Three months after opposing Erlanger Health System's plan to build an ambulatory surgery center in Catoosa County, local officials have now opposed the company's application to build a cancer center in the same area.
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MARIETTA — The Cobb County Police Department and Georgia Bureau of Investigation have revealed new details about an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead Tuesday.
MARIETTA — A man was shot and killed by a Cobb police officer out-side a motel near Six Flags Over Georgia on Tuesday while attempting to flee authorities, according to police.
MARIETTA — The Summerville Main Street will salute Summerville’s living and deceased veterans with a Hometown Heroes exhibit inside the Summerville Depot on May 26.
Adairsville police seized two and a half pounds of methamphetamine early Wednesday morning following a traffic stop on Ga. 140 in what has been dubbed one of the largest meth seizures in the department’s history.
A Bartow County woman will continue to serve a life prison sentence for the death of her 14-month-old daughter who died after ingesting cocaine.
CARTERSVILLE — Originally slated to be a three-year project, efforts to reconstruct several bridges along U.S. 41 are now expected to continue until February 2020.
MARIETTA — A Marietta man has been sentenced to life in prison plus 50 years after being convicted this week of sodomizing a young boy his mother was babysitting, according to the Cobb District Attorney’s office.
Producers for the faith-based feature film, "Kind Katie," about the life of Ringgold teen Katie Beth Carter, recently launched an online equity crowdfunding campaign to finance the picture.
DALTON — Get your swimsuits ready.
MARIETTA — An estimated $100 million mixed-use development with apartments, hotel rooms, retail and office space is being proposed for 8.7 acres in Smyrna across Interstate 285 from Cumberland Mall, but the project is facing trouble getting approval from city officials.
Rockmart police are still untangling the full scope of events surrounding an armed robbery by a local man who barricaded himself in a church before police found him hiding in the attic.
C. Alana Vines was sentenced today for stealing over $400,000 from the church where she worked as a bookkeeper in Peachtree City, Georgia.
The Cedartown City Commission is holding their monthly meeting tonight, and expect to have a special guest along to discuss a potential opportunity for the area.
CARTERSVILLE — Cartersville-based H&H Realty LLC has announced plans for a new industrial park in Bartow’s northeast quadrant.
MARIETTA — A former nurse serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting and videotaping sedated patients is back in custody after he was mistakenly released from his medium security prison last week, Cobb deputies say.
Production crews took over the council meeting and Aragon Municipal courtroom last week in a quick use of the Brenda Gazaway Municipal Complex to shoot scenes for a rap music video last week.
In a special called meeting of the Calhoun City Council on Monday, April 2, Captain Tony Pyle was named the new Chief of Police for the Calhoun Police Department, taking over the spot that will be vacated this summer by current Police Chief Garry Moss upon Moss’ retirement.
A jury convicted Chattanooga's James Leon Works Jr. of multiple sex and assault crimes this week in Catoosa County Superior Court after deciding he held a woman in a Fort Oglethorpe house and raped her repeatedly in 2015.
According to Sgt. Kris Hemphill with the Georgia State Patrol, multiple charges are expected to be filed, pending completion of SCRT investigation, against a Dalton woman in with a Saturday afternoon accident involving a motorcycle that resulted in the death of a Resaca man.
Erlanger Health System's plan to build an ambulatory surgery center in Catoosa County was officially shot down this week when the Georgia Department of Community Health denied the company's request for a certificate of need.
Six members of a street gang were arrested and indicted on charges ranging from a Bartow County murder to conspiracy to obstruct justice in U.S. District Court in Rome.
Gordon County BOE questions the lowering of professional qualifications for teachers, administrators
More questions than answers as Gordon County BOE discusses changes of District Improvement Plan, safety at special called meeting on Friday
A former City of Cartersville employee, Kanneya Delon Brown-Cooley, was arrested on four counts of felony theft by deception in connection the theft of payments for services.
The Silver Comet Trail in Polk County is just one of the many treasures people enjoy locally and globally. Cyclists, walkers and hikers come from around the world to traverse the miles of paved walkway that stretches from metro Atlanta to the Alabama border, and continues onward across the s…
SUMMERVILLE — A registered sex offender and a Trion mill worker face multiple child pornography charges after a mutually coordinated law enforcement operation between eight southeastern states.
MARIETTA — Marietta police have reported the first case of one of its officers using the opioid-reversal drug Narcan to save someone’s life.
DALTON — Joining their fellow students and activists in protests across the nation, more than 300 people marched through downtown Dalton on Saturday, chanting slogans for gun reform and imploring leaders in Washington and in Atlanta to take action to stop gun violence.
According to Calhoun Police Captain Tony Pyle, a second arrest has been made in connection with a late January armed robbery that took place at the Motel 6 in Calhoun.
According to Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston, on Saturday, March 10, deputy sheriffs and detectives responded to a number of reports of property damaged by gunfire and one report of arson.
According to Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston, on Thursday afternoon,March 15, Sheriff’s detectives received a confidential tip that a Plainville woman was engaged in trafficking methamphetamine. Acting swiftly, detectives conducted a search of the home of Mary Louise Elmore, age 49, at 3…
Rossville police have arrested 46-year-old Christopher Shane Nichols in connection with the theft of copper at the Coats American building that resulted in an oil spill.
It’s that time of year again – base ball (two words) season! That’s right, vintage base ball returns to the 6th Cavalry Museum and the Polo Field at the Historic Army Post on March 24 with a double-header.
Copper thieves vandalized an industrial transformer at the Coats American building prompting an emergency response Sunday night. The incident began after a resident noticed an oily sheen and notified a Rossville police officer, who traced the source to the Coats building on Maple Street.
Federal indictments of 23 alleged members of the whites-only Ghost Face Gangsters prison gang are rippling through Floyd, Chattooga and Polk counties.
A reward is being offered by the owner of three horses that were shot over the weekend in the Cedartown area as police continue to investigate the incident.
A Rockmart teen who was accused last week of sending a threatening post over social media that later caused Polk School District to go on lockdown is out on bond.
A Friday night wreck on Highway 53 in Calhoun resulted in the death of two pedestrians.
A Rydal woman reported that a Chattanooga headstone manufacturing business which suddenly closed did not deliver the order for her son’s grave.
MARIETTA — Burger’s Market, known for selling farm-fresh produce on Canton Road near Interstate 75, is looking to sell the store after 45 years.
The driver of a tractor-trailer was airlifted to an Atlanta-area hospital on Friday afternoon following a collision with another 18-wheeler in the Cedartown area.
DALTON — The bond hearing for Randal Davidson, the teacher accused of firing a revolver at Dalton High School on Feb. 28, has been continued from Friday to Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the request of his attorney, according to District Attorney Bert Poston.
MARIETTA — A woman who used her Toyota Camry to run over a man she met in the electronics section of a Cobb Walmart was sentenced Monday to 15 years in prison.
Let’s face it - nobody likes getting shots. But a shot lasts a second; diseases last much longer. To help protect every adult and child, the Georgia Department of Public Health established Georgia Preteen Vaccine Awareness Week, observed March 12-16, 2018, to serve as a reminder for parents …
MARIETTA — The sounds of silence met Trion Mayor Larry Stansell’s call on Thursday for a motion in support of a first reading of a “tethering ordinance” he had proposed for the town. None of the four council members present – Councilwoman Becky McWhorter was absent – put a motion forward.
MARIETTA — A 3-year-old boy was hospitalized Sunday when he accidentally shot himself in the hand while left without parental supervision in a car.
MARIETTA — A 5,000-plus member gang that originated in the Cobb County Jail was dealt a major blow on Tuesday after officials announced indictments and arrests against 23 members and associates of the gang, including three of the gang’s founders.
Fort Oglethorpe officials have approved an agreement with an unknown developer for a project along U.S. Highway 41 near Scruggs Road.
Catoosa County Sheriff Gary Sisk has plans to bring a little nostalgia to his office and the community in general by refurbishing one of the old Pontiac Trans Am patrol vehicles from the early 1980s.
