COVID Cases Update
As of 3:22 Friday afternoon, the Georgia Department of Public Health reports Bartow County saw an increase of 19 COVID-19 confirmed cases, which brings the county’s total to 746 cases since testing began in March. [...]
Covid 19 Numbers Heading in the Wrong Direction for Bartow and Northwest GA Health District
Statement on COVID-19 from Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the ten-county Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District ROME, GA: Two weeks of increases in COVID-19 cases in the ten-county Georgia Department of [...]
Cartersville School Board Meeting Notes: 06/29/2020
Media Release: Spending Resolution The Board approved a resolution to authorize the superintendent to expend funds from all sources for the month of July, 2020. This resolution was necessary because of the delayed June budget [...]
AAA: Georgia Pump Prices Jump 8 Cents
GEORGIAAVERAGE PRICE PER GALLON$2.00 (+ 8¢) Press Release ATLANTA, GA., (June 29, 2020) — Georgia gas prices increased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $2.00 per gallon for regular [...]
Status of Upcoming Local School Year
Are local schools going to reopen? When are they going to reopen? What is school going to look like? The Cartersville and Bartow County school boards discussed those very questions in meetings at the Cartersville [...]
State Senator Chuck Hufstetler Shares Concerns on Impact of Proposed Senior Tax Exemption
State Senator, Chuck Hufstetler All members of Bartow’s Legislative Delegation say they signed off on legislation that would allow Bartow residents to vote on a Senior Tax Exemption in November. However, the legislation did not [...]
Grandma Jailed After Reportedly Trying To Shoot Someone
Carroll Yvonne Taylor 56-year-old Carroll Yvonne Taylor was booked into the county jail Sunday morning for aggravated assault involving the use of a firearm, family violence simple battery, cruelty to a child in the third [...]
Arrest Made in Crump Road Murder
David Aaron Turner One person is dead and another wounded following a shooting that occurred Sunday, June 28, 2020, at 31 Crump Road, Cartersville. Clara Ashworth was killed and David Bagley was wounded. A family [...]
Terry Lee Eggert Discusses Thompson, Senior Tax Exemption
A lot of talk has surrounded Bartow County in the last week concerning House Bill 655, which concerns senior tax exemption. The bill was not passed and therefore will not be on the ballot in [...]
State Legislators Discuss Senior School Tax Exemption
Cartersville property owners will decide a referendum on a School Tax Exemption for seniors in November. The legislative session ended without an agreement on legislation for Bartow property owners. State Senator Bruce Thompson spoke about [...]
