Tag: July 24
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PCSO honors pair online who helped jail nurse having asthma attack in parking lot
A pair of quick thinking members of the force at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office were able to help a fellow employee ensure that she got treatment after she had trouble breathing and began to have an asthma attack at the jail this morning. Corporal Ben Watson noticed that one of the jail nurses Jennifer…
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Henry Williams
Mr. Henry Williams, age 89, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Monday, July 24, 2023. Mr. Williams was born in Taylorsville, GA on November 20, 1933, a son of the late Benjamin Rush Williams, Sr. and Annie Lee Smalley Williams. He had lived the greater part of his life in Rockmart and was a member of…
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Formerly listed as a missing person, Aragon Police reported on Monday, July 24 that Laci Smith was located safe and she wished to keep her whereabouts private. (Photo via Missing People in America) Aragon PD: Laci Smith found safe, no further info being shared
Editor’s note: This item was updated to correct the name of Aragon PD Capt. John Tortoso. -KtE At the end of February 2021, a 17-year-old was reported missing from home. She was last seen at her grandmother’s house, and no description was available of what she was wearing or what direction she was leaving home…
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Rockmart Police: Firefighter’s house damaged during vandalism incident
Editor’s note: in the haste of typing this article on Monday evening, I made an error in describing the service of the firefighter in question – who still wishes to remain anonymous – and labeled their time incorrectly. The firefighter in question is a veteran with several years of time serving with Rockmart Fire and…
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(From left) Lt. Kevin Colbert, Chief Steve Graham, Chief Mike Hanuscin and Firefighter Isaac Streetman posed for a picture next to the nearly jam packed trailer of turnout gear and air packs donated by the Polk County Volunteer Fire Department to Emergency Services Ministries to gain a second life with firefighters in the Dominican Republic. Polk County Volunteer Fire Department makes donation for overseas firefighters
What happens to old air packs and turnout gear when it falls below the standards of firefighters here in the United States? It’s not worthless junk, but most of the time it is treated that way and ends up in a landfill. Not here in Polk County. Thanks to the efforts of Chief Mike Hanuscin…
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Polk Jail report – Monday, July 24, 2023
Officials from the Polk County Jail provide arrest reports on weekday mornings. Find the Monday, July 24, 2023 report below. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
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Lillian Green
Mrs. Lillian F. Green, age 88, of Cedartown, Georgia, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2022. She was born on June 5, 1934, in Haralson County, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late Tommy and Edna Prater Forrister. Mrs. Green is survived by her daughters, Debbie Currie, Faye Rowell, and Robyn Frasier; sons, Billy…
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Thousands raised for Ingram family in Polk County this weekend
Volunteer firefighters were out this weekend asking for the public to pass a few bucks their way to help a local family who just lost their child. The Polk County Volunteer Fire Department raised $5,700 at Rockmart’s Walmart on Saturday, and increased that total by another $7,300 at the Kroger in Cedartown on Sunday to…
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Firefighters were out in Rockmart for a "Fill the Boot for Briggs" fundraiser, where local residents gave more than $5,000 on Saturday. PCVFD continuing to raise money for Ingram family, who lost Briggs on Friday
More than $5,000 was raised today and fundraising efforts will continue to help the Ingram family, though they do so with the additional sad news that two-year old Briggs passed away on Friday. Briggs Ingram died on Friday, according to officials from the Polk County Volunteer Fire Department, who are raising money in effort to…
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Weekend fundraiser coming up for Ingram family in Cedartown and Rockmart
Make sure to stop by either the Kroger in Cedartown or the Walmart in Rockmart this weekend and give to help the Ingram family in their time of need after a near-tragic loss last weekend in Alabama. The Polk County Volunteer Fire Department is asking the public to “Fill the Boot for Briggs” on Saturday…