A single-vehicle rollover occurring overnight in Cherokee County, Alabama, has reportedly sent two Cartersville males to the hospital. WEIS Radio in Centre, Alabama reports that wreck took place at around 1:45 am Friday on County Road 16. Floyd EMS transported one person for treatment, and Redmond EMS out of Cave Spring took the other to [...]
Evan Reed Daves A traffic stop for a minor violation turned into a foot chase and property damage in Cartersville on Monday night. An officer observed a license plate on a 2001 silver Hyundai Santa Fe with no tag light and conducted a traffic stop in the Staples parking lot at around 8:42 [...]
Paris Deshun Scott Bartow County deputies arrested a man who allegedly drove towards officers and rammed through a fatal crash scene. Georgia State Patrol and Bartow County deputies worked the fatal accident that killed 34-year-old Shirbert Stubbs of Rome on Joe Frank Harris Parkway at Cut Off Road on Monday night. A cream-colored [...]
In Atlanta, a federal grand jury returned an indictment recently charging an Adairsville man with failing to pay employment taxes and obstructing the IRS’s collection efforts. According to the indictment, from 2009 through 2018, Douglas Mittleider was in charge of several long-term care facilities located throughout the United States. He was reportedly responsible for withholding [...]
Weather permitting, Georgia Department of Transportation maintenance crews on Monday will be resurfacing a portion of I-75 in Bartow County. The work will close the southbound right lane and right shoulder. Motorists should expect delays. The southbound right lane and right shoulder of I-75 will be closed between mileposts 300 and 299 between 9 a.m. [...]
Weather permitting, Georgia Department of Transportation maintenance crews will be resurfacing a portion of I-75 southbound between mileposts 300 and 299 (between SR 140 & Cass White Road) on Thursday from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. The work will close down the two right lanes, and motorists should expect delays.
Blake Ryan McAlavy A local man ended up behind bars on April 8th for pointing a firearm at a Cartersville Police officer. The officer was dispatched to a residence on Green Ives Lane at 12:51 a.m. to investigate a hit and run. The officer approached the residence and knocked on the door. 34-year-old [...]
As of 2:50 Sunday afternoon, the Georgia Department of Public Health has reported 10,972 COVID-19 confirmed cases in Bartow County, eight more than yesterday’s updated total. They also reported Bartow County had 799 hospitalizations and 204 confirmed deaths. That is one hospitalization since yesterday and no verified deaths since Thursday. The public health department also [...]
As of 2:50 Saturday afternoon, the Georgia Department of Public Health has reported 10,964 COVID-19 confirmed cases in Bartow County, 12 more than yesterday’s updated total. They also reported Bartow County had 798 hospitalizations and 204 confirmed deaths. That is one hospitalization and no verified deaths since yesterday. The public health department also reports 861,412 [...]
A fatal accident on U.S. 411 brought traffic to a standstill on Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 5:21 p.m., a black Hyundai Veloster traveled west on U.S. 411 in the left lane at high speed approaching Macedonia Road. The driver of a vehicle ahead observed the Hyundai coming at a high rate of speed. The driver [...]