Press Release from Cartersville High School Championship game tickets will be on sale beginning Wednesday, December 5, 2018. We will be selling on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Tuesday from 10 am – 2 pm. Pre-sale tickets are $22 each and if you wait to get them at the stadium or if you order them [...]
Press Release: Election is Tuesday, December 4, the polls will be open from 7 AM to 7 PM in all 159 counties for Election Day with two state-wide run-off elections. Secretary of State Robyn A. Crittenden encourages all eligible voters who have not already voted to make their voices heard in these important contests. You [...]
We have more information on a deadly crash that occurred Saturday morning near Highway 61. According to Georgia State Patrol Reports, just before 9:00 a.m., 34-year-old Russell Carr was backing out of his driveway onto Rolling Hills Drive. A witness saw Carr’s motorcycle facing south but did not witness the impact of the two vehicles [...]
Law enforcement officials are looking for the person responsible for a deadly crash that occurred early Saturday morning in Bartow County. According to reports, 34-year-old Russell Carr of Cartersville was riding a motorcycle on Rollin Hills Drive around 6 a.m. when he was struck by a truck. According to reports, the truck fled the scene. [...]
Press Release: Over the past few days, The Adairsville Police Department has received several reports of fraudulent phone calls as someone posing as an agent of the Federal Government. These individuals are calling and stating that you are wanted for back taxes owed to the IRS and they have warrants for your arrest. They are [...]
L-R: Safe Place Coordinator Tracy Arp, Commissioner Steve Taylor, Advocates for Children President & CEO Rachel Castillo Press Release: CARTERSVILLE, GA – NOVEMBER 29, 2018: ADVOCATES FOR CHILDREN HONORS NATIONAL RUNAWAY PREVENTION MONTH! The Advocates for Children organization and its Safe Place program are honoring National Runaway Prevention Month (NRPM), by meeting with Commissioner Steve [...]
ATLANTA – Georgia Lottery Corp. officials are reminding consumers to purchase lottery tickets only from authorized lottery retailers to avoid a Scratchers scam. With the scam, scratch-off tickets are altered to look like “winning tickets” and sold at a discount to players who later discover they were scammed when attempting to claim the prize. “We [...]
November 28, 2018 Traffic crashes across Georgia during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period resulted in 15 traffic deaths. This year, the holiday travel period was 102-hours long. It began at 6 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 21, and ended at 11:59 p.m. on Sun., Nov. 25. Statewide, Georgia State Troopers investigated 610 traffic crashes that resulted in [...]
Photo of Prather from BCSO Jail -Photo of Jagger Reese Settles from AJC.com A woman charged in the death of her two-year-old son was sentenced in Bartow Superior Court Tuesday. Thirty-three year old, Bobbie Jessica Prather entered a guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter, reckless conduct and three counts of cruelty to children. Prather received [...]
Kevin Sexton Press Release On Monday 11-26-2018 Adairsville Police Officer Billy Smith along with Sergeant Jason Stargell observed a white male subject walking across Hwy. 41 acting in a strange manner. The man, later identified as Kevin Sexton, was yelling at cars and waving his hands in the air in a very unusual manner. [...]
