June Unemployment Rates Rise in Georgia Regional Commissions
The Rise is attributed to Seasonal and Student Workers Entering the Summer Job Market Georgia's Unemployment Rate for June 4.0% Bartow's Unemployment Rate for June 3.8% Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson announced today that [read more...]
Cartersville Home Receives Major Fire Damage
7/23/2024 – At approximately 11:40 a.m. Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services were dispatched to 118 Linda Road S.W, Cartersville to a report of a residential structure fire. The caller advised that the living room [read more...]
Summer Job Market Sees Influx of Graduates, Slight Rise in June Unemployment
July 18, 2024 Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson announced today that Georgia's June unemployment rate was 3.3, up one-tenth from a revised 3.2 percent in May. The unemployment rate was eight-tenths lower than the [read more...]
Cass-White Road Corridor Part of GA $1.5B Investment
The Cass-White Road corridor project between I-75 and Busch Drive and Great Valley Parkway and Highland 75 Industrial Park is one of 49 projects getting additional infrastructure funding. Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp yesterday announced [read more...]
Kenneth Carson Named To State Criminal Justice Coordinating Council
Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp recently announced the appointment and re-appointment of 66 Georgians to various state boards, authorities, and commissions, one of which is a local. Kemp named Adairsville Mayor Kenneth Carson to the [read more...]
Georgians Urged Not to Eat Diamond Shruumz Products
Chocolates, gummies, and snack foods may contain psychoactive compounds ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are investigating [read more...]
Man Charged With Assault & Kidnapping Before Pursuit
We have more information about the police chase that began in Cartersville and ended in Cobb County Tuesday morning. Police went to a fight in progress in front of City Hall on North Public Square [read more...]
GBI Investigates Death in Bartow County, GA
Adairsville, Bartow County, GA (July 10, 2024) – At the request of the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office, the GBI is investigating a death. On Sunday, July 7, 2024, at about 7:30 a.m., a Bartow County Sheriff’s [read more...]
Emerson Looking To Increase Criminal Fines
During a business meeting at City Hall on Monday night, The Emerson City Council authorized city administrators to work towards adding a $5 court technology fee to all criminal and quasi-criminal fines. The city [read more...]
Man Arrested For Allegedly Shooting At Deputies
Bartow County deputies arrested 27-year-old Curtis Blake Cavender at a residence on Vaughn Dairy Road in the Rydal area early Thursday morning after he allegedly shot at them. The deputies went to the residence after [read more...]
The City of Kingston Faces Criticism Following Proposed Mileage Rate
Kingston, GA - A possible two percent mileage rate was on the radar for Kingston city residents following last night's Kingston City Council meeting. Council members voted on whether or not to approve the process [read more...]
Life Flight Called For Two Vehicle Accident July 4th Weekend
A very serious accident occurred in Bartow during the July 4th Holiday weekend. According to an accident report from the Cartersville Police Department, a collision between a Yamaha motorcycle and a Nissan Skyline occurred on [read more...]
Heat Advisory for Independence Day
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Bartow County and portions of central and northwest Georgia from one to seven tomorrow afternoon. They expect heat index values up to 109 degrees. Hot temperatures [read more...]
White Sets Millage Rate and Increases Police Citation Fees
The White City Council approved setting the millage rate at three but rolling it back to zero during a business meeting at City Hall on Monday night. The only people paying the city more are [read more...]
Georgia DOT Suspends Lane Closures for Holiday Weekend
The Georgia Department of Transportation will suspend lane closures on Georgia interstates and state routes for the upcoming July 4th holiday weekend. The suspension will begin at noon on Wednesday, July 3, and continue until [read more...]
Lymphedema Therapy Available at Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
Cartersville (July 1, 2024) – Piedmont Cartersville now provides therapy for patients with lymphedema, a condition that results from impaired flow of the lymphatic system and can cause mild to severe swelling in one of [read more...]
Operation Etowah Exploits” Leads to 14 Arrests in Bartow County
Cartersville, GA (July 1, 2024) – Police arrested 14 people in a proactive multi-agency investigative effort targeting sex traffickers and sex buyers in the Northwest Georgia area. The GBI’s Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit (HEAT), the [read more...]
DPS Urges Motorists to Drive Safely this Independence Day Holiday Weekend
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2024 (ATLANTA, GA) – The Georgia State Patrol (GSP) and Motor Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD) urges everyone to celebrate the Independence Day holiday responsibly. This year, the holiday travel period [read more...]
Protect Against Mosquito-borne Illnesses
Summer in Georgia, and along with it, outdoor adventures, picnics, barbeques, and…mosquitoes! Avoiding mosquito bites protects you and your family from mosquito-borne illness and helps prevent the spread of disease in Georgia. Mosquito-borne diseases [read more...]
Members of a Cargo Theft Ring Sentenced to Prison: One Theft Occurred in Emerson
ROME, Ga. – Yunior Hernandez a/k/a “Yunior Hernandez Guzman,” Roberto Quesada Lopez, Carlos Alberto Valdes, and Yubani Millares Vera have been sentenced to prison for multiple cargo thefts throughout the Southeastern United States totaling more [read more...]
Bartow Recipient of the 2024 Dog & Cat Sterilization Program Grant Awards
Atlanta, GA -Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper announced that the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) has issued grant awards for the 2024 Dog & Cat Sterilization Program (DCSP). The Department received nearly 170 applications and [read more...]
Two People Charged with Fireworks Theft
In the early morning hours on Saturday, June 15, 2024, a Bartow County Sheriff's Deputy attempted to perform a traffic stop on a U-Haul box truck after observing it behind the Cartersville Crossing Shopping Center, [read more...]
Suspect Nabbed After Alleged Burglary and Pursuit
Bartow County deputies arrested 38-year-old Adrian Jamar Daniels of Rome in front of Burger King on Dixie Avenue and East Church Street in Cartersville on Saturday after a wild chain of events. A deputy started [read more...]
Hickory Log Personal Care Home Announces Appointment of New Executive Director
Hickory Log Personal Care Home, a leading non-profit dedicated to giving social, vocational, financial, and educational training to men with intellectual or developmental disabilities, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Mr. Randy Yost as [read more...]
