The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that Georgia's March unemployment rate was 3.6%, unchanged from a revised 3.6% in February. The unemployment rate was six-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate. “Georgia’s job market is full of opportunity, with nearly 5 million jobs and three openings for every Georgian,” said Labor Commissioner Bárbara Rivera Holmes. “As labor commissioner, [read more...]
Twenty-five-year-old Alleya Noel Henry and her attorney, Chris Summers, appeared before Judge Samir Patel on Tuesday morning. Henry is charged with the April 4, 2025, shooting death of 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Morgan. Summers said Henry was acting in self-defense when the shooting occurred. He asked Judge Patel to set a reasonable bond between $100,00 and [read more...]
Cartersville, Georgia (April 14, 2025) – On Friday, April 11, 2025, the GBI, the Bartow County Detective Unit, the Bartow DTF/SWAT Unit, and the Murray County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Gary Fowler, age 74, of Chatsworth, GA, and his wife Mary Fowler, age 73, of Chatsworth, GA, with murder in connection to the death [read more...]
A third person has been arrested in the Wellmade Industries labor trafficking investigation. Cartersville Resident Jia Jun Lu,54, was taken into custody at the Bartow County Jail on April 5th. Lu was charged with one count of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude. Lu's arrest came shortly after the arrests of Zhu Chen [read more...]
The Georgia Power Foundation marks milestone, awards new grants through Workforce for Georgia program Funding for twenty-one new programs focused on ensuring Georgia has workforce needed for growing economy Cartersville City Schools – Engineering Industrial Electrical Dual Enrollment ATLANTA – April 2, 2025 – The Georgia Power Foundation announced today that it has reached a [read more...]
Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Awards the “GACP LEA Technology Grant” to the Euharlee Police Department City of Euharlee, GA – The Euharlee Police Department is pleased to announce that we have received a $38,800 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS). The grant, which will continue through September 2025, helps finance the [read more...]
Another data center is planned for Bartow County. A Development of Regional Impact application was filed Monday with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for Project Bunkhouse, a data center campus. The filing describes the project as an 8.6-million-square-foot data center campus. The estimated buildout is $19 billion, and tax revenues are estimated to be [read more...]
ATLANTA (March 28, 2025) – A Georgia Lottery player hit the jackpot for $857,788 in the March 27 drawing of Fantasy 5. The lucky ticket was purchased at QuikTrip at 105 Old Allatoona Road in Cartersville. The winning ticket matched all five winning numbers, which were 01-15-28-32-33. Winners in Georgia have 180 days [read more...]
March 7, 2025 Family and friends of Don Kordecki, the beloved Cartersville resident and promoter of the arts, are honoring his memory by having a life-size bronzed statue placed in the Shakespeare Garden between Ross Diner and RocknShop Vinyl Records on North Wall Street. Work on Kordecki’s likeness began in November 2021 and, in [read more...]
GAINESVILLE, Ga. (Mar. 27, 2025) – Trout stocking trucks are rolling right now to stock your favorite North Georgia waterways. When is your next fishing trip? It has been a long winter, but spring is here and thanks to the long-standing partnership between the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resource Division (GADNR WRD) and [read more...]
