The speed cameras that have watched over Cedartown’s school zones since 2022 are coming down. The Cedartown City Commission voted unanimously Monday night to terminate the city’s contract with RedSpeed, the company that operated the automated school zone speed cameras. The motion to end the program came from Commissioner JessicaContinue Reading
According to a news release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, 42-year-old Kirk Douglas Owens was discovered unresponsive in his cell on the evening of Monday, July 6. Owens had been housed at the jail on charges of public drunkenness and a violation of probation. Jail officers and medical staffContinue Reading
A Polk County Sheriff’s Deputy, Ben Watson, was involved in a motor vehicle accident early Thursday morning while on patrol in Cedartown. The incident, which occurred around 6:54 a.m., took place near the intersection of the western ramp of Highway 27 and Highway 278. According to a press release fromContinue Reading
The Georgia Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of CJ Ward, a man sentenced to 45 years for a violent carjacking and shooting that left a victim a quadriplegic. The decision, announced by District Attorney Jaeson Smith, marks the end of a lengthy and complex appellate process. Ward wasContinue Reading
Cedartown Woman Charged After Domestic Incident Involving Infant A Cedartown woman is behind bars after a domestic dispute Saturday that police say endangered her 6-month-old child. Makayla Nichole Wilkins, 24, was arrested on charges including battery, obstruction, and three counts of first-degree cruelty to children. Cedartown Police were first calledContinue Reading
Rockmart, GA -A 54-year-old man has died following a stabbing Thursday evening in Rockmart. According to Rockmart Police, the incident occurred just after 7 p.m. outside a residence on Gordon Street, near Martin Luther King Jr. Street. During a heated argument, 28-year-old Daquad Keontrae Morris allegedly produced a large knifeContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE: On September 6, 2022, Members of the Polk County Police Department Criminal Investigation Division and Patrol Division executed (2) two search warrants inside of Polk County with the assistance from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the Polk County Drug Task Force (DTF). The execution of these search warrantsContinue Reading
From Polk Today – Police arrested a man and his girlfriend – both with a single felony charge – after his tenants reported he threatened to burn their trailer down and kill them, per a Polk County Police report filed over the weekend. Jayme Lee Souder, 47, of 5154 BuchananContinue Reading
April 14, 2022 Cedartown, Ga: Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents have charged Joseph Leroy Jones, 30, with murder, aggravated assault by strangulation, and aggravated stalking in connection to Monisha Leath’s death. Both Jones and Leath were reportedly residing in Cedartown at the time of her disappearance. She was reported missing onContinue Reading
MEDIA RELEASE: On March 29, 2022 the Polk County Fire Department with assistance from Rockmart Fire Department responded to a house fire located at the address of 13 Oak Grove Road in Aragon, GA. The call was dispatched at 1:29 A.M. and the first fire truck arrived at 1:39 A.M.Continue Reading