Category Archives: Local News

STUDENT-LED FARMERS’ MARKET AT GHC CARTERSVILLE SITE SEEKING VENDORS

STUDENT-LED FARMERS’ MARKET AT GHC CARTERSVILLE SITE SEEKING VENDORS

(Media release from Georgia Highlands College): On Monday, August 26, from 9AM to 2PM, you can help Georgia Highlands College (GHC) fight food insecurity while promoting healthy lifestyles and supporting local businesses during the first Student Government Association (SGA) Farmers’ Market, to be held at the Cartersville site, 5441 GA-20, in Cartersville.  Proceeds from the…read more »

RPD’S CAPTAIN ROY WILLINGHAM RETURNS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN ISRAEL

RPD’S CAPTAIN ROY WILLINGHAM RETURNS FROM PUBLIC SAFETY LEADERSHIP TRAINING IN ISRAEL

(From the Rome Police Department): The Rome Police Department’s Captain Roy Willingham has returned from Israel after an intensive two weeks of public safety leadership training with the country’s top police executives for the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange’s (GILEE) 31st annual peer-to-peer executive education program. Willingham was part of a delegation that included 17…read more »

GBI INVESTIGATES DEATH IN BARTOW COUNTY

GBI INVESTIGATES DEATH IN BARTOW COUNTY

(Media release from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation): At the request of the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office, the GBI is investigating a death. On Sunday, July 7, 2024, at about 7:30 a.m., a Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched to a vehicle fire on the south bound shoulder of Interstate 75, Bartow County, GA.…read more »

DNR SURVEY SHOWS EAGLE NESTING STILL STRONG IN STATE

DNR SURVEY SHOWS EAGLE NESTING STILL STRONG IN STATE

(Media release from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources): Annual surveys by the state Department of Natural Resources rated nest success for the national symbol above average in most areas checked, according to survey leader Dr. Bob Sargent. “The findings were even better than last year’s good results,” Sargent said. “That’s most encouraging when you…read more »

ADVENT HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP FAMILY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE IN CEDARTOWN TO HOST ANGIOSCREEN BUS ON JULY 18TH

ADVENT HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP FAMILY AND INTERNAL MEDICINE IN CEDARTOWN TO HOST ANGIOSCREEN BUS ON JULY 18TH

(Media release from AdventHealth Redmond): AdventHealth Medical Group Family and Internal Medicine at Cedartown is hosting the AdventHealth AngioScreen bus 8 am to 3 pm., Thursday, July 18. The AngioScreen bus will be parked at the main entrance of the AdventHealth Family and Internal Medicine office in Cedartown, Ga. An AngioScreen is a noninvasive, 10-minute…read more »

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS 18 TRAFFIC DEATHS ON STATE’S ROADS OVER THE INDEPENDENCE DAY TRAVEL PERIOD

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS 18 TRAFFIC DEATHS ON STATE’S ROADS OVER THE INDEPENDENCE DAY TRAVEL PERIOD

(Media release from the Georgia Department of Public Safety): Traffic crashes across Georgia during the Independence Day holiday travel period resulted in 18 traffic deaths.  The 102-hour holiday period began Wednesday, July 3, at 6 p.m., and ended Sunday, July 7, at 11:59 p.m.Statewide, Georgia State Patrol Troopers investigated 12 fatal crashes. Local agencies reporting traffic deaths…read more »

OPERATION SOUTHERN SLOW DOWN RETURNS NEXT WEEK IN FIVE SOUTHEASTERN STATES

OPERATION SOUTHERN SLOW DOWN RETURNS NEXT WEEK IN FIVE SOUTHEASTERN STATES

(Media release from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety): Slow down or expect to get a speeding ticket.  That is the message from state and local law enforcement officers in five southeastern states where “Operation Southern Slow Down” starts Monday.   This is the eighth year for the week-long speed awareness and enforcement campaign that…read more »

FIRST STUDENTS IN GNTC’S NEW CNA PROGRAM TO GRADUATE THIS MONTH

FIRST STUDENTS IN GNTC’S NEW CNA PROGRAM TO GRADUATE THIS MONTH

(Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College): The first cohort of Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students in a new, accelerated CNA program developed from a partnership between Atrium Health Floyd and GNTC to remedy the shortage of area healthcare professionals will complete their classes on July 25. In an agreement signed by Atrium Health…read more »