Aragon man sentenced to life in prison without parole for murdering his wife
A former soldier who was convicted of killing his wife will spend the rest of his life in prison, after a judge heard arguments from both sides Tuesday morning. According to District Attorney Jack Browning, Shay Merritt of Aragon was found guilty on malice murder, felony murder, possession of aContinue Reading
Missing elderly couple found safe in Marietta
A missing elderly couple from Louisiana that prompted a Mattie’s Call to be issued late Sunday has been found and is safe. According to a press release from the Floyd County Police Department, Pierre Demetrius Billiot and his wife Willie Pearl Billiot were found alive and well in Marietta atContinue Reading
Severe Weather moves through Polk County
A line of strong thunderstorms moved through northwest Georgia late Monday afternoon, bringing with it wind gusts of up to 60 MPH and dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning. The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for southern Floyd and most of Polk County at 5:00 PM Monday, which lasted forContinue Reading
GBI issues Mattie’s Call for missing elderly couple
An elderly couple that has ties to Cedartown has been the subject of a Mattie’s Call as authorities are still trying to locate them. Floyd County Police say 83-year-old Willie Pearl Billiot and 77-year-old Demetrius Billiot of Port Sulfer, Louisiana were last seen in northeastern Floyd County on Friday. TheyContinue Reading
Rockmart native serves aboard USS West Virginia
KINGS BAY, Ga. – A 2007 Rockmart High School graduate and Rockmart, Ga. native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of a crew working aboard one of the world’s most advanced ballistic missile submarines, USS West Virginia (SSBN 736). Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Swan is a machinistContinue Reading
Report on Bartow County rampage released by sheriff’s office
PRESS RELEASE According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, just after 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, the Bartow County 911 Center began to receive calls of a man shooting persons at a home on Brent Circle. Deputies and investigators responded with rescue personnel to the scene and as they didContinue Reading
Cedartown Bulldogs to scrimmage New Manchester
The football season may not officially begin until August 29, but the Cedartown High School Bulldogs will be headed down to Douglas County to take on New Manchester in a pre-season scrimmage game. Cedartown finished the 2013 season with a 9-2 record, one of them a pivotal game against thenContinue Reading
Third attack on Georgia trails has police urging precautions
It’s happened again. Another woman is reporting an attack on a Georgia trail. The latest attack was in Atlanta, after the one on the Silver Comet Trail in Paulding County and the other on the Iron Hill Trail at Red Top Mountain Park in Bartow County. Law enforcement do not believeContinue Reading
CHS cafeteria cleared and back to normal for school year
Cedartown High School students were forced to eat food elsewhere following the discovery of what Polk School District officials called a roach infestation in the cafeteria kitchen. However, since that time, extensive work by pest control services and the school district maintenance personnel, the problem has now been eliminated, accordingContinue Reading
Georgia’s unemployment rate rises to 7.8 percent in July
ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for July was 7.8 percent, up four-tenths of a percentage point from 7.4 percent in June. The rate in July of last year was 8.3 percent. “The July rate increase is primarily due to temporaryContinue Reading