Tag: October 18
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Rivers Alive over weekend collects dozens of bags worth of garbage from creek area
Cedar Creek got a little spruce up around Goodyear Park on Saturday with the 2025 edition of Rivers Alive, hosted by Keep Polk Beautiful. Dozens of bags of trash were picked up and collected around the park during the morning volunteer cleanup held this year on the west side of the county. This year’s cleanup…
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Humane Society Pets of the Week – October 18, 2025
Nanette This sweet five year old lady is looking for her furever home. She is an eleven pound Chihuahua mix and seems to be okay with other dogs, cats, and children. Won’t you give her a chance?! Please click on the link Cedartown Polk County Humane Society and complete an application to adopt. As with…
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Boo Bash coming up this weekend at Bert Wood Park
Editor’s note: I’ve been asked to be one of the judge’s again this year for the Costume Contest, and am happy to lend my services during the event. Come say hello! – KtE Bert Wood Youth and Athletic Complex is playing host this weekend once again to Boo Bash!, an old-fashioned style Halloween event for…
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Early voting set to start next Tuesday for 2025 ballot
Time is flying as the year is getting shorter, and the chance to cast a ballot early begins next week as voting season returns following the Columbus Day holiday. Election Day 2025 just under a month away from when voters will be heading to the polls for local-focused elections, with two cities able to call…
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Jane Lumpkin
In Loving Memory of Jane Lumpkin Jane Lumpkin was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by loved ones, on October 18th, 2024, at the age of 75. She was born on January 23rd, 1949, to Dot and Tifton Langley. While attending Cedartown High School, Jane…
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Angel Larkin Honea
Angel Larkin Honea, age 47, of Rockmart, GA, passed away Friday morning, October 18, 2024. Angel was born on October 8, 1977, daughter of Larry Larkin and Melba Baxter Larkin. She had lived the greater part of her life in Polk County and was a graduate of Rockmart High School. Angel enjoyed participating in beauty…
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Patricia Green Duke
Patricia Green Duke (Pat, Patti, Patsy), age 83, of Rome, GA passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by family on October 18, 2024. She is preceded in death by her parents, Tarleton Bafton and Eunice Hayes Green as well as her siblings Micki Green Knott, Mary Green Gile, William Hayes Green, Betty Jo Green…
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Polk Jail report – Friday, October 18, 2024
Officials from the Polk County Jail provide arrest reports on weekday mornings. Find the Friday, October 18, 2024 report below. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});
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Jimmy Brian Blackmon BLACKMON FOUND GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS
A jury has decided: Jimmy Brian Blackmon is guilty of murder. Nearly four full years since the shooting death of his wife, Blackmon has now been convicted after a three-day murder trial on all charges against him after a jury sat for nearly two hours between Wednesday evening and this morning deliberating the case. Proceedings…
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Jimmy Brian Blackmon Trial opens in Blackmon murder case
Jury selection, opening statements and 911 calls played Opening arguments were heard by the jury today as the trial of the State of Georgia versus Jimmy Brian Blackmon opened today in a Polk County Courthouse in Cedartown. After more than four years of hearings and filings, twists and turns, a jury was selected to open…