The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announces the promotion of Cartersville resident James Gordon to Technical Leader of the Toxicology Section of the Crime Lab at GBI Headquarters. Gordon will be responsible for training scientist trainees and continuing to train current scientists to keep them up to date with toxicology methodologies and best practices. He will [read more...]
Numerous bullets damaged two homes and three vehicles on Jenny Lane near Cartersville before 12:41 a.m. on Wednesday. Deputies reportedly located numerous shell casings on the roadway in front of the residences. One resident stated she thought she heard someone knocking on the windows of her house. She said that once she got to looking [read more...]
Cartersville Police and Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents arrested two individuals on Wednesday for their involvement in a shooting that occurred the day before in the area of Lee Street. Arrested were 34-year-old Ronald Michelle Osburn Junior of Cartersville and 23-year-old MaKayla Ann Tanner of Adairsville. Osburn received a charge of aggravated assault [read more...]
Cartersville Police booked 48-year-old Ralph Edward Hannah into the county jail on Friday morning for warrants from April 1st for false imprisonment, child molestation, and sexual battery against a child under the age of 16. He also received a charge of possession of methamphetamine.
Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic, the region’s two longest-serving healthcare providers, finalized a long-anticipated strategic combination on Monday, creating an integrated healthcare system. Harbin Clinic, Georgia’s most extensive, privately owned, multi-specialty physician group, and Atrium Health Floyd, one of the largest providers of health care services in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama, [read more...]
Bartow County SWAT removed 37-year-old Yihua Wiseman from her residence on Wilson Street in Acworth early Saturday morning after a five-hour incident that began on Friday night in which she reportedly threatened two people at the Lake Forest Country Club on the other side of her fence, lit a toilet paper roll on fire, and [read more...]
Cartersville Police booked a woman for murder on Monday morning. Officers responded to the report of a person stabbed at the Collins Pointe Apartments off Roving Road at around 10:47 on Sunday night and reportedly found a male in an apartment with a stab wound to the neck. First responders transported him to Piedmont Cartersville [read more...]
On Thursday, March 14th, the Cartersville Police Department received a report of a possible inappropriate relationship between a Cartersville High School teacher and a student. On Tuesday, April 2nd, 53-year-old John Paul Snead of Kennesaw was taken into custody by Cartersville Police Department investigators. They have charged Snead with sexual assault by a person with [read more...]
We now know the identities of both people killed in a series of crashes that led to the shutdown of I-75 two miles from the SR 140 exit in Adairsville for about five hours on Monday morning. The driver who was fleeing law enforcement was 15-year-old Jonathan McEvers from LaFayette, and the victim from the [read more...]
Weather permitting, Georgia Department of Transportation crews will shift traffic on State Route 140 between Old Highway 140 and Big Ditch Road just west of Adairsville today through Friday from nine a.m. to five p.m. each day. Along with the traffic shift, crews will resurface and stripe the route. Please slow down and watch for [read more...]
