A white male with a white beard in a lifted older gray Toyota 4Runner reportedly shot a gray Nissan Altima on southbound I-75 early Tuesday morning. The complainant advised that the truck drove fast behind him and began to follow him. He said every time he switched lanes, the pursuing vehicle did the same until [read more...]
A hotel manager in Bartow County pleaded guilty today to trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude or forced labor. According to court documents, Shreesh Tiwari, 70, an Indian national and legal U.S. permanent resident, began managing the Budgetel Motel on Carson Loop off Cass White Road in 2020. Tiwari hired the victim to [read more...]
A medical helicopter transported one individual to an Atlanta-area hospital with severe burns after an industrial accident at Chemical Products Corporation on Old Mill Road and State Route 293 in Cartersville at 7:00 Thursday morning. He passed away at the hospital. We will release his identity soon. One other person sustained minor injuries. The company [read more...]
At about 6:29 Sunday afternoon, Cartersville Police responded to Texaco in the Cartersville Village Shopping Center on South Tennessee Street near Leake Street about an irate male that caused property damage and left. The clerk stated a male, later identified as 39-year-old Aaron Arthur Levi, went in asking for a pack of cigars. The clerk [read more...]
Join the Iron Order Motorcycle Club for their annual Pamela Anderson ride benefitting the Bartow County-based Flowering Branch Children's Shelter. The Flowering Branch Children's Shelter is a residential program for at-risk youth who have been abused, neglected, or sexually exploited or who have run away and are homeless. Â The ride is this Saturday morning [read more...]
The American Legion Carl Boyd Post 42 in Cartersville held a Memorial Day ceremony. Post Commander Kris Dittrich welcomed everyone. Post Senior Vice Commander Patrick Woodall dedicated a new military uniform display. The uniform and picture on the photo on the right is of Navy Hospital Corpsman Christopher Anderson, who died in Iraq [read more...]
Governor Brian Kemp recently announced his appointment of Jeffrey A. Watkins to the Georgia Court of Appeals. Jeff Watkins currently serves as a Superior Court Judge of the Cherokee Judicial Circuit, a position Governor Kemp appointed him to in 2019. Previously, he was the founding shareholder of Jeffrey A. Watkins, P.C. in Cartersville, specializing in [read more...]
A homeless man facing 45 charges in Bartow County is in jail. A Bartow County deputy located a white 2020 GMC Sierra at Circle K on State Route 20 and State Route 20 Spur near Cartersville early Saturday morning that they believed 41-year-old Hal Beaumont Beacham the Third was driving. Beacham had 36 outstanding warrants [read more...]
A five-vehicle crash on Tuesday afternoon on West Avenue and Cedar Lane in Cartersville injured three people. All witness statements gathered on scene support the following chain of events. A black 2014 Honda Civic was weaving between lanes, passing vehicles on West Avenue on a double-yellow line while traveling west at high speed and operating [read more...]
Weather permitting, Georgia Department of Transportation maintenance crews will close the right northbound lane and shoulder of I-75 near milepost 290 for repairs on Wednesday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The offramp for the State Route 20 exit will be unaffected.
