Freeze Warning Weather Alert
The National Weather Service issued a freeze warning for north and much of central Georgia, including Bartow County, from midnight to ten a.m. The NWS expects the area to experience sub-freezing temperatures from the mid-20s [read more...]
One Lane of State Route 140 Closed Beginning Monday
For Immediate Release Friday, March 15, 2024 Bartow County… One Lane of State Route 140 Closed Beginning Monday WHAT: Weather permitting, crews will close the right eastbound lane of State Route 140 to continue widening the route. [read more...]
Local Charged With Child Sex Crimes
Cartersville Police booked 64-year-old David Ignacio Rodriguez of Cartersville into the county jail on Monday night for two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree, two counts of child molestation, and two counts [read more...]
New Cartersville Area Employment Training Opportunities at Goodwill of North Georgia
*Participants must register by noon on Saturday, March 16, to participate in the program that starts on Monday. Officials say if you miss this session, other classes will start soon. Cartersville Goodwill 929 Joe Frank [read more...]
Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson Statement on Cancer Diagnosis
Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson has released the following statement following his recent cancer diagnosis: “After speaking with my family and staff, I want to give a statement directly to the citizens of [read more...]
CARTERSVILLE Sex Offender Sentenced for PossessinG Child Pornography
ROME, Ga. - Jerry Joseph Southern, a convicted sex offender, was sentenced today to ten years of imprisonment for possessing thousands of digital images and videos depicting the rape and sexual abuse of children, including [read more...]
Piedmont Names First Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
Atlanta (March 11, 2024) – Piedmont has created a new executive-level position focused on nursing informatics. Mary Kane, MS, RN, NI-BC, will serve as the inaugural chief nursing informatics officer (CNIO) for the health system. [read more...]
Cartersville Closer Toward Railroad Crossing Quiet Zones
The Cartersville City Council has brought the city closer to becoming quieter in a good way. During their recent meeting at City Hall, they unanimously approved a recommendation from the public works department on a [read more...]
Shaw’s Fleurette Fitch Receives Women MAKE Award
The Manufacturing Institute honor recognizes excellence in manufacturing Dalton, Ga. — March 8, 2024 — Shaw Industries Group Inc.’s (Shaw) Fleurette Fitch, senior quality director of soft surfaces, has been named a 2024 Women [read more...]
Rydal Man Sentenced for Child Sexual Exploitation
A man charged with nine counts of sexual exploitation of children enters a guilty plea in Bartow Superior Court. Fifty-five-year-old, Bryan Keith Thurman of Rydal was arrested in March 2023 and charged with failure to [read more...]
Seven Trucks Broken Into at Stamp Creek Boat Ramp
An unknown person broke into seven trucks at the Stamp Creek Boat Ramp off Wilderness Camp Road south of White between 6:46 a.m. and 12:32 p.m. on Saturday. The perpetrator appeared to be only looking [read more...]
Adairsville Reports Minor Wastewater Spill
The City of Adairsville reports that a large amount of rain in a short time caused the North Wastewater Treatment Plant to be hydraulically overloaded and spill about 7,200 gallons of wastewater into an unnamed [read more...]
GHC art instructor completes mural at Euharlee Elementary School
Georgia Highlands College (GHC) Art Instructor Dorothy Reavis recently finished another large-scale mural in Bartow County, brightening up the library at Euharlee Elementary School (EES). Building a reputation in the region for her works, such [read more...]
All Area High Schools Are Listed Among the 2024 AP Honor Schools
Superintendent Woods names 2024 AP Honor Schools Press Release February 27, 2024 – Today, State School Superintendent Richard Woods named 276 Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools from 99 school districts for 2024. “I extend my [read more...]
CENTURY BANK OF GA TO MERGE WITH SOUTHERN STATES BANK
CENTURY BANK OF GEORGIA TO MERGE WITH SOUTHERN STATES BANK IN ITS NEXT PHASE OF SERVICE TO BARTOW COUNTY CARTERSVILLE, GA (February 28, 2024) – CBB Bancorp, the holding company for Century Bank of Georgia [read more...]
Red Top Mountain State Park Welcomes New Manager
CARTERSVILLE, GA, February 26, 2024 -- Samantha (Sami) Wilson has been named manager of Red Top Mountain State Park on Lake Allatoona, one of Georgia’s most popular state parks. She was previously the assistant manager of [read more...]
Young Brothers Pharmacy Closes Today After 130 Years
After 130 years of service, Young Brothers Pharmacy, located at the corner of West Main Street and the railroad tracks by South Museum Drive in Cartersville, will permanently close its pharmacy department tonight at six [read more...]
Bartow Man Enters Guilty Plea on Computer Pornography Charges
A Cartersville man charged with computer pornography enters a guilty plea in Bartow Superior Court. Sixty-five-year-old William Lanier Biggs was arrested on May 7, 2023, and charged with numerous counts of computer pornography, enticing a [read more...]
Dump Truck Hits Car and House
Cartersville Police arrested a man after he struck a car and a house with a dump truck and fled on foot. At around 8:30 Sunday night, a dump truck hit four mailboxes and a gray [read more...]
Local Charged With Vehicular Homicide
83-year-old Carl Lewis Tidwell of Cartersville turned himself into the Bartow County Jail on Monday morning for homicide by vehicle in the second degree, driving on the wrong side of the roadway, following too closely, [read more...]
Highlands Writers Conference returns to GHC for seventh year
The School of Humanities at Georgia Highlands College (GHC) announces that registration is now open for the seventh annual Highlands Writers Conference. The event, held on the college’s Cartersville campus each spring, allows students and [read more...]
SEMIFINALISTS NAMED IN GEORGIA GOVERNOR’S HONORS PROGRAM
BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. (February 13, 2024) – Seventeen Bartow County School System students advance in the highly competitive and prestigious Georgia Governor’s Honors Program – the highest number ever recorded in BCSS history. The semifinalists [read more...]
Motorcyclist Killed After Hitting Bus Was Fleeing Law Enforcement
A motorcyclist who died in a collision with a school bus last week was fleeing law enforcement. On January 29th, at around four p.m., two Bartow County deputies patrolled Clubview Drive at Country Club Drive [read more...]
LOCAL TEEN INVOLVED IN HIGH SPEED CHASE IN FLOYD COUNTY
According to Coosa Valley News Elian Carlos Saucedo, 17, of Cartersville, was arrested this week after reports said he led police on a high-speed chase on Ga 1, East 2nd Avenue, and again on GA [read more...]