THREE BARTOW COUNTY SCHOOLS NAMED LITERACY LEADERS
BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. (September 25, 2023) – The Georgia Department of Education recognizes Emerson Elementary School, Euharlee Elementary School, and Hamilton Crossing Elementary School as Literacy Leaders! A total of 155 schools from across the state met the qualifications to be recognized in achievement and/or outstanding growth categories. Seventy schools were granted achievement awards after [read more...]
Georgia’s graduating class of 2023 is sixth in a row to beat national average on SAT
District Name SAT Test Takers Total Score Mean Evidence-Based Reading and Writing Mean Math Mean Bartow County Schools 258 1027 531 496 Cartersville City Schools 120 1087 546 541 School- and district-level scores: Click here for school-level and here for district-level scores. Notes on state- and national-level data included: These data reflect the performance of Georgia public-school students in the class [read more...]
Adairsville Holds Off Ringgold For Region Win
The Adairsville Tigers (3-2, 2-0) defeated the Ringgold Tigers 28-26 on Friday night. Ringgold scored a touchdown to bring its deficit to two points in the final seconds of regulation. Ringgold's 2-point conversion was thwarted by Adairsville, which also recovered the onside kick to effectively put the game away. So how did we get there? [read more...]
Woodland Battles, Falls Short Against Osborne
The Woodland Wildcats (2-3) fell to the Osborne Cardinals Friday night 14-0. Woodland started the game off strong. Osborne, deep in Woodland territory, went for a fourth down conversion, but Woodland stopped the Cardinals from getting into the end zone. In another first quarter drive, the Cardinals fumbled the football at their own 32-yard line [read more...]
Colonels Throttle Lions Friday Night
The Cass Colonels (3-2) defeated the ML King Lions by a score of 40-0. Cass opened up the scoring early with a 9-yard rushing touchdown from Devin Henderson on the Colonels’ opening drive. After an ML King punt, Brodie McWhorter connected with Sacovie White for the first of four first half touchdowns. @CassFootball The first [read more...]
O-positive Blood Donations Needed ASAP
Blood Assurance’s supply of O-positive blood is critically low. Thursday afternoon, they had only 110 units, a half-day supply. That’s 600 units short of where they need to be. O-positive is the most common blood type, accounting for nearly 40 % of the U.S. population, and is always in high demand from area hospitals. As [read more...]
Update on Sunday’s Shooting in Cartersville
Cartersville Police released the identity of a suspect involved in a shootout with officers responding to an accident. Officers responded to the area of Joe Frank Harris Parkway southbound and Market Place Boulevard at around 3:08 this afternoon. While en route, witnesses relayed that a male was walking in the roadway with a gun. When [read more...]
Cartersville Police Apprehend Suspect After Shootout
A Cartersville Police response to an accident turned into a shootout. Officers responded to the area of Joe Frank Harris Parkway southbound and Market Place Boulevard at around 3:08 this afternoon. While en route, witnesses relayed that a male was walking in the roadway with a gun. When officers arrived, the male reportedly opened fire [read more...]
Vote Local for ConventionSouth’s Reader’s Choice Awards
ConventionSouth’s 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards is now live, and Only in Cartersville Bartow Tourism and Barnsley Resort is on the list! The award recognizes the best destinations, Convention and Visitors Bureaus, hotels, and meeting facilities in the South, as nominated by the publication’s readers. Voting closes on Sunday, October 1st, and the winners will be [read more...]