GBI Promotes Cartersville Resident to Toxicology Technical Leader
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation announces the promotion of Cartersville resident James Gordon to Technical Leader of the Toxicology Section of the Crime Lab at GBI Headquarters. Gordon will be responsible for training scientist trainees [read more...]
Bullets Damage Two Homes on Jenny Lane
Numerous bullets damaged two homes and three vehicles on Jenny Lane near Cartersville before 12:41 a.m. on Wednesday. Deputies reportedly located numerous shell casings on the roadway in front of the residences. One resident stated [read more...]
Arrests Made in Lee Street Shooting
Cartersville Police and Georgia Bureau of Investigation agents arrested two individuals on Wednesday for their involvement in a shooting that occurred the day before in the area of Lee Street. Arrested were 34-year-old [read more...]
Georgia’s Regional Commissions See Slight Rise in March Unemployment
April 25, 2024 Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson said Thursday that all of Georgia’s Regional Commissions reported a slight rise in March unemployment rates. “Georgia’s job market is red hot with opportunity,” said Commissioner [read more...]
Gunshot Victim Transported To Hospital Following Lee St. Shooting
At approximately 9:48 P.M. on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Cartersville Police Department responded to the report of gunshots in the area of Lee and Walker Streets, Cartersville, Georgia. Arriving Officers located spent shell casings [read more...]
Cartersville Police Investigate Shooting Involving Father and Son
Cartersville Police Officers were called to Lee Street Saturday at midnight. According to Cartersville Police reports, the resident of 134 Lee Street stated that her husband had been shot and they needed an ambulance. The [read more...]
Chemical Products Corporation Set to Permanently Close Cartersville Plant
Over 120 employees will be laid off following the closing of Chemical Products Corporation's Cartersville Plant. Chemical Products Corporation has released the following notice: "Please be advised that on or around June 22, 2024, Chemical [read more...]
Chattahoochee Tech Foundation Presents Scholarships Valued at $86,000
(Acworth, Ga. – April 22, 2024) The Chattahoochee Tech Foundation awarded student scholarships with a total value of $86,000 at an awards reception held Friday, April 19, at the college’s North Metro Campus. “We greatly [read more...]
Cartersville Man Accused of Molesting Child
Cartersville Police booked 48-year-old Ralph Edward Hannah into the county jail on Friday morning for warrants from April 1st for false imprisonment, child molestation, and sexual battery against a child under the age of 16. [read more...]
Inmate Passes Away in Custody
Alexander Smart An investigation is pending following the death of an inmate at the Bartow County Jail. In an official statement from the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office --- “Alexander Smart did pass [read more...]
A One-Vehicle Accident Results In The Death of The Driver
According to reports, on Thursday, April 18th at 7:18 a.m., Georgia State Patrol Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Highway 61 south of Aubrey Road. The initial investigation revealed that a silver 2001 Toyota [read more...]
Georgians Get Extended Booking Window for Georgia State Parks
STOCKBRIDGE, GA, April 15, 2024 -- Effective April 15, Georgia residents will be able to book accommodations 14 months in advance at sites operated by Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites, one month earlier than [read more...]
Consistent, Steady Growth Key to Winning Economic Long Game March Unemployment Rate 3.1%
Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson announced today that Georgia's March unemployment rate was 3.1, unchanged from a revised 3.1 percent in February. The unemployment rate was seven-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate. "When it comes [read more...]
SUNMAX TECH Settles in Adairsville, Georgia
New Energy Industry Component Manufacturer, SUNMAX TECH, Officially Settles in Adairsville, Georgia Adairsville, Georgia - [4/18/2024]: SUNMAX TECH, INC. is pleased to announce its establishment as a new company in the production of new [read more...]
Atrium Health & Harbin Clinic Combine
Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic, the region’s two longest-serving healthcare providers, finalized a long-anticipated strategic combination on Monday, creating an integrated healthcare system. Harbin Clinic, Georgia’s most extensive, privately owned, multi-specialty physician [read more...]
DPH Confirms Third Measles Case in 2024
MMR Vaccine is Safe and Effective in Preventing Measles ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed a case of measles in an unvaccinated individual traveling with an international group of students. [read more...]
Bartow SWAT Nabs Woman Alleged To Have Set Fire
Bartow County SWAT removed 37-year-old Yihua Wiseman from her residence on Wilson Street in Acworth early Saturday morning after a five-hour incident that began on Friday night in which she reportedly threatened two people at [read more...]
UPDATE: Woman Accused Of Murder at Collins Pointe Apartments
Cartersville Police booked a woman for murder on Monday morning. Officers responded to the report of a person stabbed at the Collins Pointe Apartments off Roving Road at around 10:47 on Sunday night and reportedly [read more...]
Cartersville High Teacher Accused Sex Assault Of Student
On Thursday, March 14th, the Cartersville Police Department received a report of a possible inappropriate relationship between a Cartersville High School teacher and a student. On Tuesday, April 2nd, 53-year-old John Paul Snead of Kennesaw [read more...]
Update on Monday’s Fatal I-75 Accident
We now know the identities of both people killed in a series of crashes that led to the shutdown of I-75 two miles from the SR 140 exit in Adairsville for about five hours on [read more...]
Traffic Changes This Week
Weather permitting, Georgia Department of Transportation crews will shift traffic on State Route 140 between Old Highway 140 and Big Ditch Road just west of Adairsville today through Friday from nine a.m. to five p.m. [read more...]
Two Killed on I-75 Incident South of Adairsville
A series of crashes led to the shutdown of I-75 before the SR 140 exit in Adairsville for about five hours and two fatalities on Monday morning. At 5:55, officers from the Calhoun Police Department [read more...]
Cartersville Teen Accused of Crimes Against A Minor
Cartersville Police booked 17-year-old Donaven James Payne of Cartersville into the county jail on Thursday afternoon for cruelty to a child in the first degree, sodomy, and aggravated child molestation. There is no further information [read more...]
3 Charged With Armed Robbery at Mountain Chase
Cartersville Police arrested three people last week in connection to an alleged armed robbery in the parking area of the Mountain Chase townhomes off North Tennessee Street on February 8th. The complainant said [read more...]
