Jennifer Lea Short and Javier Murietta were sentenced in Bartow Superior Court Tuesday morning. A young woman testified that the abuse occurred when she was 11 years old. She said that Short was paid $100 to take her to Murietta’s home. In a separate case, the victim said that Short’s boyfriend raped her when she [...]
Kim McCoy was convicted of the 2018 shooting death of her husband, James Sam McCoy last month. The shooting occurred on February 22, 2018, at the divorced couple’s Norton Road home in Kingston. Kim McCoy said she shot Sam McCoy in self-defense, claiming abuse and post-traumatic stress syndrome. McCoy was shot once in the abdomen. [...]
November 18th, 2019 – 2:30 PM Floyd County police Department Press Release – Floyd County Police Department responded to a wreck with injuries at 6:40 a.m. on November 18, 2019. The incident occurred near the Bartow County boundary. A Honda Civic, driven by Dawn Marie Hudgins (age 48, of Menlo) was traveling east on Ga [...]
Photo from gofundme Page A Go Fund Me Page has been established to help with the burial cost of a woman killed in an accident on Friday. According to Georgia State Patrol reports, the accident occurred at approximately 11:50 p.m. A Toyota Corolla driven was traveling in the left lane of Highway 20, just east [...]
Press Release New Frontier of Bartow County presents the 19th Annual Feed the Community Dinner, In Honor of Michael Dean, set for Saturday, November 23rd at the Cartersville Civic Center, located at 435 West Main Street. Food will be served from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. The menu will feature a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and [...]
Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Bartow County set new records in September for lowest unemployment rate and total employment. At the same time, the county made annual and monthly progress on all critical measures, preliminary numbers show. “Georgia had an amazing month in September,” said Butler. “More than half of our regions [...]
A Mayor’s race is on the Cartersville ballot. Voters will choose between Nicole Butler, Barbara Jackson, and incumbent Matt Santini. Euharlee voters will select two council members. Candidates include Tim Abbot, incumbent David Duncan, and Michael Troxell. White, Georgia residents will select a mayor and two council members. The candidates for mayor include incumbent Kim [...]
ATLANTA - Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King is urging consumers to change the batteries in their smoke alarms at the same time they move their clocks back one hour this weekend. “To ensure that you will be notified in a timely manner in the event of an emergency, consumers should change the [...]
Graduation Year 2019 Adairsville High School 63 Test Takers 20.2 Avg. Composite Score Cass High School 132 Test Takers 20 Avg. Composite Score Woodland High School 111 Test Takers 20.9 Avg. Composite Score Cartersville High School 186 Test Takers 20.7 Avg. Composite Score Press Release October 30, 2019 – Georgia students continued to outpace the [...]
Kim McCoy will be sentenced on murder charges next month. A woman charged with murder is found guilty of murder. Fifty-nine year old, Kim Lori McCoy was found guilty of felony murder, one count of aggravated assault and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. She was found not [...]
