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According to reports, the accident occurred Wednesday, September 6th, 2023, at 8:23 a.m., Georgia State Patrol Troopers were dispatched to a three-vehicle, serious injury collision on Burnt Hickory Road near Tate Way in Bartow County. The collision involved a white GMC Sierra, traveling southbound on Burnt Hickory Road; a white Toyota Corolla, stopped in the [read more...]

Defendant Caused Tax Loss in Excess of $9.5 million A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to seeking to obstruct the IRS in its efforts to collect employment taxes and related penalties. According to court documents and statements made in court, from at least 2003, Douglas K. Mittleider of Adairsville, Georgia, operated long-term care facilities throughout [read more...]

Law enforcement arrested 26 individuals, including two from Bartow County, over eleven days in a statewide child exploitation operation named “Operation Sneaky Peach.” The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit and 24 participating agencies that are all part of the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force participated in the [read more...]

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. (August 30, 2023) – College Board’s newly released Advanced Placement Scholar Roster includes 193 Bartow County School System students earning 236 awards – the highest numbers ever recorded in Bartow County! College Board’s AP program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in [read more...]

A Rome man charged with murder receives a life sentence in Bartow Superior Court.  Forty-three-year-old Shannon Vashawn Tapley pleaded guilty to malice murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and concealing the death of another.  Two felony murder charges were vacated.  He received a life sentence with the possibility of parole.  Fourteen years ago, Tapley and an [read more...]

CARTERSVILLE, GA:  The Bartow County Health Department, 5355 Covenant Drive, Cartersville, is now offering flu vaccines on both a walk-in and appointment basis, according to Bartow County Health Department Nurse Manager Cyndi Carter.   “We have a quadrivalent flu vaccine for anyone six months and older and a quadrivalent, high-dose flu vaccine for adults 65 [read more...]

This is the final list of local residents qualifying for political office for local municipalities.  We will speak with the candidates facing opposition as we get closer to the November 7, 2023 election.      

Advocates for Children is opening a new center to better tackle the escalating issue of child abuse head-on. “Georgia records about 127,000 cases of child abuse a year and land at the bottom of all the states in child well-being. We felt compelled to take powerful action and create a facility that serves our rising [read more...]