Honors were given to the Polk County Police Department by the Mountain Area Traffic Enforcement Network (MNTEN) of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety on Thursday evening during an awards ceremony in Calhoun for the regional…
The following announcement was provided by Georgia Northwestern Technical College. – KtE The Spring Plant Sale at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), an annual tradition in Rome, will be held April 6-8. On Tuesday, April 6,…
A hearing date is now set for Sheriff Johnny Moats to explain his reasons why he won’t accept a transfer bond for accused murder suspect Jimmy Blackmon, but Tallapoosa Circuit Superior Court Judge Meng Lim won’t…
A Dalton man was taken into custody in Whitfield County and brought back to Polk County stemming from an April 2020 armed robbery, according to Polk County Police Detective B. Brady. Det. Brady reported that he…
Mrs. Peggy M. White, age 76 of Buchanan, Georgia, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2020. Mrs. White was born January 17, 1944 to the late Oliver and Janie Milam. She is preceded in death by he…
Mrs. Effie Messick of Cedartown, Ga passed away Thursday, December 31 2020. Mrs. Messick was born November 17, 1952 to the late C.W. Jacobs and Suddie Mae Duncan. Surviving is her Husband Mr. Marlie James Messick.…
The run-off for two U.S. Senate seats and a Public Service Commission race will come down to what voters decide on January 5 as early voting came to a close this afternoon locally and statewide ahead…
The following press release was provided by the Northwest Health District of the Georgia Department of Public Health. COVID-19 immunizations have begun in Northwest Georgia, but public health’s vaccine supply remains very limited. The Georgia Department…
Polk County’s numbers are going to end the year with another 32 new COVID-19 cases, a death and three more hospital patients to overall tallies added. The Georgia Department of Public Health’s total case number for…
The number of COVID-19 deaths this year reached 34 earlier in the month, and has slowly that number continues to rise after a big increase during the summer and fall months. (As of December 31, when…
