The Rise is attributed to Seasonal and Student Workers Entering the Summer Job Market Georgia's Unemployment Rate for June 4.0% Bartow's Unemployment Rate for June 3.8% Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson announced today that all of Georgia’s Regional Commissions reported a rise in June unemployment rates. “Georgia is where opportunities abound, and innovation thrives,” [read more...]
7/23/2024 – At approximately 11:40 a.m. Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services were dispatched to 118 Linda Road S.W, Cartersville to a report of a residential structure fire. The caller advised that the living room was on fire, and everyone was out. BCFES crews arrived on scene to find a one-story, single-family home with fire [read more...]
July 18, 2024 Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson announced today that Georgia's June unemployment rate was 3.3, up one-tenth from a revised 3.2 percent in May. The unemployment rate was eight-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate. “School's out, and Georgia is thriving like never before," said Commissioner Bruce Thompson. "Our students infuse [read more...]
Chocolates, gummies, and snack foods may contain psychoactive compounds ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating reports of severe illnesses associated with Diamond Shruumz-brand chocolate bars, cones, and gummies. Diamond Shruumz products may contain harmful [read more...]
Adairsville, Bartow County, GA (July 10, 2024) – At the request of the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office, the GBI is investigating a death. On Sunday, July 7, 2024, at about 7:30 a.m., a Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched to a vehicle fire on the south bound shoulder of Interstate 75, Bartow County, GA. When [read more...]
A very serious accident occurred in Bartow during the July 4th Holiday weekend. According to an accident report from the Cartersville Police Department, a collision between a Yamaha motorcycle and a Nissan Skyline occurred on July 4th, just before 8:30 p.m. The wreck happened on Douthit Ferry Road, south of Old Alabama Road. According to [read more...]
Cartersville (July 1, 2024) – Piedmont Cartersville now provides therapy for patients with lymphedema, a condition that results from impaired flow of the lymphatic system and can cause mild to severe swelling in one of more of a person’s extremities. According to the Lymphatic Education and Research Network, it is estimated that up to 10 [read more...]
Cartersville, GA (July 1, 2024) – Police arrested 14 people in a proactive multi-agency investigative effort targeting sex traffickers and sex buyers in the Northwest Georgia area. The GBI’s Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit (HEAT), the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations & Criminal Investigation Division, the Cartersville Police Department, the Polk County Police Department, and [read more...]
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2024 (ATLANTA, GA) – The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) and Motor Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD) urges everyone to celebrate the Independence Day holiday responsibly. This year, the holiday travel period is 102 hours long and begins Wednesday, July 3, at 6 p.m., and ends Sunday, July 7, at 11:59 p.m. [read more...]
Summer in Georgia, and along with it, outdoor adventures, picnics, barbeques, and…mosquitoes! Avoiding mosquito bites protects you and your family from mosquito-borne illness and helps prevent the spread of disease in Georgia. Mosquito-borne diseases are those spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Diseases that are spread to people by mosquitoes include eastern [read more...]
