Over a hundred students, college faculty and staff, and community members celebrated the President of Georgia Highlands College (GHC) on Monday during a special White Rose Award Ceremony at the GHC Cartersville campus. Dr. Mike Hobbs was presented the prestigious White Rose Award from Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon and White Rose Society Founder Linda Selig. [read more...]
Seven Members of Dundoody-Based Fentanyl and Methamphetamine Trafficking Organization Sentenced Friday, April 18, 2025 ATLANTA – Seven defendants have been sentenced for their roles in distributing fentanyl, methamphetamine, and other deadly drugs within and outside the metro-Atlanta area. Karla Lopez-Delgado, the ringleader, was also convicted of possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute on a premises [read more...]
The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office released a report on Friday regarding a barricade situation at a Pine Ridge Townhome on Iron Belt Court, located off East Iron Belt Road near Cartersville, on Thursday morning. While assisting the U.S. Marshals with a warrant service, deputies made contact with the wanted individual, 28-year-old Amos Kipkorir Chumba, who [read more...]
The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that Georgia's March unemployment rate was 3.6%, unchanged from a revised 3.6% in February. The unemployment rate was six-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate. “Georgia’s job market is full of opportunity, with nearly 5 million jobs and three openings for every Georgian,” said Labor Commissioner Bárbara Rivera Holmes. “As labor commissioner, [read more...]
Twenty-five-year-old Alleya Noel Henry and her attorney, Chris Summers, appeared before Judge Samir Patel on Tuesday morning. Henry is charged with the April 4, 2025, shooting death of 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Morgan. Summers said Henry was acting in self-defense when the shooting occurred. He asked Judge Patel to set a reasonable bond between $100,00 and [read more...]
Cartersville, Georgia (April 14, 2025) – On Friday, April 11, 2025, the GBI, the Bartow County Detective Unit, the Bartow DTF/SWAT Unit, and the Murray County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Gary Fowler, age 74, of Chatsworth, GA, and his wife Mary Fowler, age 73, of Chatsworth, GA, with murder in connection to the death [read more...]
Georgia Highlands College (GHC) alum Andre Sanders has advanced into the role of CEO for the Boys & Girls Club of Bartow County, bringing to the position his years of experience as director of operations for the organization. While his initial reaction to his promotion was feeling overwhelmed with excitement, Sanders says he was also [read more...]
A third person has been arrested in the Wellmade Industries labor trafficking investigation. Cartersville Resident Jia Jun Lu,54, was taken into custody at the Bartow County Jail on April 5th. Lu was charged with one count of trafficking of persons for labor or sexual servitude. Lu's arrest came shortly after the arrests of Zhu Chen [read more...]
Cartersville Police responded to Victory Fuels at 118 North Tennessee Street on Friday, at approximately 11:11 p.m., to what turned out to be a fatal shooting. The complainant reported that 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Morgan made threatening remarks and gestures toward him near the parking lot, so he drove away. About 18 seconds after that call, [read more...]
The Georgia Power Foundation marks milestone, awards new grants through Workforce for Georgia program Funding for twenty-one new programs focused on ensuring Georgia has workforce needed for growing economy Cartersville City Schools – Engineering Industrial Electrical Dual Enrollment ATLANTA – April 2, 2025 – The Georgia Power Foundation announced today that it has reached a [read more...]
