Tag: roadway
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ROAD CLOSED: Propane Leak shuts down Shiloh Road temporarily (updated)
UPDATE: Officials have been able to provide additional information late this afternoon about a propane truck leaking on a southwest Polk County roadway. The propane is leaking from a delivery truck that backed into a wood line and damaged equipment on the vehicle, which caused the leak according to local emergency management personnel responding to…
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REPORT: Marijuana found in vehicle where teens fled from car parked in roadway
At least two teens were arrested and information was incomplete on a third after Polk County Police on patrol found a vehicle in the middle of the roadway, and marijuana was found inside based on reports from law enforcement over the weekend. Police found the vehicle near the intersection Blue Hole Road and Sycamore Street…
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UPDATE: Storms cause culvert washout on Springdale Road; Rockmart flooding
Officials are reporting that ‘significant’ flooding from heavy rains filling Euharlee Creek impacted the downtown area of Rockmart. High waters at one point caused drainage issues with the sewer plant, and reports from residences of sewage backing up into their drains came in via city officials. No issues are currently reported with the regular water…
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Brush fire breaks out in Hardin-Shiloh Road areas
Fire trucks are on scene and battling a brush fire that has shut down Highway 278 in the areas of Hardin and Shiloh Roads and M.C. Beck Road. Polk County Fire Rescue Chief Mike Hanuscin confirmed that trucks are on the scene and have the blaze under control, but are awaiting assistance from Georgia Forestry…
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REPORT: Teens blocking road caught by cops, one charged with drug possession
Polk County Police broke up a party happening in the middle of the road outside of Cedartown over the weekend, and one of the teens remains in custody on several charges, according to reports. Javaris Jermaine Dyer, 18, of a Cedartown address, was taken into custody on multiple charges after the group was found in…
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REPORT: Man who sped through construction zone charged with DUI
Polk County Police arrested a man on DUI and other traffic charges after a Georgia State Trooper stopped the Auburn man for speeding through a construction zone, per reports. Dexter Franklin Sanders, 43, of an Auburn, Georgia address, was booked into custody late Tuesday into Wednesday morning, July 17, on multiple charges including driving under…
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City of Cedartown, County delays openings due to winter weather
Snow has caused at least two municipal governments in Polk County to decide to delay their openings on Tuesday morning, per officials. The City of Cedartown will be opening at 10 a.m. on Tuesday coming back from the holiday break. They will determine whether a further delay in opening will be needed as conditions develop.…
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Report: Man spotted walking along roadway tries to throw away meth in front of an officer
A Cedartown man who was walking down the highway was about to be allowed to go home, but trying to dispose of drugs by tossing them out onto the side of the highway while talking with an officer got him into bigger trouble according to Polk County Police reports. David Alexander Bergeron, 26, of 114…
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Game warden nabs two who shot gobbler from roadway Monday morning
A pair of Arkansas men who were spotted on Monday morning shooting a turkey from the roadway was later arrested after an investigation was launched by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Cpl. Chad Cox. Coleton Isaiah Smith, 19, of Omaha, Arkansas, and Timothy Nathan Rutledge, 40, of Cabot, Arkansas, were both jailed on Monday…
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Road name vote coming up before County Commission on Tuesday evening
How did a road in a subdivision end up with two different names? The answer to that question isn’t 100% known according to Polk County’s building inspector Brian McCray, but he said the perfect time to fix to the problem and settle on one name for a street in a Rockmart-area subdivision. McCray explained during…