March 2025 Project Updates BARTOW COUNTY Reconstruction of Highway 41 bridges over State Route 293 - Current Completion Date: 12/25. Crews are installing a retaining wall on the northbound side to prepare to remove the northbound bridge. Traffic will be shifted to the southbound bridge with traffic in both directions reduced to one lane over the bridge. [read more...]
The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that Georgia's February unemployment rate was 3.6 percent, unchanged from a revised 3.6 percent in January. The unemployment rate was five-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate. "Georgia continues to drive business growth and opportunity, with 7,200 new jobs created in February alone,” said GDOL Interim Successor Louis DeBroux. “At 3.6%, [read more...]
A pregnant woman involved in a two-vehicle crash Sunday was airlifted to an area hospital for medical treatment. On Sunday, March 23, 2025, Georgia State Patrol Troopers investigated a two-vehicle collision on Highway 41 at Griffin Road that resulted in four serious injuries. A silver Honda van was traveling north on Highway 41 in the [read more...]
The award recognizes Excellence in Teaching and Leadership. Georgia Highlands College (GHC) proudly announces that Shanika Wright-Turner, Associate Professor of Business Administration, has been recognized with the prestigious Regents’ Felton Jenkins Jr. Hall of Fame Faculty Award, presented by the University System of Georgia. This honor celebrates her transformative impact as an educator, mentor, and [read more...]
by Ty Tagami | Mar 20, 2025 | Capitol Beat News Service ATLANTA – Georgia taxpayers will pay a little less after Gov. Brian Kemp signs two tax relief measures following their approval Thursday by the state Senate. “The final passage of these two measures today brings us one step closer to eliminating the state income tax, while providing tax [read more...]
ATLANTA – Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced his appointment of Bárbara Rivera Holmes as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor. Joined by her family and supporters, she will be sworn into office on April 4th and serve the remainder of the term won by Bruce Thompson in 2022, who sadly passed away last November. "Marty and [read more...]
It appears that a man intentionally stepped into the path of an eighteen-wheeler truck on Highway 41 Wednesday evening. According to reports from the Georgia State Patrol, the accident occurred just before 7 p.m. in the right lane of the highway. The pedestrian, 28-year-old Michael Thomas Outlaw of Womack Drive was standing on the shoulder [read more...]
Last week, at the Georgia Emergency Communications Conference in Columbus, the Georgia chapters of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials and the National Emergency Number Association honored Major Jessica Pruett, the E-911 director of Bartow County Sheriff's Office, as their 2024 Communications Director of the Year. On Tuesday morning, an informal gathering and breakfast took [read more...]
Company encourages customers to take steps now to prepare, keep safety first Atlanta – March 14, 2025 – Georgia Power is tracking predictions for severe weather, including high winds, heavy rain, and the potential for tornadoes, across the state this weekend, and crews are prepared to respond to issues quickly, and as conditions are safe [read more...]
SOCIAL CIRCLE, Ga. (March 13, 2025) – Before the statewide turkey season opens, youth and mobility-impaired hunters get an early chance to harvest a gobbler on private lands during a special opportunity turkey season on March 22-23, 2025, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division. This early weekend hunt opportunity [read more...]
