenaged males were in the woman’s home Monday before noon when the incident occurred. The victim wasContinue Reading

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Local authorities are reminding drivers and pedestrians in the “holiday rush” to use extra caution outside local retailers. This after a Tallapoosa woman holding her infant was struck by an automobile outside a Carrollton plaza mall Saturday. The injured woman told Carrollton Police that she saw the vehicle approaching butContinue Reading