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Board of Education to Meet Monday at 4:00pm
MONDAY – 7/15/2024 04:00 PM. Cherokee Administration Building / 260 Cedar Bluff Rd #103, Centre, AL 35960. 7. Proper Procedures for Board Meeting Notification. 12. Adopt Proposed Vape Intervention and Education Policy. 13. Review Proposed 2024-2025 Student Handbook. 14. Review Proposed Policy Revisions. 15. Approve Alabama Education Stability for...
Man charged with child cruelty
A West Rome man has been arrested on a felony warrant charging him with 2nd-degree cruelty to children. 35-year-old Miguel Angel Gomez let his 14-year-old son ride on the running board on the outside of a transit van. Gomez hit a bump on Sycamore Street causing the teenager to fall...
Spring Garden’s Austin helps North girls win sixth straight basketball game over South
MONTGOMERY – Spring Garden’s Ace Austin scored five points and dished out a game-high four assists in helping the North Girls All-Star Basketball team earn an 87-46 victory over the South at the Cramton Bowl MultiPlex Tuesday night. The North won its sixth game in a row and...
City Commission to hold millage rate public hearing Thursday
The Rome City Commission will hold a called meeting Thursday morning to conduct the second of three public hearings regarding the proposed millage rate. The finance committee has made the recommendation that there be a reduction in the rate for maintenance and operations from 7.8 to 7.75. For city capital,...
Chambliss retiring as Northwest Georgia Regional Library System director
Northwest Georgia Regional Library System Director Darla Chambliss, who since 2015 has overseen all public library operations for the system serving more than 208,000 people, will retire as director on Aug. 1. The system includes the Calhoun-Gordon County Public Library, the Chatsworth-Murray County Public Library and the Dalton-Whitfield County Public...
Twin Brothers Build Foundations for Construction Careers at GNTC
Georgia Northwestern Technical College students Rance and Ryder Smith are building on their construction experience this summer by interning with local companies. The twins, Calhoun natives, said they have always been interested in construction and started classes in the Construction Management program at GNTC’s Gordon County Campus in Calhoun in fall 2023. Each expects to graduate with an associate degree in spring 2025.
Franco Perkins Settling in as Calhoun AD
There is a very positive vibe around Calhoun High School athletics right now. And still-new Calhoun City Schools athletic director Franco Perkins is hoping to expedite that emotion into success on the field and the court with the start of fall sports right around the corner.
New Foundations Holds Ribbon Cutting for Rehabilitated Home
New Foundations Development Inc. of Gordon County held a ribbon cutting Friday, for a home on Court Street in Calhoun. The owner-occupied home was fully rehabilitated and renovated, receiving new walls, new electrical courtesy of M&L Electrical, new plumbing, and new permanent fixtures throughout the home.
This Week's Standard Journal Pets of the Week
The Cedartown Polk County Humane Society is working to ensure that all pets in its care have every opportunity of finding forever homes. Its facility is located at 3416 Rockmart Highway, Cedartown. Anyone interested in a Pet of the Week or any of the animals being sheltered by the organization...
Retired teacher shares friendship flag with Selma
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Retired teacher John Turner of Summerville, Georgia, spent a week in Selma walking the Edmund Pettus Bridge, carrying the World Friendship Flag across the bridge. Turner, 77, embarked on this symbolic journey by traversing the bridge seven times per hour for seven hours a...
SUMMER HOOPS!
Calhoun High School was the site last week of an Under Armour basketball tournament as one of the satellite gyms for the event, which was also held at Lakepoint Center in Cartersville. The event showcased teams and players from all the over the country with squads as far away as Seattle, Washington and Salt Lake City, Utah participating. The event ran through the weekend and games were held at all three gyms at the high school.
Linda Gail Freeman
Linda Gail Freeman, 76, of Rockmart, formerly of Douglasville passed on Sunday, July 14, 2024. She was born on July 2, 1948, in Atlanta to the late Joseph Fred and Florence Augusta Parks. Linda was a devoted member of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Dallas where she loved attending services. In her spare time, she loved collecting baby dolls and any kind of jewelry.
Two Men Accused of Trafficking Meth
Daniel Jordan Brown, 37, of Lindale, and Justin Kyle Ballew, 35, of Rockmart, are accused of possessing 8.88 pounds of methamphetamine on July 2 at 5:09 p.m. at a traffic stop at 2350 Atlanta Road in Smyrna, near the Windy Hill Road intersection, according to arrest warrants from the Cobb County Police Department. Ballew is also accused of driving a 2003 Ford F-150 with red tape covering the passenger side taillight and no passenger side mirror. He also did not have a driver's license on him at time of the traffic stop, according to the warrant. Brown is charged with trafficking methamphetamine. Ballew is charged with trafficking methamphetamine; driving – brake lights required; driving – no driver side view mirror; and driving without license on person. Both men were arrested on July 2 at 5:30 p.m. and booked into the Cobb County Adult Detention Center, according to jail records. They remain in custody without bond.
Woman accused of setting Lindale residence on fire
An Armuchee woman has been charged in connection with a fire that occurred back on March 31 on East Second Avenue in Lindale. 41-year-old Linda Ann Barnes threatened to light the victim’s residence on fire and used kerosene to do so. She was also cursing in the roadway before...
Tickets on sale now for Rome Celebrity Dance Challenge
Tuesday, July 16, 2024–8:12 a.m. Tickets for the Rome Celebrity Dance Challenge on Saturday, Aug. 3, at 7 p.m. are now available at www.romecelebritydancechallenge.com. Doors to the Rome City Auditorium will open at 6 p.m. VIP tickets, available for $125 each, include admission to the pre-event patron party at...
Braves: Ian Anderson takes another step forward in return
The Braves had a slew of noteworthy developments among starting pitchers at all levels yesterday. In San Diego, Spencer Schwellenbach continued his stellar work at the major-league level, leading the Braves to a much needed win over the Padres thanks to seven innings of one-run ball. On the farm for...
Humane Society Pets of the Week – July 13, 2024
Snowflake am a 11 lb 5 year old white male Chihuahua mix. I love to be petted and would be so good for a human who wants to stay home and be loved!!! Please click on the link Cedartown Polk County Humane Society and complete an application to adopt. As with all our dogs, Snowflake has been tested […] The post Humane Society Pets of the Week – July 13, 2024 appeared first on Polk Today.
Arrest reports for July 15
A 33-year-old West Rome man is accused of assaulting his brother-in-law Saturday at a residence on Williamsburg Drive. Ricardo Ruiz Guzman used a pocket knife to cut the victim just below the throat. He also punched the victim in the face. Guzman is charged with aggravated assault. Man charged with...
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