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Summerville man charged with cruelty to children
Chattooga County Deputies were called out to Lake Wanda Reita Road in Summerville last week due to a complaint from a woman who said a child had wandered into her yard unaccompanied by an adult. The woman said that she knew the child lived next door and that she was between the ages of 2 and 3.
Arrest reports for July 21
Inmate accused of trying to smuggle drugs into prison. A Lilburn man is accused of conspiring with three other inmates to smuggle contraband into the Floyd County Prison in July of 2022. According to the arrest warrants:. 49-year-old Isaac Azriel Ross and the others used the prison phone system to...
Global outage of Crowdstrike causing headaches aplenty; City of Cedartown among those experiencing issues
UPDATE: The Georgia Department of Driver Services went down due to the Crowdstrike outage, per the Associated Press this morning. They are experiencing outages at around 60 local offices statewide, per their reporting. Additionally, Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center posted earlier this morning they were monitoring the situation, and if any individual patient’s appointment […] The post Global outage of Crowdstrike causing headaches aplenty; City of Cedartown among those experiencing issues appeared first on Polk Today.
5th annual Back to School event coming to Rockmart next weekend
Mark those calendars for next Saturday, July 27 as organizers provide a day of fun – and much needed supplies – for local youth and their families getting ready for the start of the new school year. The event held in memory of Dadrian “Wade” Cummings will give kids a chance to grab some free […] The post 5th annual Back to School event coming to Rockmart next weekend appeared first on Polk Today.
Celebrating 100 Years! Centre First United Methodist Church Centennial Service this Sunday
Centre First United Methodist Church invites the community to join them this Sunday, July 21st, as they celebrate 100 years in their beautiful sanctuary, located on Main Street in Centre. WEIS Radio’s Jerry Baker recently sat down with Bill Mack Garret to learn more about the church’s upcoming centennial celebration....
Environmental group petitions EPA to revoke ash pond closure permit at Rome's Plant Hammond
ATLANTA – The Atlanta-based Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revoke a permit the state issued last year for a coal ash pond closure project at Plant Hammond. According to the SELC, the permit issued last fall by the Georgia Environmental Protection...
Summer in the City Block Party Series Continues on July 26
The second event in Downtown Calhoun’s Summer in the City Block Party series is right around the corner!. The three-part summer series kicked off on Friday, June 28, with a night of food, music, and family fun for the whole community. Calhoun’s Downtown Development Authority is determined to make the second installment of the series an even bigger hit with its next party, set for Friday, July 26, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
Hamilton Health Care System: Integrated, Compassionate, Comprehensive Care for Northwest Georgia
For more than a century, Hamilton Health Care System (HHCS) has been caring for the people of Northwest Georgia and recently expanded services in Calhoun. Hamilton provides a full system of care — with a vast integrated network of providers, state-of-the-art clinical technology and healthcare professionals who provide skillful and compassionate care.
Lady Phoenix first scrimmage a week away
With hopes of another playoff appearance, the Sonoraville High School volleyball team is ready to get on the court and get their 2024 season started. The schedule they will take on in the next couple of months has been released and the Phoenix are currently busy getting ready for what will be a busy time over the next couple of months with their first scrimmage just over a week away.
Entrepreneur seeks degree at GNTC
A Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) student is studying Business Technology more than 20 years after receiving her High School Equivalency through GNTC. Amanda Chadwell, 42, was born in Florida and moved to Georgia when she was 11. Family circumstances led her to drop out of high school. Chadwell, then an 18-year-old mother-to-be enrolled at GNTC’s Walker County Campus in Rock Spring to earn her High School Equivalency, has just completed her first semester as a returning student at the Polk County Campus in Rockmart and expects to graduate with her associate degree next year.
Spring Garden’s ‘Ace’ selected AL.com girls state Athlete of the Year
Ace Austin’s schedule was crazy, 17 basketball games in eight days. The Spring Garden multi-sport athlete traveled to Kentucky for several club games then flew back home to participate in the AHSAA All-Star Sports Week girls basketball game in Montgomery. If you purchase a product or register for an...
Rome City Commission set to adopt millage rate Monday
Sunday, July 21, 2024–4:30 p.m. The Rome City Commission is expected to adopt the millage rate following a third and final public hearing on Monday. Although the commission is considering a reduction in the tax rate, three public hearings are still required because the reduction will not be lower than the rollback rate, so it is considered a tax increase according to state law.
Local Teen Selling Peaches for Family Friend Fighting Pancreatic Cancer
On Wednesday morning, WEIS Radio welcomed Molly Jordan and her son Will into the studio to discuss a big, annual event, which is just around the corner: the annual celebration of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) and the 30th anniversary of the local chapter!. AND, during that conversation with...
Wet Weather Next Few Days
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 84. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
GNTC HONORS ELECTRICAL LINEWORKER PROGRAM GRADUATES FOR SUMMER 2024
(Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College):. Ten students graduated on Wednesday, July 17, from Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Electrical Lineworker program during a ceremony at GNTC’s Polk County Campus in Rockmart. The students experienced a vigorous, 10-week training program that included donated equipment such as trucks,...
End of Watch Ride in Memory of Corporal Keith Morgan this Saturday
This Special Ride is being conducted to honor the memory of the late Corporal Keith Morgan, who passed away in 2022. Corporal Morgan, who had served with the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office for 12 years, died as a result of contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty. Phone (256)...
CRBI Director: Hammond Ash Pond A 'Recipe For Disaster'
The Atlanta-based Southern Environmental Law Center is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revoke a permit the state issued last year for a coal ash pond closure project at Plant Hammond. According to the SELC, the permit issued last fall by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division allows toxic coal ash to remain in contact with groundwater at the Georgia Power plant near Rome in violation of a federal rule adopted in 2015. ...
Alabama executes man convicted of killing delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man has been executed for the fatal shooting of a delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt. Sixty-four-year-old Keith Edmund Gavin received a chemical injection Thursday evening at a prison in southwest Alabama. Gavin was convicted of capital murder in the March 6, 1998, shooting death of William Clayton Jr. in the city of Centre. Prosecutors said Clayton had stopped for cash at an ATM to take his wife to dinner when he was targeted. It was the third execution in Alabama this year and came shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Gavin’s own handwritten request to block it from going forward.
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