One Southbound Lane of I-75 Closed Monday for Maintenance
Bartow County… WHAT: Weather permitting, GDOT maintenance crews will repair a section of I-75 Monday over Adairsville Pleasant Valley Road. The repairs will close the right southbound lane and right shoulder. WHEN: Monday, August 19 from [read more...]
Man Dead After Apparent Officer-Involved Shooting Sunday
One man is dead in the Adairsville area today after an incident that involved the Bartow County Sheriff's Office and possibly a SWAT unit with someone barricading himself in his house. The Georgia Bureau of [read more...]
New Security Procedures For CHS Events
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Armed Cartersville Man Charged With Assault And Stalking
Bartow County deputies arrested 27-year-old Andrew Kiah Bryson of Cartersville in the Ackerman Road neighborhood east of Emerson on Saturday night after his alleged involvement in a violent physical altercation with a person whom he [read more...]
Cartersville Man Arrested After Wife Flees Alleged Abuse
Bartow County deputies arrested 32-year-old Jelani Jose Moro-Quiles of Cartersville during a felony traffic stop on Saturday afternoon after his alleged involvement in a violent domestic disturbance at his residence on Gentry Drive west of [read more...]
Local Booked For Child Molestation
Cartersville Police booked 45-year-old Jason Eduardo Villarreal of Cartersville into the county jail on Thursday afternoon for child molestation. There is no further information.
Man Jailed In Bartow County On Child Molestation Charges
U.S. Department of Corrections officers booked 47-year-old Bradley Charles Gasaway of Crestview, Florida, into the Bartow County Jail on Monday night on five warrants from May 31st for child molestation. There is no further information.
Local Murder Suspect Transferred To Floyd County Jail
Authorities transferred a Cartersville man accused of a Cartersville murder in March of 2022 from Riverbend Correctional Facility in Milledgeville to the Floyd County Jail on Tuesday to face armed robbery and aggravated assault charges [read more...]
Bartow County Adopts New Millage Rate
During a Wednesday morning meeting at the Bartow County Courthouse, Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor officially decreased the millage rate for incorporated areas from 7.49 mills to 7.40 mills and the unincorporated regions from 6.97 [read more...]
Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For 2016 Murder
On Tuesday, Richard Dale Harden, 64, formerly of Cartersville, pleaded guilty in the Superior Court of Bartow County to felony murder for the strangulation death of 27-year-old Heather Dianne McDonald. Cherokee Judicial Circuit Superior Court Judge [read more...]
Man Arrested After Bloody Machete Attack
Bartow County deputies arrested a man in a homeless camp off Peeples Valley Road and Guyton Industrial Road in Cartersville on Wednesday afternoon after a bloody machete attack. Just north of the incident location on [read more...]
Heat Advisory Today
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Bartow County from 10:00 this morning to 9:00 this evening, as they expect heat index values of up to 110. Hot temperatures and high humidity may [read more...]
School Bus Traffic Reminder
As local students head back to school today, drivers need to remember to watch out for school buses and an increase in pedestrians. A new Georgia law in effect since July 1st makes illegally passing [read more...]
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...]
