USACE Allatoona Lake to Accept Christmas Trees for Recycling
MOBILE, Ala. – The Allatoona Lake Project Management Office announced today that they will accept unwanted, live Christmas Trees for recycling beginning Dec. 26, 2021 until Jan. 8, 2022 at seven drop-off sites around the lake. [read more...]
Circle of Advancement’s toy drive benefits kids in Bartow and Kentucky
   Local nonprofit Circle of Advancement collected hundreds of toys this holiday season, and co-founder Silken Solomon said some of these will be sent to children in Kentucky who are still recovering from the recent tornado [read more...]
Bartow County Sees an All-Time Low Unemployment Rate
 Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Bartow County recorded an all-time low unemployment rate of 1.9 percent, down three-tenths of a percent over the month. A year ago, the rate was 4.6 [read more...]
Health department sets special days/hours for Covid vaccination appointments
Cartersville, GA:Â Beginning January 3, 2022, the Bartow County Health Department, 100 Zena Drive, Cartersville, will schedule all Covid-19 vaccinations, including initial doses and boosters, by appointment only at certain hours on Tuesday and Thursdays. [read more...]
FDA expands eligibility for Pfizer-BioNTech booster 16- and 17-year-olds now eligible
ROME, GA: The FDA has expanded eligibility for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 booster dose to 16- and 17-year-olds, and health departments in Northwest Georgia have expanded their Covid-19 booster offering to include this age group for [read more...]
Omicron Variant Detected in Georgia – Third Confirmed Case in Georgia Resident
Atlanta – The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed the Omicron variant in an unvaccinated metro Atlanta resident with no recent international travel history. The individual has mild COVID symptoms and is isolating [read more...]
Georgia Power employees from Plant Bowen, Cartersville help restore the Black Pioneer Cemetery in Euharlee Â
Monday, December 6, 2021 – Employees from Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen have worked tirelessly at the restoration of the Black Pioneer Cemetery in Euharlee. They started a few years back to restore the walking paths [read more...]
Two Perish In House Fire
Bartow County Coroner Joel Guyton confirmed with WBHF that 24-year-old Taylor Hammond and 14-month-old Lennon Hammond perished in a home fire early Sunday morning. Cartersville Fire Battalion Chief Hagen Champion said that CFD and CPD [read more...]
Omicron Variant Detected in Georgia: New Variant Reinforces the Need for Vaccination and Testing
The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed the first case of COVID- 19 caused by the Omicron variant in Georgia. The individual recently traveled from South Africa and developed mild symptoms and subsequently [read more...]
Murder Suspect Booked Into Bartow County Jail
Cory James Slaughter Bartow County deputies booked 29-year-old Cory James Slaughter of Mableton into the jail on Thursday night for murder. At about 4:07 Thursday afternoon, Bartow County E911 responded to a domestic [read more...]
Murder Suspect Booked Into Bartow County Jail
Bartow County deputies booked 29-year-old Cory James Slaughter of Mableton into the jail on Thursday night for murder. At about 4:07 Thursday afternoon, Bartow County E911 responded to a domestic violence incident in progress at [read more...]
Levi’s Call Subject Found In Good Health
The Paulding County E911 Center notified the BCSO that Levi’s Call subject Cataleya Marie Buttram had been located and reunited with her mother and was in good health. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation activated Levi’s [read more...]
Abducted Girl Found Safe
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation indicted at around 7:15 this morning that they found Cataleya Marie Buttram safe and unharmed. The GBI activated Levi's Call last night on behalf of the Bartow County Sheriff's Office. [read more...]
Bartow County Man Abducted Child
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation activated Levi's Call on behalf of the Bartow County Sheriff's Office. The subject is Cataleya Marie Buttram, a mixed female two years of age. She has brown eyes and brown [read more...]
World AIDS Day December 1 – Prevention is Treatment
World AIDS Day December 1 Prevention is Treatment  Atlanta – World AIDS Day, observed each year on December 1, is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their [read more...]
Man Busted For Allegedly Selling Cocaine
Ernesto Javier Murillo Betancourt Cartersville Police arrested 27-year-old Ernesto Javier Murillo Betancourt of Cartersville outside of The Local Bar and Grill early Sunday morning for possession with intent to distribute cocaine and obstructing [read more...]
BBB Tip: Shop safely on Cyber Monday
ATLANTA — The Monday following Black Friday, known as Cyber Monday, has become one of the top shopping days of the year. But like so much else in 2021, not all deals will be just [read more...]
Bartow County Unemployment Rate Tied All-Time Low, 2.2% in Oct. and 4.7% one year ago.
 Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Bartow County tied an all-time low unemployment rate of 2.2 percent in October. A year ago, the rate was 4.7 percent.  "We are continuing to [read more...]
Georgia Senate panel approves map that keeps all of Bartow in District 11
A Georgia Senate panel approved a Republican-Drawn congressional district map this afternoon. This Map was first revealed on Wednesday, just 25 hours before the vote took place. Â A previously proposed map showed roughly half [read more...]
BARTOW COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM AWARDED INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES GRANT
 Bartow County Library System receives $31,291 in American Rescue Plan funding  Cartersville, GA: Bartow County Library System has been awarded $31,291 in American Rescue Plan funding from the Institute of Museum and Library [read more...]
Georgia Power Employee Mentors, Educates At-Risk Youth in Bartow County
 For Daniel Veiga, his work serving and protecting others doesn’t end when his day job is over in Corporate Security at Georgia Power. For the Cartersville resident and part-time officer with the local police [read more...]
Environmental advocates say plans to close Bartow County ash pond could contaminate groundwater
This story was originally covered on WBHF Radio airwaves.     The Georgia Environmental Protection Division heard many speakers during a recent virtual public hearing, and nearly all of them had the same message: Georgia Power [read more...]
A Cartersville Man is Sentenced in West Virginia for Drug Distribution
CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA – William Gregory Chappell, of Cartersville, Georgia, was sentenced today to 168 months for drug distribution and firearms charges, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced. Chappell, age 35, pleaded guilty [read more...]
Two Arrested on Stabbing Charges
On November 8, 2021, the Cartersville Police Department responded to Puckett Street in Cartersville due to a report of a stabbing. The victim was transported to the Cartersville Medical Center for treatment. Officers identified two [read more...]
