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Counting COVID cases: New record of local positives, three additional hospital patients added in the midweek report

Kevin The Editor

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A new record of 40 cases added in the past 24 hours brought the number of local positives closer to 900 in Polk County and the number of new hospital cases grew as well according to the Georgia Department of Public Health’s midweek report released this afternoon. That brought the number of positives in total…

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JOB WELL DONE: Rockmart firefighters honored for team lifesaving effort

April 15, 2026
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By Kevin The Editor

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Rockmart firefighters received a unit citation for lifesaving efforts on Tuesday evening, April 14.

Firefighters on Tuesday got a chance to smile and the city got to show its appreciation for lifesaving efforts that were taken on as a team last month. Early on in March, Rockmart firefighters got a call to rush to a house fire on Wingfoot Street amid the Goodyear neighborhood not far down the street…

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