Cedartown News
Instructor Mark Wiles discuss strategies with visiting fire professionals during a meeting in Cedartown. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Firefighters grow knowledge of wildfire prevention
A multi-agency National Fire Prevention and Education Team has brought a message of education and wildfire prevention to Polk and Haralson counties during the past week. The group, comprised of pro...
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Cedartown Recreation Department to hold cheerleading, football camps
The Cedartown Recreation Department will be holding two camps this summer for children in Polk County. A cheerleading camp will be held on June 11-12. According to Joe Colquitt of the recreation d...
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Students at Cedartown High School watch as the Last Date program begins Friday, May 17. The Last Date program involved a skit with a mock car wreck to instruct students about the dangers of drunk driving. (Jake Carter/thepolkfishwrap.com)
CHS holds 'Last Date' program on dangers of drunk driving
Cedartown High School and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) held a "Last Date" program Friday morning with the help of local businesses and first responders. The Last Date program is pu...
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Rain or shine, the Polk County Fishing Rodeo will take place Saturday
The annual Polk County Kids Fishing Rodeo will be held on Saturday, May 18, regardless of the weather. "Rain or shine, we are having it," Ranger First Class Chad Cox said. The event, which is for...
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Commissioners approve bid for renovation work
The Polk County Board of Commissioners has approved the construction low bid for renovations and additions to the former Georgia State Patrol building. The structure is the new home of the Polk Co...
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Police: 'Around 50' stores were part of underage alcohol sale sting; 12 stores cited
Update: Police officials said Friday that out of "around 50" stores throughout the entire county involved in a May 15 underage alcohol sale sting, 12 of those stores violated the law. Previousl...
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Gammage
Disbarred Cedartown attorney scheduled for federal sentencing in July
A disbarred Cedartown attorney facing 20 years in federal prison for fraud is now scheduled for sentencing July 25, court officials said. Authorities arrested Miles Gammage in November 2011 on acc...
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Georgia Gems place second at state
The Georgia Gems 10-and-under fast-pitch softball team placed second in the GSA state tournament, bronze division, in Cartersville on Saturday, May 11. Shown on the front row, from left, are player...
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Ward vetoes board action
by Agnes Hagin
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A proposed playground on county owned property off Hendrix Road in the Fish Creek Community has been delayed. Chairman Jason Ward has vetoed action taken by the Polk County Board of Commissioners....
Life Matters Outreach Pregnancy Center expanding services
by Melody Dareing
May 15, 2013 | 10 10 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
A Cedartown non-profit agency is expanding its space and its services to help pregnant women. Life Matters Outreach Pregnancy Care Center, located at 508 North Main St., moved from its old location...
Officials express concern over sewer line funding for new PMC
by Agnes Hagin and Aimee Madden
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
Local officials are concerned about helping finance sewer infrastructure to Polk County’s new $40 million hospital. Polk County Commission Chairman Jason Ward said he has received a letter from Kur...
Firefighters grow knowledge of wildfire prevention
by Agnes Hagin
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
A multi-agency National Fire Prevention and Education Team is bringing a message of education and wildfire prevention to Polk and Haralson counties. The group, comprised of professionals from the ...
156 players tee off at Ayers/Beck tournament
by Brad Easterwood
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The 22nd annual Doc Ayers/Ray Beck Celebrity Golf Tournament got underway on Friday morning under cloudy skies. Despite their being a chance of thunderstorms later in the day, Ayers was pleased wi...
UPDATE: Cedartown schools take precautions for 'Boil Water' advisory
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Update: Polk School District took steps to ensure student safety once they were made aware of the Polk County Water Boil Advisory this morning. Williams A. Hunter, Polk County Superintendent sai...
Xtreme shows determination in winning tournament
by Brad Easterwood
May 09, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Cedartown Xtreme fast-pitch softball team showed great determination recently. On the weekend of April 26-28, the Xtreme entered the USFA Carrollton Classic tournament that would feature 40 te...
Nutrition sites brace for budget cuts
by Agnes Hagin
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Nutrition sites in Rockmart and Cedartown will be affected by federal sequestration cuts, according to officials with Northwest Georgia Regional Commission Area Agency on Aging (AAA). Director Deb...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear a new case on the intersection of religion and government in a dispute over prayers used to open public meetings.
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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 7, 2013, photo, specialist Charles Boeddinghaus works at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push world stock markets higher Monday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street as the stock market comes off of four straight weeks of gains.


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By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Police raided a leading Ugandan newspaper and disabled its printing press and website on Monday after it published a letter about a purported plot to stifle allegations President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his son for power, a senior editor said. Speculation is growing that Museveni, in office since 1986, is lining up his son Kainerugaba Muhoozi to take power, a move that would likely test loyalties in Uganda's ruling elite. ...
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