Today’s top headlines: Business: Chick-fil-A Supply warehouse finished in Bartow; hiring continues. Discount City owners say retirement/closing was planned, delayed by pandemic restrictions. State Patrol: Plainville woman, 65, dies after being struck by a pickup on U.S. 41 in Cartersville Friday morning. Habitat’s ReStore on the move again, returning to the neighborhood just behind… Read more
A small, peaceful protest of some 20-25 people gathered on the steps of Rome’s City Hall on Friday evening. The group, organized to stand against injustices across America, garnered a lot of support from passing motorists and downtown visitors. There were rumors of trouble brewing on Broad Street, but that simply wasn’t true. Rome City… Read more
Chick-fil-A Supply has moved into its first supply center, based in Cartersville Business Park on Cassville White Road. Hiring is continuing; please click at https://chickfilasupply.greatjob.net/ The company broke ground just about a year ago on the operation, set in about 200,000 square feet on 50 acres. In an earlier interview,Matt Rumsey, general manager of the Cartersville… Read more
In context: The ReStore started out in Central Plaza off Second Avenue before moving off the Bypass at Three Rivers Drive. It returns about a block over on July 7. Media release: Habitat for Humanity – Coosa Valley announces the relocation of its ReStore and Administrative Offices effective July 7. The new location is at 504 E.… Read more
Statewide deaths have now topped 2,000. As of Saturday morning, the count was 2,003. Locally, one more additional death has been reported for Gordon County. The death toll in Northwest Georgia stands as 72 with 1,038 cases. Hospital reports: Saturday Floyd: 2 patients testing positive; none awaiting tests. Redmond: No patients testing positive or awaiting results. Cartersville… Read more
Advance voting today. What to know: Floyd County: Rome Civic Center, 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Bartow County: Bartow County Board of Elections and Voter Registration office at 1300 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy in Cartersville on Saturday, May 30, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Gordon County: 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Site: Gordon County Annex Building (behind the… Read more
The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College awarded $6,450 in scholarships to 16 students, including two Susan Lynne Greene Memorial Scholarship recipients and one recipient of the Thomas Brown Scholarship. Between $250 and $500 were awarded to each student to assist in paying for summer semester at GNTC. “This summer we increased scholarship support to an unprecedented… Read more
From the Rome Downtown Development Authority: “Out of an abundance of caution for the health and wellness of our community and in compliance with Gov. Brian Kemp’s Executive Order, the City of Rome Downtown Development has decided to cancel the June and July Downtown Rome Saturdays. We look forward to seeing you again at our… Read more
OUTLOOK Warm, mostly dry weekend ahead and then we’ll turn the heat up a bit more next week. Low 90s on the way. FORECAST Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84. North wind around 5 mph. Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. North wind around 5 mph. Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 83.… Read more
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Truett’s Chick-fli-A, 264 Shorter Ave., 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Drive-through and Door Dash. Mount Berry Mall, 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. (curbside, carryout, Door Dash). Shipping Container, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. All Monday-Saturday. Congratulations to recent Model High graduate Allen Woods Jr. who will continue his education and wrestling career at Truett McConnell University. Pictured from left to right:… Read more
FLOYD No reports BARTOW No reports. GORDON No reports. POLK No reports. CHATTOOGA SWEET P’S AT THE TAVERN 205 CENTRAL AVE TRION, GA 30753 Last Inspection Score: 93 Read more
Bartow deputies investigate shot-up car, second vehicle fire: From Bartow County Sheriff Clark Millsap: Just after 5 a.m. Friday, deputies and investigators were dispatched to 100 Evergreen Trail, Apt C, in Cartersville in reference to shots fired and a vehicle fire call. Deputies discovered one of the homeowner’s vehicles had been shot multiple times and their other vehicle’s interior… Read more
From the Georgia State Patrol: Friday morning at 6:09, a 2019 Ford F150 pickup truck was traveling north on U.S. 41 in the left lane. A pedestrian, wearing all black clothing, was traveling north in the left lane of the highway. The pedestrian was struck by the front of the truck. She has been… Read more
Thursday afternoon, Gov. Brian Kemp, state Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Kathleen Toomey, Adjutant General Tom Carden, and Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency Director Homer Bryson gave an update on Georgia’s fight against COVID-19. From the governor (media release): “On March 14, 2020, I issued an Executive Order declaring a Public Health State… Read more
Media release: On Thursday, May 28, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Child Exploitation and Computer Crimes Unit assisted the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations in the execution of a search warrant at the residence of Preston Darby Nichols, 55, of Cartersville. Nichols was charged with Possession and Distribution of Child Pornography by… Read more
