CARTERSVILLE, Ga. - As part of its integrated roadside vegetation management program, Georgia DOT routine maintenance crews resume today their work on trimming overgrown vegetation along State Route (SR) 140 in Bartow County. Work will proceed daily Tuesday through Thursday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., weather permitting. Integrated roadside vegetation management [read more...]
A woman hired to lead a Bartow non-profit organization will spend the next three years in prison for theft. Roberta Green, former executive director of Bartow Health Access entered a guilty plea to three counts of theft in Bartow Superior court Wednesday morning. She received a 20-year sentence, 3 to serve incarcerated and the remainder [read more...]
Press Release: BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. (October 23, 2017) – The search to find the next Bartow County School System Superintendent is underway. The Bartow County Board of Education is currently reviewing proposals from two different search firms. Board members plan to meet with one of them, King-Cooper and Associates, on November 14, 2017. Once a [read more...]
Northwest Georgia Press Release: CARTERSVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Transportation’s Northwest Georgia (District 6) Office will host another job fair from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Thursday, November 9 at the GDOT District Office, located at 500 Joe Frank Harris Parkway, Cartersville, Georgia 30120. The District Office plans to hire entry-level [read more...]
Press Release GULF SHORES, Ala. (Oct. 17, 2017)—It is with honor that the publishers and editors of ConventionSouth, the national multimedia resource for planning events in the South, present Clarence Brown Conference Center with a 2017 Readers’ Choice Award. “ConventionSouth readers and fans have voted to decide the best meeting sites in the South, [read more...]
Press Release: Cartersville, GA; October 18, 2017 – After a 40 year career in healthcare, with 34 years dedicated to Cartersville Medical Center, Keith Sandlin, President and CEO at Cartersville Medical Center, has decided to retire in January. “I have great pride in being a part of the growth and success of Cartersville Medical [read more...]
Cartersville Police Dept. Photo Press Release: Friday morning around 9 a.m. Bartow County Emergency Medical Services, the Cartersville Fire Department and Cartersville Police responded a three vehicle accident. The accident occurred on West Avenue near Lee St. Upon BCEMS arrival, the crew requested a second ambulance. BCEMS had two patients with complaints of injuries. [read more...]
Better Business Bureau has some suggestions for consumers concerned that their credit or debit cards may have been compromised by a data breach. Stay calm. Consumers are not liable for fraudulent charges on stolen account numbers. Check with the website of the company that was breached for the latest information. Type the company name directly [read more...]
Press Release Atlanta – The Georgia Department of Insurance announced today the arrest of a Floyd County insurance agent on fraud charges related to the misappropriation of insurance premiums. Marshall Irwin, 56, owner and operator of the Irwin Agency in Rome, Ga., was arrested this morning and charged with six counts of insurance fraud. Department [read more...]
Atlanta, Aug. 23, 2017 – Judge D. Scott Smith of the Cherokee Judicial Circuit has been designated to serve in place of Justice Nels S. D. Peterson in the appeal of McConnell et al. v. Ga. Dept. Labor (S16G1786). The Supreme Court of Georgia will hear arguments in the case on Aug. 28, [read more...]
