The Georgia High School Association announces a schedule adjustment for the start of its 8-team, double-elimination Softball Championship Tournaments in all classifications, due to inclement weather expected in the Columbus area today. The GHSA has canceled the Opening Ceremonies. Games now begin this evening at 6:00, with the next at 8:00. The association appreciates everyone's [read more...]
Cartersville High School administrators learned of a possible vaping incident Thursday morning. School officials searched the belongings of the students involved and found a pellet gun and a knife. Administrators quickly called an official from the Cartersville Police Department, who launched an investigation and took the students into custody. School leaders did not start lockdown [read more...]
Georgia State Patrol troopers responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of State Route 140 and U.S. Highway 41 in Bartow County on Tuesday at 9:55 p.m. A white Toyota 4Runner, traveling north on U.S. 41 in the left turn lane toward State Route 140, failed to obey a traffic signal and yield the [read more...]
BARTOW COUNTY, Ga.: Deputies arrested a substitute school bus driver last Friday afternoon after she showed signs of intoxication while operating Bartow County School Bus 116 with students on board. A deputy on patrol received a call at 3:49 p.m. reporting that the bus had failed to maintain its lane and the driver appeared to [read more...]
A domestic dispute in Cartersville turned violent early Tuesday morning when a woman shot her boyfriend in the leg during an argument. Bartow County deputies responded to a residence on River Birch Road around 2:06 a.m. after a 911 caller reported shooting her boyfriend as he beat her. Dispatchers noted the female caller sounded intoxicated [read more...]
The Cartersville Police Department received information from a mandated reporter on September 1st about suspected child abuse. Investigators from the Criminal Investigations Division then arrested 22-year-old Quisean Michael Witherspoon on Monday on charges of aggravated battery and two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree. Police continue to investigate the case and ask [read more...]
Anheuser-Busch is investing $9.2 million in its Cartersville brewery to upgrade equipment and increase production of Michelob ULTRA, the country's fastest-growing beer brand and top seller in the Southeast, according to data from Circana, an American market research and technology company. This investment is part of the company's Brewing Futures initiative, investing over $300 million [read more...]
Published: August 12, 2025 BARTOW COUNTY – A family trip turned violent on Saturday evening when Bartow County deputies responded to a domestic disturbance along Interstate 75, leading to the arrest of a 33-year-old Alabama man on charges including aggravated assault by strangulation. The incident unfolded around 6:24 p.m. on the right shoulder of I-75 [read more...]
EMERSON – AUGUST 9, 2025 – A routine patrol by law enforcement escalated into a high-speed chase early Saturday morning, ultimately resulting in a major accident involving a fleeing vehicle and a Gordon County Deputy. At approximately 4:34 AM, a Bartow County deputy stationed on Interstate 75 near mile marker 285 clocked a silver Honda [read more...]
In Cartersville on Sunday, August 3rd, police arrested 29-year-old Hilda Antonia Lux Mateo on Townsley Drive following a stabbing incident and a cooking pan incident on separate occasions involving the same victim. The first incident happened on July 10th, when the victim, residing with Lux Mateo on Martin Luther King Junior Drive, reported a heated [read more...]
