Tag: ems
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Cedartown’s HON Plant set to host fire simulation
EMA Exercise coming up Tuesday will included simulated smoke, more Tuesday morning will be busy for local first responders as a simulated emergency is going to give them a chance to ensure their skills are up to snuff when it matters most. Polk County Emergency Management Agency officials will be simulating a fire at The…
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REPORT: Three charged after overdose call early Sunday
Polk County Police charged a pair with drug possession and took a third person into custody on a warrant after a call came into 911 about an overdose call, and then another trying to cancel the response. However officials still showed up to a Rockmart-area residence around 2 a.m. on Sunday morning, February 2 and…
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GNTC announces finalists for 2025 GOAL Award
Note: The following item is provided by Georgia Northwestern Technical College for publication. -KtE Four Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) students have been selected as the college’s finalists for the Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL), according to Trish Wiggins, coordinator for the college’s GOAL program. Listed are students chosen as finalists for the GOAL…
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PCPD: Woman charged after drunken assault; refused to get in squad car
A woman who was drunk over the holiday weekend got charged with battery after an altercation with family, and then got into additional trouble when she wouldn’t cooperate during her arrest per Polk County Police reports. PCPD arrested Rachel Denise Stark, 50, of on Saturday, August 31, after she not only got into a physical…
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UPDATE: Esom Hill Road shooting victim dies of injury following altercation, no charges yet
Update 4: Polk County Police are still looking into the events that occurred leading to the death of a Cedartown-area man late this afternoon, but have a better picture of what happened in the immediate aftermath of an altercation on Esom Hill Road. Authorities were called out to the 2000 block of Esom Hill Road…
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Benjamin “Biff” Franklin O’Shields
Mr. Benjamin “Biff” Franklin O’Shields, age 55 of Aragon, passed away Saturday, November 26, 2022. Mr. O’Shields was born in Atlanta, son of the late John Richard O’Shields and the late Nancy Gail Searcy. He enjoyed his work as an EMT to the fullest, but above all else, he was a big family man and…
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UPDATE: Report of a house explosion on Winkle Road, one fatality confirmed
Update: Coroner Norman Smith has gotten back in touch and confirmed that a fatality has been reported during the morning’s explosion on Winkle Road. Check back for additional updates as they become available when he is able to make a statement later today. Local fire officials on the scene were able to report the fire…