December 11, 2023 The Cartersville School Board met in regular session on Monday, December 11, 2023. The host for the meeting was Cartersville High School. Stellar Performers The Matthew Hill-Michael Dean HEARTS Employee of the Month for December (School Nutrition) is Isabel Salvidar Hernandez. Isabel is very hardworking, dedicated, goes above and beyond what is [read more...]
Thursday, December 7, 2023 Press Release Office of Public Affairs A Cartersville motel manager was sentenced to 57 months in prison for trafficking a victim with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude or forced labor and ordered to pay $42,648 in restitution to seven individuals. According to court documents, Shreesh Tiwari, 71, an Indian national [read more...]
12/6/2023 – At approximately 3:22 a.m. Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services were dispatched to 867 Euharlee Five Forks Road SW, Kingston, to a report of a residential structure fire. The caller said the house was on fire and everyone had evacuated. BCFES crews arrived on scene to find a single-family home with heavy fire [read more...]
Speed and alcohol may have played a role in a one-vehicle accident that occurred earlier this week. According to Georgia State Patrol reports, the accident occurred Monday at 4:12 p.m. on Milam Bridge Road. The report states that a 2000 Ducati Monster motorcycle driven by 50-year-old Frank Fernando Henson of Milam Bridge Road traveled too [read more...]
BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. (December 1, 2023) – August 30, 2018, is not a day many people vividly remember, but Cami Abernathy sure does. “My son, Carter, was just three years old at the time,” said Abernathy, a first-grade teacher at White Elementary School. “He was sick with a respiratory illness and then his left arm [read more...]
November 28, 2023 (ATLANTA,GA) – Georgia State Patrol (GSP) Troopers investigated 12 fatal traffic crashes, and local law enforcement agencies investigated six fatal traffic crashes resulting in 23 deaths across Georgia during the 102-hour Thanksgiving holiday travel period. Local law enforcement agencies reporting fatalities during the holiday period which began Wednesday, November 22, at 6:00 p.m. [read more...]
According to Bartow County Fire and Emergency Services reports, the fire occurred Tuesday, November 28, at approximately 8:15 p.m. Crews were dispatched to 1282 Hall Station Road, Adairsville, for a report of a residential structure fire. The caller said the house was on fire. BCFES crews arrived on scene to find a single-story wood frame [read more...]
Anheuser-Busch's Continued Investments in Breweries Across the Country Underscore the Company's Commitment to Employees, Community, and Quality. CARTERSVILLE, Ga., Nov. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Anheuser-Busch is announcing that it has reached a $13 million investment in its Cartersville Brewery this year, which has gone towards ongoing capital projects designed to increase capabilities and support ongoing improvements at the [read more...]
Online bachelor's in health science at GHC ranked one of the most affordable in the country The website Intelligent.com recently ranked Georgia Highlands College (GHC) as having one of the most affordable online Bachelor of Science in Health Science programs in the country – and the degree is growing in demand across the region. The [read more...]
November 23, 2023 Northwest Georgia The unemployment rate was up one-tenth to 3.3 percent over-the-month, the rate was 3.2 percent one year ago. The labor force was down 1,281 over-the-month and up 8,573 over-the-year, to 438,495. The number of employed was down 1,539 over-the-month and up 7,878 over-the-year, to 424,122. Initial claims were down 353 [read more...]
