Local Accused of Dangerously Injuring Girlfriend
Bartow County deputies booked 17-year-old Benjamin Ray Hyde into the jail on Sunday morning for aggravated battery. His girlfriend stated that while lying in bed at their residence on Catherine Way near Cartersville on Saturday [read more...]
Cartersville Man Receives 40 Year Sentence for Sexually Abusing Elderly Relative
A man charged with sexually abusing an elderly relative is sentenced in Bartow Superior Court. Forty-six-year-old Clyde Andrew Atkinson was arrested on November 18, 2022, and charged with rape strong arm, incest, sodomy, aggravated sexual [read more...]
Accidential Fire Destroys Adairsville Camper
3/2/2023– At approximately 7:04 p.m., Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services were dispatched to 151 Pine Valley Drive NW, Adairsville to a report of a fire with no structure endangerment. BCFES crews arrived on scene [read more...]
Police Report Confirms Presence of Bomb in Car Involved in an Accident
A Cartersville Police report confirms the presence of an explosive device in a car involved in a crash last month. The narrative does not explain Kenneth Baily had the suspected bomb in his car. According [read more...]
Georgia Power Proposes More Rate Hikes
Only weeks after a major Georgia Power rate increase started hitting Georgians bills, the power company is asking to collect more from ratepayers to cover the cost of coal, gas and nuclear fuel in its [read more...]
Red Cross Honors Local Community Heroes During March
As climate disasters, blood donation needs and other emergencies upend lives, local community heroes in Georgia are stepping up to care for one another. This March, the American Red Cross of Georgia is honoring those [read more...]
Cartersville City Council Preview 3/2
The Cartersville City Council will meet Thursday for the first reading of four new ordinances, an appointment and a handful of purchases. Three of the four ordinances that will be brought forward for their first [read more...]
SK Battery Plant Submits Development Plan
The new SK battery plant that will be built in Bartow County filed its development plan with the state of Georgia on Tuesday, according to an article published by the Rome News Tribune. The article [read more...]
Statement Issued by Bartow County Sheriff’s Office
What follows is a media release issued by the Bartow County Sheriff's Office: According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at approximately 1120 am, Uniform Patrol Deputies and Criminal Investigators responded to [read more...]
Sierra Club Report on Pollution from Plant Bowen
A report released by the Sierra Club on Monday reveals soot pollution from coal-fired power Plant Bowen in Bartow County has caused 59 premature deaths in the last few years. Here's a link to the [read more...]
Euharlee PD Officer Named MADD Officer of the Month
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or more commonly known as MADD announced during the recent Euharlee City Council work session that Euharlee police department officer Andy Page was recognized as the organizations officer of the month [read more...]
Bartow County Library Events in March
With March on our doorsteps a new month of events hosted by our county library system is set to begin. One of the largest events that is being hosted is one of the quarterly used [read more...]
Temporary Exhibition at Euharlee Museum
Euharlee, GA – The Euharlee Welcome Center and History Museum will open a new temporary exhibition featuring the Pitchfork Collection of Rolland Stokes on March 4. The collection is on loan from Virginia Stokes, the [read more...]
A High-Speed Chase Ends with the Arrest of a Florida Man Enroute to Rehab
According to Bartow County Sheriff’s Office reports, on Wednesday at 8:19 a.m., a law enforcement officer with the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office noticed a white Toyota Camry leaving the Target Parking lot on the wrong [read more...]
Hoe’n In Euharlee Celebrates Cities New Arbor Day
Euharlee Mayor Craig Guyton signed a proclamation on Tuesday that officially made February 24th, 2023, the cities celebration of Arbor Day. In the proclamation Guyton urged the citizens of Euharlee to participate in Arbor Day [read more...]
Pet of the Year Fundraiser
More than 100 pets are competing in a fundraising competition for the title of 2023 Pet Partners Pet of the Year, and we have a pet from Cartersville in the running. Pet Partners serves as [read more...]
LOCAL BLOOD SUPPLY DWINDLING AHEAD OF SPRING BREAK
ROME, Ga. (Feb. 22, 2023)- After a strong start to the new year as far as blood donations go, the local blood supply is beginning to shrink. As of Wednesday, Blood Assurance was in urgent [read more...]
Cartersville HPC Sets Solar Panel Precedent
The first building in downtown Cartersville to have solar panels installed inched closer with an approval by the Historic Preservation Commission on Tuesday. David Hardegree the City Planner for Cartersville introduced the case by stating [read more...]
Preparations for White City Special Election Made
The special election being held in White City for the vacant mayor seat is about a month away. With that the majority of the monthly Bartow County Board of Elections meeting held on Monday was [read more...]
A Cartersville Man is Sentenced on Child Molestatoin Charges
Forty-year-old Brandon Deon Ross was booked into the Bartow County Jail March 29, 2022 and charged with three counts of child molestation and two counts of enticing a child for indecent purposes. He pleaded guilty [read more...]
One Fatality Reported in Cartersville House Fire
A house fire took the life of one-person last night in Cartersville, what follows is a release issued by the Cartersville Fire Department: On February 17th, 2023 at 2047, Cartersville Fire Department; along with Bartow [read more...]
Calhoun Man Found Guilty of Murder for Selling Fentyal Laced Drugs to a Bartow Teen
It took a local jury less than two hours to find a man charged with murder guilty. Forty-one- year old Erik Gavin Ovalle of Calhoun was charged with one count of murder and one count [read more...]
Cartersville Revenues and Expenses Increase
Cartersville saw an increase in both revenues and expenses in December 2022, along with an increase in LOST and building permits and inspection fees. In December 2022 the revenues for the city increased by $5,845,094.00 [read more...]
Cartersville Council Hears Sale Contract and Resignation
The director of the city's parks and recreation department Tod Gilliam had his resignation approved by the city council. This resignation will go into immediate effect with James Gordy serving as the interim director. The [read more...]
