OBITUARIES
Fred Gore
Mr. Fred Michael Gore, age 79, of Aragon, GA, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Mr. Gore was born on September 12, 1946, to the late Frank Elam Gore and the late Gladys Gardner Gore. He…
OBITUARIES
Lillie Byars
Mrs. Lillie Ann Byars, age 83, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2026. Mrs. Byars was born March 4, 1943, in Rome, Georgia, daughter of the late Herman Edward Jones and Carrie Edna Hunter Jones. Mrs. Byars…
OBITUARIES
Randall Tarbush
Mr. Randall Keith Tarbush, age 70, of Cedartown, GA, passed away Wednesday afternoon, April 29, 2026. Mr. Tarbush was born in Rockmart, Georgia, on June 5, 1955, son of the late Waymon Tarbush and Edith “Louise”…
ARRESTS
Polk Jail report – Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Officials from the Polk County Jail provide arrest reports on weekday mornings. Find the Wednesday, April 29, 2026 report below.
OBITUARIES
Hazel White
Hazel White, age 98 passed away on April 29, 2025 in Charlotte after a short illness. Hazel was born May 21,1926 in Tallassee, Alabama to the late William G. Marlow and Velma Thomas Marlow. Her husband…
ARAGON
UPDATE: Two dead in Aragon, investigation underway
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation provided a release about the death of two people in Aragon on Tuesday. Here’s there full release: The GBI is investigating the deaths of a mother & her four-year old daughter…
ARRESTS
Polk Jail report – Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Officials from the Polk County Jail provide arrest reports on weekday mornings. Find the Tuesday, April 29, 2025 report below.
OBITUARIES
Deborah Elizabeth Wolfenbarger
Ms. Deborah Elizabeth Wolfenbarger passed away Monday, April 29, 2024. “Greater is He that lives within me than he that is in the world.” 1 John 4:4 Ms. Wolfenbarger was born August 25, 1962, in Cedartown,…
POLICE
REPORT: Excessive speeder stopped, jailed on DUI charge
A Cartersville man who was going nearly 20 over on Highway 113 heading toward Rockmart was stopped, and found to be driving under the influence of drugs during a traffic stop on Monday, per Polk County…
POLICE
REPORT: Man found hiding in ditch around PCPD jailed
A man who was crawling in a ditch was ultimately arrested due to his odd behavior and belief he was under the influence of some kind of substance, per a Polk County Police report from Monday.…