Atlanta – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that two monoclonal antibody (mAb) treatments for COVID-19 are currently not authorized for use due to their limited effectiveness against the Omicron variant. Omicron is still circulating widely in the U.S., including Georgia. Monoclonal antibodies are synthetic, laboratory-created proteins that mimic the immune system’s [read more...]
Euharlee Police Department sees tremendous decrease in speeding cases due to the New Traffic Safety Program to Reduce Excessive Speeding Through Euharlee Elementary and Woodland Middle School Zones Implementation of an automated traffic enforcement safety device program has been successful, revealing a 95% reduction in speeders. Â (Euharlee, GA, January 27, 2022) - The Euharlee [read more...]
A new logistics center is proposed for the city of Emerson. According to paperwork filed with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, plans for Project B include a one-story, fifty-foot tall building. The 790,500 square foot building would be built on a 70-acre site at Lakepoint Parkway.  The building would definitely increase traffic in the area, [read more...]
On Monday morning, a fire caused a significant backup on Cassville White Road west of I-75 between 6:30 and 7:30. The fire began outside Maree Tires and Diesel Truck Repair on 873 Cassville White Road, directly behind Chevron, at around 3:30 in the morning. Bartow County Fire Chief Dwayne Jamison says the initial [read more...]
Cartersville, Ga. (Jan. 21, 2022) – Visitors and patients at Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center must now wear medical masks, as opposed to cloth masks, when at the hospital. The goal of the updated masking policy is to prevent the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant of COVID-19. The new rule applies across the Piedmont [read more...]
   On Friday afternoon, the Cartersville community came together under a clear sky to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new Cartersville Primary School. School system employees and local leaders gathered at 200 Carter Grove Boulevard for the occasion.     Cartersville City School Board President Kelley Dial said this project has been more than a decade in [read more...]
Company monitoring forecasts and mobilizing storm response teams and personnel to respond to potential service interruptions  ATLANTA – January 13, 2022 – As winter weather, including freezing rain, wind and snow, is predicted to move across Georgia this holiday weekend, Georgia Power is prepared to respond to outages safely and as quickly as weather [read more...]
Jeffery Wade Knight Paulding County deputies handed over 50-year-old Jeffery Wade Knight of Cartersville to Bartow County deputies at Taylor’s Junkyard on 740 Dallas Highway near Cartersville on Thursday night for warrants through Kingston: two for child molestation, one for felony enticing a child for indecent purposes, and one for sexual battery.
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (Jan. 6, 2021) – During the first week of National Blood Donor Month, Blood Assurance is experiencing a sharp increase in cancellations due to winter weather and the Covid-19 omicron variant. Since Jan. 1, dozens of businesses and organizations have reconsidered holding their planned mobile blood drives. As a result, more than 800 [read more...]
This week, the White City Council held a tumultuous meeting where accusations were leveled at both current and former city employees. Newly appointed Mayor Pro Tem Gary Crisp ended the meeting by reading a resolution that called for an investigation into city departments. No vote was taken on this matter. Listen to the full story [read more...]
