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Local News2022-01-11T11:37:34-05:00

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...]

March 18th, 2024|

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...]

March 15th, 2024|

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...]

March 15th, 2024|

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...]

March 5th, 2024|

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...]

February 16th, 2024|

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...]

February 16th, 2024|