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,…
The names of brave men and women who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty to protect and serve local residents has been missing from the side lawn of the Polk County Courthouse building in…
It wasn’t expected to be a highlight race of 2025, but the Public Service Commission primaries wrapping up mid-month right now have barely attracted any voters to the polls in Polk County following the first full…
Another trip to the polls is coming up for local residents as voters are being asked to come out and determine a race held in 2022 that went to the courts, and is now back on…
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…
The millage rate is set to go up for property taxes collected by the Polk County Board of Education to support schools and educators locally. A proposed millage rate increase is on the table and the…
The Polk County Commission split on a vote on Tuesday evening, declining a request put forward for the Grady Road Landfill to take the byproduct of wastewater treatment the cities of Cedartown and Rockmart create on…
Polk County Police took out charges against a woman who was alleged to have forged a check while working as a caretaker in 2022, according to reports. Donna Jo McCay, 42, of an Oxford, Alabama address,…
The GBI and the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office are seeking information about a 2022 homicide. Joshua Mitchell, age 37, of Douglasville GA, was found dead in his driveway on Saturday, December 17, 2022. He had been…
Out with the old, in with the new. Pizza Hut’s new location in Rockmart is now open for business on the corner of Nathan Dean Parkway and North Piedmont Avenue, just a stone’s throw away from…
