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A Cartersville man has been arrested on several charges relating to a 2014 forgery and theft investigation.

A public symposium involving scholarly research regarding the troops who fought in the War Between the States, particularly Confederates, is being presented Saturday evening, Feb. 28, at the Walker County Civic Center.

Friday: Snow likely, mainly after 2 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. 

Former Catoosa County sheriff Ronald Lee Bowman died Monday, Feb. 16, after a long illness. He was 61.

Firefighters put out a small blaze this morning at South Main Alignment in Cedartown with only minor damage to the commercial propertry.

This March, which is celebrated nationwide as Red Cross Month, a group of local “Heroes” is working hard to help the Red Cross continue its services in the Northwest Georgia communities. “Heroes” in Floyd, Gordon and Bartow Counties will be canvassing the area for volunteer fundraisers and donations to support Red Cross services.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) hosted the SkillsUSA Region 1 competition on Friday, Jan. 23.

A Calhoun, Ga., man was arrested in Fort Oglethorpe for drug trafficking after police found nearly about two pounds of meth during a routine traffic stop, police say.

A Floyd County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said there is little information they can release about an incident in which an inmate was assaulted earlier this month.

A high-speed chase on 1-75 resulted in the arrest of the same man who was involved in a high-speed chase two years ago according to a press release from the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office. On Wednesday February 11 a deputy sheriff was on patrol on Interstate 75 near Resaca, when he attempted to stop a suspicious Hyundai Sonata. The vehicle fled north on the interstate, leading Gordon County deputies, Whitfield County deputies, and State Troopers on a chase at speeds in excess of over 100 miles per hour. Near the Rocky Face exit in north Dalton, a Whitfield County deputy sheriff successfully deployed road spikes and stopped the suspect car which left the roadway into the emergency lane as it’s tires deflated. The Gordon County deputy who initially tried to stop the car was surprised when the driver, identified as Marcus Dewitt Smith, 20, of Chattanooga Tenn. said, “It’s me.”

A Rome man being held in the Floyd County Jail was assaulted and left unconscious by at least three fellow inmates, according to jail reports.

Sheriff Tim Burkhalter said Wednesday he’ll file suit in an attempt to get necessary funding from the Floyd County Commission, a last resort he said is needed for more personnel and vehicles.

If you watched the Super Bowl a couple of weeks ago — and reports say that 114 million of us did — perhaps you saw a portion of the reprehensible behavior of Seattle wide receiver Doug Baldwin, who after scoring a touchdown proceeded to mime pulling down his pants, squatting as if on a commode before dropping the ball to the ground as if defecating. The NFL fined Baldwin $11,000 which has to be chump change to this boor. Astonishingly, the incident has gotten very little mention in the media. You can bet this kind of obscene showboating will wend its way down through the college ranks to high schools and eventually to the Pee Wee Leagues. Whatever happened to sportsmanship? ...

Bill Scoggin, assistant dean of Industrial Technologies and instructor of Industrial Systems Technology at Georgia Northwestern Technical College, was recently selected as a subject-matter expert by The National Occupational Competency Testing Institute.

One of two women reported missing last week has returned home, but the search for the younger woman continues, said Jerome Poole, public information officer with the Floyd County Police Department.

A man accused of hitting his victim in the head with a baseball bat during a November attack at a Cave Spring convenience store was arrested Monday, Floyd County Jail reports state.

Georgia and Tennessee authorities are seeking the public’s help in finding the driver in a fatal hit-and-run in Rossville last month in which a wheelchair-bound Rossville man was killed.

Authorities are searching for a missing Rome woman who told her family “something was going to happen to her,” according to the Floyd County police Facebook page.

Cartersville police say they have "credible information" that a fugitive who escaped from custody is no longer in the Cartersville area.

Lightning is a common occurrence in Georgia, and it’s easy to forget just how dangerous it can be. Each year, lightning strikes the U.S. an estimated 25 million times and causes an average of 60 fatalities and 300 injuries each year. In Georgia alone, 11 people have died due to lightning strikes since 2006.

FLOWERY BRANCH — Dan Quinn is looking to build a defense that plays “fast and physical” and an offense with balance as coach of the Atlanta Falcons.

Let’s get off the backs of law enforcement, shall we? Most of us couldn’t do their job or wouldn’t do it if we had the chance.