ROCKMART — An airlift was needed for a unidentified male whose vehicle was rear-ended on Ga. 101 on Friday within the Aragon city limits, according to an officer on the scene.
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CALHOUN — Gordon County Administrator, Jim Ledbetter, who also serves at county attorney, today released a statement concerning a legal residence issue of Gordon County Magistrate Judge Pat Rasbury.
MARIETTA — Two former Marietta High football players ruled ineligible for the 2018 season have filed a lawsuit against the Georgia High School Association in an effort to get back on the field this year.
DALTON — Steve Foster, the local Democratic candidate for Congress, is eligible to be on the ballot for the Nov. 6 general election, but likely will still be in jail on Election Day after being sentenced Tuesday for his DUI conviction.
Cedartown City Commissioners are set to tentatively approve a 2018 millage rate of 11.201 mills, the same as last year’s rate, according to a City of Cedartown press release. However, due to the growth in the city’s tax digest, the city will increase the property tax it will levy this year b…
MARIETTA — Cobb Police are searching for a man they saw robbed two Walmarts Tuesday morning in a span of 15 minutes.
MARIETTA — A former Kennesaw State University student accused of sexually assaulting three women near campus pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.
CHATSWORTH — “Put the knife down! Put the knife down!”
SMYRNA — Craft beer fans in Smyrna may have something to look forward to.
The Bartow County Sheriff's Office is investigating the finding of a body at the Bartow County Landfill.
While many know Nick Chubb as a football star, fewer know the impact his ancestors created with Chubbtown.
Legendary UCLA Basketball Coach John Wooden once said: “The most important thing in life is family and love.”
ATLANTA, GA – Attorney General Chris Carr announced today that Complete Cash Holdings LLC and its owner Kent Popham (together, “Complete Cash”) have entered into a settlement with the State of Georgia in response to allegations that it engaged in unlawful practices that violated the Georgia …
The Democratic congressional candidate who was found guilty this week of DUI challenged the officers who stopped him to a fight, demanded samples of his blood be sent to the headquarters of the CIA and told officers he prayed that God would curse Whitfield County, dash cam footage of his arr…
VILLANOW, Ga. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a small earthquake has hit Northwest Georgia.
MARIETTA — The man accused of causing the head-on collision that killed a Cobb elementary school teacher and a rising North Cobb High School senior last month has been arrested and charged with speeding and driving under the influence of drugs, jail records show.
CALHOUN — A 32-year-old Gordon County remains in jail on a felony aggravated child molestation charge after a report last Friday.
CALHOUN — Detectives are investigating the reports of an assault involving students on a Gordon County school bus Tuesday.
According to Gordon County Sheriff Mitch Ralston, on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, the Sheriff’s Office received a report of a suspected child molestation from a local health care provider. The report involved a preschool-aged child. Detectives responded to Gordon Hospital and initiated an investiga…
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VILLANOW, Ga. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a small earthquake has hit northwest Georgia.
Flooring manufacturer to invest $42 million in Calhoun
After nearly 28 years in prison, a convicted murderer from Catoosa County has been granted parole despite pleas from the victim’s family to keep him locked up.
Health care is never cheap.
LaFAYETTE — Officials with the Erlanger Health System announced today they will not appeal the Georgia Department of Community Health’s decision to grant CHI Memorial Hospital a certificate of need for radiation oncology services in North Georgia.
According to Adairsville Police Department Capt. Louis Dean:
MARIETTA — Customers and supporters of a Mableton gym are mourning the death of a beloved member who Atlanta Police say was shot in the head early Friday morning along Interstate 20 westbound.
Bartow County officials joined members of the Adairsville community to cut the ribbon for the new $18.7 million Adairsville Elementary School on Monday.
August is National Immunization Awareness Month and serves as a reminder that Northwest Georgians of all ages require timely vaccinations to protect their health.
Con artists are posing as government officials in an attempt to add credibility to their schemes, according to a release from Georgia's attorney general.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has taken charge of an officer involved shooting case that occurred in Ringgold Saturday.
CANTON — A Ball Ground woman died and her son sustained minor injuries when their recreational vehicle caught fire Sunday in Bartow County, authorities said.
MARIETTA — Marietta police have a suspect in custody they say broke into several vehicles at Six Flags White Water over the weekend.
Four Catoosa County departments have banded together to take part in a radio replacement plan that’ll replenish each one’s communication devices over the next few years.
A Cedartown man will avoid the death penalty after pleading guilty in the murder of an infant, but he will spend the rest of his life behind bars without parole.
Polk Medical Center ended their fiscal year right on target with growth in several areas, from keeping swing bed admissions on an upward trend to seeing increases in the number of people visiting the emergency room overall.
Two people were arrested Tuesday in connection to a burglary and theft that occurred in the Ellisville, Alabama community.
DALTON— Two Cohutta residents were arrested earlier this month on drug charges with the aid of a Georgia State Patrol helicopter.
CANTON — A Hickory Flat couple will soon celebrate a milestone they’ve been working toward for nearly a decade: they hope to be among those who have run marathons in all 50 states.
DALTON — A Whitfield County woman who was arrested in May after leading authorities to the shallow grave of her girlfriend who had been missing for more than a year was indicted by the grand jury for concealing the death of another and four counts of making a false statement.
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MARIETTA — A Cobb County Police officer is recovering after being injured during a Monday afternoon chase with three suspects.
CANTON — The human remains found behind a home off Purcell Lane in northeast Cherokee on July 5 have been identified, and the Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death as a homicide.
The Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force along with the Cartersville Police Department and the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office conducted a warrant sweep at Mountain Chase Apartment Complex on North Tennessee Street on July 27 and made eight drug arrests, according to Cartersville police Lt. M.…
According to a media release from the Calhoun Police Department, the mother of a 3-year-old that died under suspicious circumstances two months ago has been arrested in connection with the death.
A woman and her newborn son will receive lifetime memberships to any Six Flags amusement park after she gave birth Monday afternoon at Hurricane Harbor.
The Georgia State Patrol has identified the four occupants of a passenger sedan killed in a wreck at Towe Chapel Road and Georgia Highway 140 in Bartow County Friday.
CALHOUN — Each August, the Buckner International’s Shoes for Orphan Souls campaign collects shoes for needy children throughout the world, and this year’s campaign in Calhoun begins on Aug. 1.
CHEROKEE COUNTY, ALA. - A man and a woman are charged with multiple burglaries which occurred in the Slackland community in Alabama.
CUMBERLAND — German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp will be digging its roots further into Georgia, announcing Thursday its plans to build an estimated $240 million facility — and 420-foot tower — inside The Battery Atlanta near SunTrust Park.
CEDARTOWN — Former American Idol contestant Isaac Streetman’s 7 p.m. performance is part of the Downtown Cedartown Summer Concert Series. In addition to the concert, local Tex-Mex restaurant Taqueria Michoacana will have an assortment of food and drink available for purchase and local busine…
