Bible Hero VBS at Lee’s Chapel
June 26-30 6 p.m. nightly 3011 Lee’s Chapel Road Bible learning, snacks, and fun for children of all ages! Parents welcome!Continue Reading
Polk Medical Center Receives $50,000 From Colony Bank
CEDARTOWN, Ga., December 12, 2022 – Colony Bank has donated $50,000 to Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center through the Georgia HEART Hospital Program. Polk Medical Center is one of 55 hospitals in Georgia that qualify to receive funds through the program, which allows individual donors to receive a GeorgiaContinue Reading
FOOTBALL: Cedartown to face Benedictine for AAAA state championship
Polk Standard Journal: For the first time in 21 years, the Cedartown Bulldogs will play for a football state championship this week. And if Friday’s semifinal game at Doc Ayers Field was any indication, the community is ready for it. No. 1 Cedartown took advantage of two turnovers by No.Continue Reading
Cedartown advances to Final Four with come from behind win over Bainbridge
Polk Standard Journal After traveling more than 250 miles to Southwest Georgia, Cedartown’s perfect season hung in the balance in the den of the Bainbridge Bearcats on Friday night. But the Bulldogs had saved up some fight for one more push. Trailing 21-13 at halftime, No. 1 Cedartown made theContinue Reading
Cedartown to travel to Bainbridge for quarterfinal round of playoffs
Polk Standard Journal For the third straight year the Cedartown Bulldogs find themselves back in the Class 4A state quarterfinals. And this time they are putting their undefeated season and a prime shot at a state championship on the line. Senior running back Harlem Diamond scored four touchdowns and No.Continue Reading
FOOTBALL: Dawgs advance to Sweet 16
By: Sam Branch What ended as a magical regular season for the Cedartown Bulldogs carried over into the postseason on Friday night in front of a packed-out Cedartown Memorial Stadium. For ten regular season games, the Bulldogs have left everything they had on the field. Blood, sweat, tears, hard hitsContinue Reading
PROBATE JUDGE: Brooks, Green headed to Dec. 6 runoff
Just over 55% of registered voters turned out during early voting and at the polls on Election Day and the lone contested local race is headed for a runoff next month. In the Special Election to fill the unexpired term of former Probate Judge Tony Brazier, interim Judge Shayne GreenContinue Reading
Cedartown undefeated in regular season, set to host Cedar Shoals Friday at home
From Polk Standard Journal Despite having already wrapped up the Region 7-4A crown, the Cedartown Bulldogs punctuated their season Friday night by downing Northwest Whitfield 58-13 to end the season undefeated. Cedartown (10-0, 5-0 Reg. 7AAAA) racked up 44 first-half points to end the season for the Bruins on aContinue Reading
Two Polk County residents face multiple charges after separate investigations
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
FOOTBALL WEEK 2: Cedartown blasts Callaway 47-7
The Cedartown Bulldogs improved to 2-0 on the season after blowing out the Callaway Cavaliers (0-2). Check out the scoring highlights from Week 2.Continue Reading