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'Operation Etowah Exploits' nets 14 arrests in Bartow
Several Cartersville residents were arrested in Bartow County after an investigation into sex trafficking and sex buying was conducted. “Police arrested 14 people in a proactive multi-agency investigative effort targeting sex traffickers and sex buyers in the northwest Georgia area,” the Georgia Bureau of Investigation stated in a July 1 news release. “The GBI’s Human Exploitation and Trafficking Unit (HEAT), the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office Special Operations & Criminal Investigation Division, the Cartersville Police Department, the Polk County Police Department and the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office coordinated the operation." Law enforcement also provided resources to nine sex workers.
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF BARTOW COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA IN RE: ESTATE OF KATHEY H.
THELMA MAE MCCONNELL has petitioned for Letters of Administration and be appointed administrator(s) of the estate of KATHEY H. CARTER deceased, of said county. (The petitioner has also applied for waiver of bond, waiver of reports, waiver of statements, and/or grant of certain powers contained in O.C.G.A. § 53-12-261.) All interested persons are hereby notified to show cause why said petition should not be granted. All objections to the petition must be in writing, setting forth the grounds of any such objections, and must be filed with the Court on or before 10:00a.m., MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2024.
Chamber's Project Purpose graduates seven
Seven recent high school graduates signed with new employers as part of Project Purpose June 24. This is the third year the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce has conducted this project for high-schoolers who just graduated, looking to enter the workforce. Students from Cartersville, Cass, Adairsville and Woodland high schools were part of this group for the class of 2024.
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