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Working adults seeking to grow their career options can begin earning a degree from Georgia Highlands College (GHC) this October through the GHC@Night program. To provide a closer look at the new GHC@Night Associate of [read more...]

Emerson Police booked 85-year-old Max William Maulden of Emerson into the county jail on Friday afternoon for three counts of child molestation. There is no further information at this time.

With the American Red Cross experiencing a national blood shortage, local blood drives are coming up. Hurricane Idalia further strained the blood supply with blood drive cancellations and reduced blood and platelet donations in affected [read more...]

For nearly ten years, students, faculty, and staff at Georgia Highlands College (GHC) have placed 2,977 American flags at the Cartersville site to remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. Veterans Affairs [read more...]

According to reports, the accident occurred Wednesday, September 6th, 2023, at 8:23 a.m., Georgia State Patrol Troopers were dispatched to a three-vehicle, serious injury collision on Burnt Hickory Road near Tate Way in Bartow County. [read more...]

Defendant Caused Tax Loss in Excess of $9.5 million A Georgia man pleaded guilty today to seeking to obstruct the IRS in its efforts to collect employment taxes and related penalties. According to court documents [read more...]

Law enforcement arrested 26 individuals, including two from Bartow County, over eleven days in a statewide child exploitation operation named “Operation Sneaky Peach.” The Georgia Bureau of Investigation Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit and [read more...]

BARTOW COUNTY, Ga. (August 30, 2023) – College Board’s newly released Advanced Placement Scholar Roster includes 193 Bartow County School System students earning 236 awards – the highest numbers ever recorded in Bartow County! College [read more...]

Switch Limited, a technology infrastructure ecosystem corporation based in Las Vegas, Nevada, filed a Development of Regional Impact application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs on Tuesday for a proposed 126-acre facility south of [read more...]

A Rome man charged with murder receives a life sentence in Bartow Superior Court.  Forty-three-year-old Shannon Vashawn Tapley pleaded guilty to malice murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, and concealing the death of another.  Two felony [read more...]

CARTERSVILLE, GA:  The Bartow County Health Department, 5355 Covenant Drive, Cartersville, is now offering flu vaccines on both a walk-in and appointment basis, according to Bartow County Health Department Nurse Manager Cyndi Carter.   “We [read more...]

This is the final list of local residents qualifying for political office for local municipalities.  We will speak with the candidates facing opposition as we get closer to the November 7, 2023 election.     [read more...]

Advocates for Children is opening a new center to better tackle the escalating issue of child abuse head-on. “Georgia records about 127,000 cases of child abuse a year and land at the bottom of all [read more...]

According to reports from Bartow Fire and Emergency Services, 8/25/2023 – At approximately 11:56 p.m., Bartow County Fire & Emergency Services were dispatched to 937 Euharlee Road S.W. Cartersville to a report of a residential [read more...]

  (ATLANTA, GA) – As summer comes to an end and thousands of Georgians hit the road to celebrate the Labor Day holiday, the Georgia Department of Public Safety reminds motorists that Georgia State Patrol (GSP) [read more...]

Bartow County deputies responded to an armed robbery at Budgetel Inn on Carson Loop off Cassville White Road on Wednesday afternoon. The complainant advised that a black female who cleans at a few of his [read more...]

We have more information about the arrest of 71-year-old Robert Edward Dillen. Bartow County deputies went to his residence on the northeast corner of Sugar Valley Road and Laurel Drive west of Cartersville on Tuesday [read more...]

Stay Cool, Stay Hydrated, Stay Informed   ATLANTA – With temperatures expected to be in the high 90’s throughout the state for the next several days, and at times feeling like more than 100 degrees with [read more...]

A Bartow County resident charged with numerous counts of child molestation was released on bond this year.  He is now back in jail, charged with more crimes against children.  According to Bartow County Sheriff’s Office [read more...]

DALTON, Georgia – August 21, 2023 – Highland Rivers Behavioral Health will host a community symposium on veteran suicide prevention Wednesday, September 13, at the Chattahoochee Technical College North Metro campus, 5198 Ross Rd., in [read more...]