Dr. Mike Hobbs Named President of Georgia Highlands College
The Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia (USG) today named Dr. Mike Hobbs president of Georgia Highlands College (GHC), effective July 1, 2022. Hobbs currently serves as vice president for student affairs [read more...]
A high-speed chase originating in Bartow ends with fatality in Gordon County.
On Tuesday, May 17, 2022, at approximately 7:08 p.m., Bartow County Sheriff’s Deputies were pursuing a gray Nissan Titan along Highway 53 traveling east in Gordon County. According to Georgia State Patrol reports, a Bartow [read more...]
Official Report From Walmart Bomb Scare
Bartow 911 received a call from a subject stating there were two bombs inside Walmart on 101 Market Place Boulevard near Cartersville at around 2:54 Saturday afternoon. Walmart and the surrounding businesses evacuated their customers. [read more...]
A Cartersville Man was Struck and Killed by a Vehicle Thursday Night.Â
Forty-nine-year-old, Travis Michael Woods of Cartersville was fatally wounded in an accident that occurred at the intersection of Burnt Hickory and Mission Roads. According to Georgia State Patrol reports, the accident occurred May 12, 2022, [read more...]
Lewis disqualified from State Senate race
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has moved to disqualify District 52 State Senate candidate Jeff Lewis from the race. Â The decision came less than 24 hours after Georgia Administrative Court Judge Charles R Beaudrot [read more...]
Judge recommends Jeff Lewis be disqualified from State Senate race
A Georgia Administrative Court Judge has recommended that District 52 State Senate candidate Jeff Lewis be disqualified from the race.  Incumbent Senator Chuck Hufstetler filed the challenge to Lewis’s candidacy earlier this year, and [read more...]
Jury Reaches Guilty Verdict in Child Molestation Case
A local jury finds an Adairsville man guilty of two counts of child molestation. Thirty-two-year-old, Jesse Allen Maestrey of Rydal was arrested in 2018 and charged with two counts of child molestation. The incidents occurred [read more...]
Bartow’s early voting turnout exceeds expectations
The second week of early voting for the May primary is underway in Bartow County, and voters are taking advantage of the opportunity. On Wednesday afternoon, Bartow County Elections Supervisor Joseph Kirk told WBHF that [read more...]
College Dreams Thrive Despite Expense of Higher Education
Cartersville student, Anysia Boozer is one of just 20 scholars nationally who will be honored with a 2022 Dream Award scholarship, at a dinner and award ceremony in Washington, D.C. on June 16. The Dream [read more...]
Freepoint Eco-Systems lands solid waste recycling agreement with Bartow County, Georgia
May 3, 2022 From Waste Today Magazine The company will spend the next two years building a $40 million recycling facility at a county-owned landfill to recycle plastic, metal and cardboard. Freepoint Eco-Systems LLC, Houston, [read more...]
State Senate District 37 Democratic Forum
The audio from our discussion with Titus Nichols is below. The other candidate, Vanessa Parker, declined the opportunity to be on WBHF.
State Senate District 37 Republican Forum
The audio from our discussion with David Delk, Scott Johnson, and Ed Setzler is below.
Unattended Toddler Starts A Fire Tuesday
A small child playing with a cigarette lighter caused a fire at the Efficiency Lodge on Highway 20 early Tuesday morning. According to reports with Bartow Fire and Emergency Services, Crews were called to a [read more...]
Bartow County Man Reportedly Shoots Visitor
Samuel Colt Parker Bartow County deputies arrested 39-year-old Samuel Colt Parker at his residence on Catherine Circle near Cartersville on Friday night in connection to a shooting. The victim said he went to [read more...]
State Senate District 52 Forum
The audio from our discussion with incumbent Chuck Hufstetler and challengers Derek Keeney and Jeff Lewis is below.
Interview with Bartow County Board of Education District 3 Candidates
As part of WBHF’s 2022 election coverage, we reached out to candidates running for the Bartow County Board of Education District 3 seat. Three candidates, Brad Gilmore, Nickie Leighly, and Matt Shultz, are vying for [read more...]
Interview with Bartow County Board of Education District 2 Candidate Darnell Jackson Jr
As part of WBHF's 2022 election coverage, we reached out to candidates running for the Bartow County Board of Education District 2 seat. Two candidates, Darnell Jackson Jr and Darla Branton Williams, are vying for [read more...]
Man Shot Outside Cartersville Apartment – Suspect Arrested
Martiese Jamon McKay On Tuesday, dispatch sent Cartersville Police officers to Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center about a male with gunshot wounds. Officers learned someone shot Carson Smith during a drug transaction in the [read more...]
Cartersville High School Lockdown Lifted
This morning around 10:45, Cartersville Police Department received notice of a threat made via social media. The social media post had a photo of the sky and detailed the individual was in the area of [read more...]
Etowah Scholarship Foundation Celebration
The Etowah Scholarship Foundation is celebrating 40 years of providing community-funded scholarships to students of Bartow County. You are invited to an evening of jazz under the stars as the Etowah Jazz Society takes the [read more...]
Chattahoochee Tech Celebrates Opening of Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Chattahoochee Technical College celebrated the opening of its $8,905,000 Center for Advanced Manufacturing at the North Metro Campus with a ribbon-cutting ceremony held last Thursday in conjunction with the Cartersville-Bartow Chamber of Commerce. [read more...]
Bartow County Environmental Health Temporarily Relocates Office
Effective Monday, April 25, the Bartow County Health Department Environmental Health (EH) Office has relocated to and is operating out of a temporary office at 410 MLK, Jr., Drive, Cartersville. Bartow EH staff now provide [read more...]
The EPD Announces Annual Ban on Open Burning
Beginning May 1, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) open burning ban will be in effect for 54 Georgia counties. The open burning ban has been in place during the summer ozone season since 2005. The ban [read more...]
Political Forum Update
WBHF has confirmed that we will welcome all three Republican candidates for State Senate District 52 next week. Senate District 52 encompasses all Bartow County, except for the southeast corner. In the studio, [read more...]
