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Truck Shot on I-75 in Bartow County

A white male with a white beard in a lifted older gray Toyota 4Runner reportedly shot a gray Nissan Altima on southbound I-75 early Tuesday morning. The complainant advised that the truck drove fast behind him and began to follow him. He said every time he switched lanes, the pursuing vehicle did the same until [read more...]

By |2023-06-02T10:21:13-04:00June 2nd, 2023|General|Comments Off on Truck Shot on I-75 in Bartow County

Motel Manager Pleads Guilty to Coercing Labor and Sex Acts by Female Victim

A hotel manager in Bartow County pleaded guilty today to trafficking with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude or forced labor. According to court documents, Shreesh Tiwari, 70, an Indian national and legal U.S. permanent resident, began managing the Budgetel Motel on Carson Loop off Cass White Road in 2020. Tiwari hired the victim to [read more...]

By |2023-06-02T05:32:30-04:00June 2nd, 2023|General|Comments Off on Motel Manager Pleads Guilty to Coercing Labor and Sex Acts by Female Victim

One Person Dead From Accident at Chemical Products Corporation

A medical helicopter transported one individual to an Atlanta-area hospital with severe burns after an industrial accident at Chemical Products Corporation on Old Mill Road and State Route 293 in Cartersville at 7:00 Thursday morning. He passed away at the hospital. We will release his identity soon. One other person sustained minor injuries. The company [read more...]

By |2023-06-02T05:09:51-04:00June 1st, 2023|General|Comments Off on One Person Dead From Accident at Chemical Products Corporation

Man Reportedly Robs and Trash Local Gas Station

At about 6:29 Sunday afternoon, Cartersville Police responded to Texaco in the Cartersville Village Shopping Center on South Tennessee Street near Leake Street about an irate male that caused property damage and left. The clerk stated a male, later identified as 39-year-old Aaron Arthur Levi, went in asking for a pack of cigars. The clerk [read more...]

By |2023-06-01T05:44:32-04:00June 1st, 2023|General|Comments Off on Man Reportedly Robs and Trash Local Gas Station

Cartersville City Council Preview 6/1

The Cartersville City Council will hear the first reading of the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 budget ordinance during their meeting on Thursday afternoon. This proposed budget will have a 37 million and a half increase from the previous fiscal year. During a presentation given on the budget earlier this month Tom Rhinehart the city’s finance director [read more...]

By |2023-05-31T15:36:42-04:00May 31st, 2023|General|Comments Off on Cartersville City Council Preview 6/1

Pinelog WMA Closes After 46 years

After 46 years of public access the Pine Log Wildlife Management area is being closed to the public on June 1st. In April the Bartow County Commissioner approved a new overlay district that rezoned the land owned by the Aubrey Corporation, which contains the Pine Log Wildlife Management Area. Part of that land was leased [read more...]

By |2023-05-31T13:20:49-04:00May 31st, 2023|General|Comments Off on Pinelog WMA Closes After 46 years

Ride to Benefit Children’s Shelter This Saturday

Join the Iron Order Motorcycle Club for their annual Pamela Anderson ride benefitting the Bartow County-based Flowering Branch Children's Shelter. The Flowering Branch Children's Shelter is a residential program for at-risk youth who have been abused, neglected, or sexually exploited or who have run away and are homeless.   The ride is this Saturday morning [read more...]

By |2023-05-31T05:09:27-04:00May 31st, 2023|General|Comments Off on Ride to Benefit Children’s Shelter This Saturday

COOSA VALLEY CREDIT UNION ANNOUNCES 10TH AMERICAN FLAG PROJECT

ROME, GA (May 30, 2023) – Coosa Valley Credit Union (Coosa Valley) will once again be replacing torn or faded American flags in the communities the credit union serves. The project will run May 30 – July 4, 2023. “This is the tenth year of this project and to date, Coosa Valley has replaced well [read more...]

By |2023-05-30T12:49:08-04:00May 30th, 2023|General|Comments Off on COOSA VALLEY CREDIT UNION ANNOUNCES 10TH AMERICAN FLAG PROJECT

Bartow Fire Fighters Respond to Numerous Fires Over 48 Hour Period

5/25/2023– At approximately 4:29 a.m. Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services were dispatched to 447 Oak Street No. 1 S.E., Acworth to report of a residential structure fire. BCFES crews arrived on scene to find an outbuilding and mobile home with heavy fire showing. Once crews were able to extinguish the fire, a fire investigator [read more...]

By |2023-05-30T12:46:18-04:00May 30th, 2023|General|Comments Off on Bartow Fire Fighters Respond to Numerous Fires Over 48 Hour Period

American Legion Carl Boyd Post 42 Memorial Day Ceremony

The American Legion Carl Boyd Post 42 in Cartersville held a Memorial Day ceremony. Post Commander Kris Dittrich welcomed everyone. Post Senior Vice Commander Patrick Woodall dedicated a new military uniform display. The uniform and picture on the photo on the right is of Navy Hospital Corpsman Christopher Anderson, who died in Iraq [read more...]

By |2023-05-29T12:57:20-04:00May 29th, 2023|General|Comments Off on American Legion Carl Boyd Post 42 Memorial Day Ceremony