(Note: this comes directly from the Georgia Department of Labor.) This week, the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) launched the United States Department of Labor’s Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) program. This program provides extended monetary support for claimants who have exhausted their regular state unemployment benefits. PEUC is part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act of 2020,…
The annual battle of brains between local youth saw a new spelling king crowned this week for the Polk School District. Cedartown Middle eighth grader Jaxon Landrum took the top spot as Spelling Bee Champion for the district during competition this week between elementary and middle school students. As the district champ, Landrum will go…










