OBITUARIES
Jewell Campbell
Mrs. Jewell D. Campbell, age 93 of Cedartown, Georgia, passed away on Friday, April 24, 2026. She was born on January 27, 1933 in Boaz, Alabama. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Bowlen and…
ARRESTS
Polk Jail report – Friday, April 24, 2026
Officials from the Polk County Jail provide arrest reports on weekday mornings. Find the Friday, April 24, 2026 report below. (Note: Today’s edition was posted later than expected due to various things I had to accomplish…
FREE
Burn Ban starts on Friday ahead of summer season
Drought conditions prompting cutoff for burning through end of September Polk County has joined others across the state by putting a burn ban in effect, which will remain through the summer months. The County Emergency Management…
CEDARTOWN
Arbor Day brings out cleanup crowd for 2026 event
The Goodyear Footbridge in Cedartown and the area around it got some much needed sprucing up ahead of springtime for a local cleanup event on Saturday morning. The footbridge – which in a past life served…
ARRESTS
Polk Jail report – Thursday, April 24, 2025
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LOCAL NEWS
PCPD: Man found with items in coat at Dollar General charged with shoplifting
Second suspect sought for additional charge A Douglasville man and a Buchanan woman face charges following a shoplifting incident that turned up items from the Buchanan Highway Dollar General on Monday, according to reports. Luc Bernard…
ARAGON
POLICE: Two jailed for fight over trash tossed in yard
Two men were booked into the Polk County Jail on Wednesday evening, April 24 after a fight between the two over trash being thrown into the yard. Terry Dewayne Robinson, 53, and Jeffery Fields, 46, both…
LOCAL NEWS
REPORT: Man can’t remember chase, wreck he fled from on foot
Polk County Police finally caught up with a man who wrecked his car during a chase with police earlier this month, and he told officers he doesn’t remember much from the night in question according to…
ARRESTS
Polk Jail report – Wednesday, April 24, 2024
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OBITUARIES
Jerry Lee Carter
Mr. Jerry Lee Carter, age 76, of Aragon, GA, passed away Monday morning, April 24, 2023, at his residence. Jerry was born in Rockmart on March 31, 1947, son of the late Hubert Gordon Carter and…