Perry Bell, Mayor of White, Has Died
We have confirmed with Gary Crisp, Mayor Pro Tem of White, that Mayor Perry Bell died in an accident in Murray County Saturday morning. He succumbed to injuries sustained while competing in an event at [read more...]
Woodland Falls To Osborne, Cass Up Next
The Woodland Wildcats (1-4) fell to the Osborne Cardinals 38-14 on Friday night. The Wildcats had an impressive first drive that stalled inside the Cardinal 10-yard line and ended in a field goal. Osborne was [read more...]
Battle of the Tigers: It Is All Adairsville
The Adairsville Tigers (4-1, 2-0) continued their dominance in region play with a 49-10 win over the Ringgold Tigers on Friday night. Chris Roper had three touchdown runs to pace Adairsville in the contest. Roper’s [read more...]
Colonels Defeat Lions, Get Ready for Region
The Cass Colonels (2-3) defeated the MLK Lions on Friday night by a score of 63-7. Freshman quarterback Brodie McWhorter threw four touchdown passes, while Devin Henderson accounted for three touchdowns of his own. https://twitter.com/CassFootball/status/1573294981728669696?s=20&t=iqIlxM0tLGB_So6zvYZHVw [read more...]
More than Thirty Community Leaders Honored at During Weekend Ceremony Hosted by the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Cartersville, Georgia – In its annual ceremony to recognize the businesses, organizations and people who make our community appealing to visitors, the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau presented the 2022 Hospitality Hero Awards and [read more...]
Four Bartow County Residents Take Home Prize Money from The Arts Festival at Rose Lawn
September 22, 2022. Cartersville, Georgia. – Cash prizes totaling $1,000 were awarded to seven juried artists at the 47th Annual Arts Festival held this past weekend in Cartersville, Georgia. Four of the winning artists, Sharon [read more...]
Bartow County Sees Rise in August Unemployment Rate
Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Bartow County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.8 percent in August, up three-tenths of a percent over the month. A year ago, the rate was 3.5 percent. [read more...]
Superintendent Woods selects 2022-2023 Parent Advisory Council members
Sharon Viktora of Bartow County Schools will represent Bartow County   The list of members is available at the bottom of this release. September 20, 2022 – State School Superintendent Richard Woods today named 31 parents [read more...]
Bartow Firefighters Kept Busy with Weekend and Monday Fires
A doublewide mobile home at Two Run Crossing was lost to fire Monday afternoon. Crews were called to 113 Two Run Crossing off Griffin Road. The occupant and two teenage boys were able to escape. [read more...]
Adairsville Rushes Past Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe, Wins First Region Game
The Adairsville Tigers (3-1, 1-0) defeated the Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe Warriors by a score of 42-20 on Friday night, giving the Tigers their first region win of the season. https://twitter.com/jonathan_cudd/status/1570805225673609217?s=20&t=WXNoHOUyUuJ__hKTAN3Eug Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe won the coin toss [read more...]
Cartersville Remains Unbeaten, Defeats Heritage-Conyers on Homecoming
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (5-0) remained perfect on Friday night with a 49-0 shutout of Heritage-Conyers, which would mark a successful homecoming. Cartersville scored on its opening possession and the only blemish the Canes would [read more...]
Georgia State Parks’ “Leaf Watch” Provides Travel Tips for Leaf Peepers
GEORGIA, September 15, 2022 – The annual arrival of pumpkin-spice flavors and cooler temperatures have many people eager for fall getaways. To help leaf peepers plan their autumn escapes, Georgia State Parks has launched “Leaf [read more...]
State Job’s Number Hits New All-Time High as GDOL Hosts Virtual Job Fair
September 15, 2022 Atlanta, GA – Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler announced today that Georgia's August unemployment rate was 2.8 percent for the second consecutive month while jobs numbers reached another all-time high increasing almost [read more...]
Man Charged with First Degree Vehicular Homicide Enters Guilty Plea
The parting words of a man sentenced on vehicular homicide charges left many in tears Tuesday morning. Thirty-five-year-old Trevus Jamaahl Baugh received a forty-five-year sentence, he must serve 18 years incarcerated and the remainder on [read more...]
Adairsville Defeats Cass In Inter-County Battle
The Adairsville Tigers (2-1) defeated the Cass Colonels (1-3) by a score of 29-12 on Friday night. Cass received the opening kickoff and drove quickly down the field before Mac Nelson scored a 22-yard rushing [read more...]
Woodland Falls to Pepperell in Sloppy Loss
The Woodland Wildcats (1-3) fell to the Pepperell Dragons on Friday night by a score of 28-0. This makes back-to-back games for the Wildcats that many felt would be wins that ended up in the [read more...]
Cartersville Remains Perfect, Takes Down Columbia
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (4-0) defeated the Columbia Lions on Senior Night by a score of 42-0. It wasn’t the best of starts for the Canes, as quarterback Nate Russell threw an interception on the [read more...]
Labor Day Traffic Count – 15 Killed During Holiday Travel Period Crashes
(Atlanta, GA) – Georgia State Patrol (GSP) Troopers investigated nine fatal traffic crashes, and local law enforcement agencies investigated five fatal traffic crashes resulting in 15 deaths across Georgia during the 78-hour Labor Day holiday travel [read more...]
SIGNIFICANT BLOOD SHORTAGE REPORTED AFTER LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Blood Assurance is reporting a significant blood supply shortage after multiple traumas over Labor Day weekend. As of Tuesday morning, the blood center had just a one-day’s supply of the crucial O-negative and O-positive blood [read more...]
New Bivalent Covid-19 Boosters Offer Enhanced Protection Available at all Northwest Georgia county health departments
Atlanta – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) will begin offering the new bivalent COVID-19 booster this week, as shipments of the vaccine arrive in the state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [read more...]
Arrest Report of Cartersville Officer Jailed in Polk County, Florida
On Thursday, September 1, 2022, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Polk County Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested Jason DiPrima of Kingston, Georgia for Soliciting a Prostitute (M1). DiPrima is employed as the Deputy Chief of Police Administration for [read more...]
Adairsville Suffers Lopsided Loss to Rabun County
The Adairsville Tigers (1-1) lost to the Rabun County Wildcats by a score of 72-36 on Friday. Rabun County received the opening kickoff, and they got to work quickly, getting inside the red zone in [read more...]
Canes Score 28-Unanswered Points for Comeback Win
The Cartersville Purple Hurricanes (3-0) defeated the Allatoona Buccaneers (0-3) on Friday night by a score of 28-20. However, this was not a back-and-forth game as the score might indicate. Allatoona stifled the Cartersville ground [read more...]
Woodland Falls to Model in Overtime Loss
The Woodland Wildcats (1-2) fell to the Model Blue Devils (1-2) 17-14 in overtime on Friday night. The Wildcats struck first as Chase Carson scored on a 2-yard run. The Wildcats and Blue Devils traded [read more...]
