As of 2:50 Saturday afternoon, the Georgia Department of Public Health has reported 3,844 COVID-19 confirmed cases in Bartow County, 16 more than yesterday. They also reported Bartow County had 345 hospitalizations, with 96 confirmed deaths and four probable deaths. That is two hospitalizations since yesterday and no confirmed deaths since October 29th. The public [...]
As of 2:50 Friday afternoon, the Georgia Department of Public Health has reported 3,820 COVID-19 confirmed cases in Bartow County, 14 more than yesterday. They also reported Bartow County had 343 hospitalizations, with 96 confirmed deaths and four probable deaths. The public health department also reports 370,106 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide and 8,156 deaths. [...]
There was a fight outside the field in Adairsville early in the fourth quarter. The incident involved some current and past football players. There were no significant injuries, just black eyes. Here is a statement by Adairsville Assistant Principal/Athletic Director Meredith Barnhill:
Weather permitting, Georgia Department of Transportation crews will repair a portion of the Solomon T. Dover Memorial bridge over Raccoon Creek on State Route 113 early next week. The work will close the left northbound lane of the bridge Monday and Tuesday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. This bridge is located right by Copart.
Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia will participate tomorrow in a rousing car parade to mark the recent retirement of Justice Robert Benham from the state’s highest court. The parade will commence at SynCot Plastics on 707 South Erwin Street in Cartersville at 1:00. The Bartow County Sheriff’s Department and Georgia State Patrol will [...]
As of 2:50 Tuesday afternoon, the Georgia Department of Public Health has reported 3,741 COVID-19 confirmed cases in Bartow County, 22 more than yesterday. They also reported Bartow County had 339 hospitalizations, with 96 confirmed deaths and four probable deaths. That is one hospitalization since yesterday and no confirmed deaths since Thursday. The public health [...]
Terrick Robinson U.S. District Judge Thomas S. Kleeh sentenced 35-year-old Terrick Robinson of Cartersville Thursday to life incarceration plus ten years for drug distribution resulting in death and many other charges. After a nine-day trial in January, a federal jury found Robinson guilty of: Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute and [...]
Bartow County deputies are searching for an unknown male subject after a burglary at a residence on Salacoa Creek Road near Waleska Tuesday night. The complainant had a remote camera in the residence that picked up a white male going through the house. A responding deputy noticed an open window at the back. Other deputies [...]
Kaland Christopher Ray Calhoun Police Department detectives arrested a 26-year-old Adairsville man after he allegedly had sex multiple times with a 13-year-old girl. The Calhoun Times reports, according to Gordon County jail records, Calhoun Police charged 26-year-old Kaland Christopher Ray with three counts of child molestation and one count of enticing a child [...]
The National Weather Service (NWS) in Peachtree City has issued a flash flood watch for portions of northern and west-central Georgia, including Bartow County, from Wednesday morning at 8:00 through Thursday evening at 8:00. The NWS expects periods of heavy rainfall across the area with the rain bands from the remnants of Tropical Storm Zeta [...]
