Adairsville News

The small jet carrying the body of Lance Cpl. Seth Sharp back home touched down at Calhoun's Tom B. David Airport just before 3 p.m. Thursday.

The body of Marine Lance Cpl. Seth Sharp of Adairsville, who was killed in action in Afghanistan on July 2, will arrive at Tom B. David Airport in Calhoun today at 3 p.m. Sharp was born in Dalton.

Funeral arrangements have been set for the Adairsville, Ga., Marine killed in Afghanistan last week, according to R. Dudley Barton and Son Funeral Home.

The U.S. Department of Defense says a 20-year-old Marine from Adairsville, Ga., has been killed in Afghanistan.

Family remembers son Lance Cpl. Seth Sharp as a 'solid Marine' Lance Cpl. Seth Sharp The father and stepmother of fallen U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl.

Lance Cpl. Seth Sharp, 20, a Marine from Adairsville who was killed Thursday in Afghanistan, signed up when he was 17 and had previously been deployed in Iraq, a relative said.

A serviceman from Adairsville has been killed in Afghanistan, according to a spokesman from R. Dudley Barton & Son Funeral Home in Adairsville.

Neigborhood: festivals such as this one is a great place for "the guys" that have a garage band to perform at, even if they are underage.

The Bartow County Sheriffa s Office is looking into the possibility of arson in a house fire Tuesday at 20 N. Ridge Drive in Adairsville, reports stated.

This rendering from Lyman, Davidson, Dooley Inc. shows the planned Bartow Civic Center.

The Floyd County Commission is expected to sign off Tuesday on new beer pouring licenses at two local businesses.

Ita s about two-thirds of a year to National Signing Day 2010, but Georgia Tech could be more than halfway there.

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have had quite a week in the recruiting front. In the last week, they have gained a total of four verbal commitments.

ADAIRSVILLE, Ga. - " Diesel engine provider Yanmar Marine USA Corp. has introduced the Yanmar Instant Rebate on repowers, saving boaters up to $1,700 per engine, it reported in a recent statement.

The Floyd County Homemakera s Yard Sale will be May 30 starting at 7 a.m. at 20 Rush Chapel Road, Adairsville.

Two vehicles collided on Old Dalton Road Friday afternoon. A head-on collision in Armuchee on Friday afternoon sent four people to area hospitals.

A report filed Monday by Rome police assigns no blame in a four-car wreck involving a Floyd County police car.

An Adairsville man was arrested Tuesday after police say he threatened to kill his co-workers. According to Floyd County Jail records: Earl Omar Denny, 33, of 12 Wessington Place in Adairsville, was arrested by Rome police around 10:30 a.m. He was charged with terroristic threats and acts.

Detectives from the Gordon County Sheriffs Drug Task Force Unit arrested four people on State Route 53 East Thursday, May 14, around 3:45 p.m. for a variety of drug-related charges.

Lovett - RHP Clayton McKenney , RHP Jonathan Carkhuff , OF Max Williams . ► Need to know: North Oconee won a three-game series against Adairsville to advance to the second round for the third season in a row.