ATLANTA (July 12, 2022) – Forrest Street Partners (FSP) will invest $16 million to develop Winding Waters, the largest luxury RV resort within the metro Atlanta area, featuring 252 sites and a host of activities and first-class amenities. The company has broken ground on a 56-acre parcel of land off Joe Frank Harris Parkway, just [read more...]
The Cartersville City Schools Board of Education met in regular session on Monday, July 11, 2022. Stellar Performers Summer Graduates: Congratulations to the following students for receiving their diplomas by fulfilling all requirements to be certified as Cartersville High School Graduates: Elijah Knight Jah’Quana Marshall Lamarcus Matthew Jerrica McAfee During the Business Session, the following [read more...]
PEARL HARBOR (July 9, 2022) Lt. Jesus Lamberti, from Cartersville, Ga., assigned gives a tour on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during an open ship tour day while moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, [read more...]
(Acworth, Ga. – July 6, 2022) With the medical field’s soaring demand for phlebotomists, Chattahoochee Tech is launching a Phlebotomy Technician Certificate training program to prepare students for this profession. “Phlebotomy is a very vital role in health care,” said Chattahoochee Tech instructor Jennifer Chin. “You are responsible for collecting the blood specimens that a [read more...]
We now know the identity of a man struck and killed by a vehicle Saturday. According to Cartersville Police reports, William Ray Wise died from injuries sustained in the crash. The one-vehicle accident occurred Sunday night at approximately 9:07 p.m. The driver of a 2012 Acura told officers he struck Wise with his vehicle while [read more...]
According to preliminary details from the Georgia Department of Public Safety: On Thursday, June 30, 2022, Troopers from Post 3 Cartersville were dispatched to a multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 South near mile marker 293, in Bartow County. The investigation determined that an unknown color tractor-trailer, a blue tractor-trailer, and a white tractor-trailer were all [read more...]
New project with Eco Material Technologies calls for coal ash to be removed at Plant Bowen and beneficially used for construction materials such as concrete ATLANTA – June 29, 2022 – Georgia Power announced today a landmark coal ash beneficial use project at Plant Bowen near Cartersville, Georgia, where millions of tons of stored ash [read more...]
Bartow County Fire and Emergency Services responded to numerous calls over the weekend, some resulting in major structural damage but no injuries. On Friday, June 24, 2022, at approximately 8:08 p.m., BCFES responded to a report of a fire with a structure endangered at 38 Mint Road, Kingston. The caller advised there was possibly a [read more...]
Prospective candidates are invited to join the company at the new center. Cartersville, Ga. — June 24, 2022 — Shaw Industries Group, Inc. (Shaw) has announced the opening of a new hiring center in Cartersville, Ga., as the company creates a more accessible hiring process for candidates in the area. The facility will open to [read more...]
An Acworth woman dies in a two-vehicle crash in White, Georgia. According to reports with the Georgia State Patrol, on June 21, 2022, at approximately 3:48 p.m., troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Highway 61 at Mahan Road. Forty-eight-year-old, Tonya Sue Lofasso of Acworth died in the two-vehicle crash. The preliminary investigation determined that [read more...]
