FLOYD Chicken Salad Chick, 93. Taco Bell, Martha Berry, 97. La Mexicana, Shorter Avenue, 96. BARTOW No reports. GORDON Calhoun Middle, High schools, 100. POLK Burger King, Cedartown, 91. CHATTOOGA Subway, U.S. 27, Summerville, 92. Read more
1,800 join Fields of Faith at Pepperell High School Wednesday night: With a message of “one day, one message, one stand,” an estimated 1,800 students gathered on a cool fall Wednesday evening to celebrate the annual Fields of Faith. This year’s event was… Read more
Media release: On Oct. 11, investigators with the Safety Fire Commissioner’s Office arrested Bartow County Firefighter Cary Wolf, 36, of Cartersville and charged him with 1 Count of First Degree Arson, 1 Count of Aggravated Battery, 1 Count of Possession of a Firearm in Commission of a Felony, 3 Counts of Burglary, 5 Counts of Theft by… Read more
Armed with jalapeno duck poppers, sausage balls and pimento cheese, The Season Events held a ribbon cutting on Tuesday for the new Cartersville office. Joined by the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce, Holly Lynch and Ray Harris served light snacks during the late-morning ceremony, announcing the opening of the full-service event planning and catering companywhich also offers… Read more
Tonight at 8 p.m. Next Democratic presidential debate. Watch on the cable channels. TUESDAY EVENING: Another 39 people voted in advance on Tuesday at the Floyd County Health Department on East 12th Street. That brings the total turnout to all of 70 people of the more than 19,000 eligible to vote in the… Read more
-Listen by clicking the above arrow or even easier, click here. Wednesday’s headlines with more to come: Budgetel Inn closed in Cartersville area; nearly 200 evicted. We’ll have more on this story throughout the day. The Season Events celebrates Cartersville addition. Holly and Ray have a success on their hands in Rome and now they’re… Read more
Media release: Hospitality House for Women Inc. announces Lynn Rousseau has joined the organization as its new executive director. Rousseau graduated magna cum laude from Berry College with dual degrees in Sociology and Psychology. She previously served as Executive Director of Hospitality House from 2000 through 2008, at which time her family relocated to North… Read more
South Rome Redevelopment is hosting an information session about the Georgia GOAL tax credit program at the South Rome Early Learning Center this Friday morning. The Learning Center is at Anna K. Davie Elementary School at 24 E. Main St. The session will begin in the parking lot at the corner of East Main and… Read more
Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home is partnering with One Book Many Voices in Rome as well as the Rome Area Council for the Arts, the Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association and Duke Hospitality to bring an evening of Cherokee culture and literary exploration to our community with Cherokee musician Tommy Wildcat and author… Read more
OUTLOOK Rainfall totals between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Wednesday: Rome: 0.68 of an inch. Cartersville: 0.29 of an inch. Additional thunderstorms will be possible early next week as another storm system moves into the area. FORECAST Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.… Read more
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Berry no. 7 in latest coaches poll: The latest American Football Coaches Association rankings for D3 teams are out and the Berry Vikings remained at no. 7. In the D3 rankings released earlier this week, Berry rose from eighth to seventh… Read more
Mr. Earlie Clowers, 71, of Rome, Georgia, made a peaceful transition on Monday, October 14, 2019, at a local hospital surrounded by his loving family. Services will be Friday, October 18, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. at Wright Memorial Mortuary, 814 South Broad St. Rome, Georgia. He will lie in-state from 1:00 p.m. until the… Read more
FLOYD Arby’s, Martha Berry, 81. BARTOW Little Caesar’s, Cartersville, 89. GORDON Calhoun Coffee Co., 87. W.L. Swain School, Plainville, 100. POLK Bojangles, Cedartown, 83. Cherokee Golf Club, Cedartown, 97. CHATTOOGA Leslie’s Burger Shack, Summerville, 93. Read more
LATEST HEADLINES Business. Finally, that big announcement: Ball Corp. doubles down, adding 180 jobs and investing more than $200 million here. MORNING REPORT Developing: Budgetel Inn closed in Cartersville area; nearly 200 evicted. Budgetel The Season Events celebrates Cartersville addition. Ribbon cutting for $19 million Dixie Specialty Fibers in Trion. Does a famililar name have… Read more
From the Georgia State Patrol: At approximately 4:52 a.m. Tuesday, Georgia State Patrol Post 3-Cartersville responded to a pedestrian fatality on U.S. 27 south in Cedartown. It was determined the deceased, Robert Dewaine Allen, 45, was improperly walking in the right southbound lane of U.S. 27 near Cedartown High School. A 2010 Toyota Tundra was… Read more
Tim McGinnis has had a rolling success on his hands for five years. Just about everywhere his food truck, Timbo’s Smokehouse, sets up, the crowd follows. Now he’s adding to the appeal but with a brick-and-mortar location as well. Here’s the update from theh Timbo’s Smokehouse Facebook page. If nothing else, you’ve got… Read more
More about craft beer: >Above: The founders of Drowned Valley Brewing in Cartersville hope to open in November. >Above: Jay Shell of Rome City Brewing Co. on how he and Dr. Trent Prault combined their passion to create a Northwest Georgia destination. >Above: Chris Kerr and Ali Booker, in a July interview, talk about the… Read more
