A family will get some sense of justice nearly five years after the death of a loved one when a local man was sentenced following a March conviction in a deadly hit-and-run in Cedartown. Tallapoosa Circuit…
A former Polk County Water Authority will not have to spend time in prison after her sentence was handed down today by the court after she took a guilty plea earlier this year for taking money…
It took a jury less than 20 minutes this week to convict a man involved in a 2023 shooting that left four people injured, according to the Tallapoosa Circuit District Attorney’s Office this afternoon. Deliberations in…
A Cedartown man who was waiting for his day in court for a 2022 armed robbery of a convenience store is heading back to prison with an additional 10 years to serve. Najawon Devonta Stallworth, 32,…
A man who earlier this year attacked jail staff while in custody on other charges will now spend years behind bars after taking a plea deal to end his time in the Tallapoosa Circuit Superior Court’s…
A man convicted of murder getting a second chance at sentencing instead will never get out of prison – at least based on the ruling of a local court on Wednesday. Harry Van Godfrey Jr. was…
Jury trial for 2019 Rockmart shooting suspect still months away Years have gone by where mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, family members and friends have waited patiently following the tragic events of a January night…
A shooting incident that happened in Cedartown in 2024 finally went to trial and earned the Tallapoosa Circuit District Attorney’s office two more notable convictions on the year. Two brothers: Edgar Cornejo-Reyes, 17, and Alonzo Cornejo-Reyes,…
Appeals court rules forfeiture didn’t have the supporting evidence Judges ruled in favor of a local convenience store owner who had cash seized along with Delta 8 THC products during a raid in 2021 that four…
A trial that ended this past week will see a man sent to prison after a jury convicted him on multiple charges including malice murder for a 2022 shooting in Cedartown. Randy McClarity will face a…
