Update: A second washout was reported this evening by Polk County Police on a local roadway as impacts from flooding continue across the area. Police posted on Facebook this evening that a small portion of Runyon…
It has become a tradition of sorts over recent years: at least one storm pushes through the region, leaving behind inches of rain and causing floodwaters to rise sometime during the winter. Over the past few…
The good weather couldn’t last forever. Now the National Weather Service is calling for rain’s return, and Polk County is expected to get soggy over the coming days. Enough so that real concerns about flooding are…
Local residents dropped off enough for Cedartown Fire & Rescue to fill up one trailer with supplies for Jefferson County, and now they have another to add to what is being sent southward to help with…
Hurricane Helene makes landfall overnight, pushing through state east of Atlanta The good news? Hurricane Helene shifted eastward after making landfall, and the impacts that were predicted were instead minor for the local area. The bad…
Expect the rest of the week to be a soggy mess for Polk County and the surrounding area as heavy rains are expected to bring several inches of rain. The National Weather Service updated their forecast…
The wind advisory and flood watch caused by stormy weather last night and into midday will close out this evening at 7 p.m., and fortunately for Polk County not much damage was done overall. Officials from…
UPDATE 3: Here’s some additional photos from Seaborn Jones Park this afternoon: Also, many of the major outages that impacted Polk County this evening have been cleared up by Georgia Power, and but hundreds of customers…
Drive up the dirt portion of Esom Hill Road well into the woods and one will find Old Jackson Chapel Road about as far west into Polk County as one can go without hitting the Alabama…
Anyone who was hoping to enjoy the Silver Comet Trail this evening before the sun went down were in for a rude surprise on the east side of the county, as the entire area around Seaborn…
