Cartersville News

New data shows that cities in area counties along I-75 were once again the fastest growing from 2007 to 2008.

Polk residents are invited to attend an information session on Wednesday, July 8, 2009, at 6:30 p.m. in Cartersville about Reinhardt College degree-completion programs in Organization Management Leadership and Public Safety Leadership.

After six years of discussion and planning, construction is set to start on a new Bartow County civic center.

The AIDS Resource Council of Rome is partnering with the Women of W.O.R.T.H. Womena s health clinic for free HIV testing for National Get Tested Day Saturday.

Polk County police were one of several agencies assisting in a drug sweep netting nine arrests and 10 firearms, including two assault rifles.

A wreck in Bartow County had traffic stopped in both directions as far back as the intersection of U.S. 411 and U.S. 41.

* Charles Winfred Jones Jr., 29, 444 Row 3, Cartersville, was charged Tuesday by the Georgia State Patrol with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, possession of tools for the commission of a crime, possession of cocaine, false information and first degree forgery.

Sherrie Cline, 44, of Cartersville weighed 189 pounds when this photo was taken in April 2008.

The San Diego Padres had their highest pick since 2004 when they had the number one overall selection, taking outfielder Donavan Tate out of Cartersville, Georgia.

Since it was first implemented in 1976, Stars, Stripes & Cartersville has grown into the Cartersville Morning Optimist Club's largest fundraiser.

As Thomas "gluten-free" Wheatley and others noted earlier, Democrat Roy Barnes is running for governor.

A Cartersville woman was arrested by Bartow County Sheriff's deputies on Friday and charged with murder.

For you roadies out east, the Booth Western Art Museum in the Atlanta suburb of Cartersville, Ga., soon will be hosting an exhibition by artist Chuck Middlekauff that explores Route 66 and U.S. 41, which goes from Chicago to Miami, Fla.

An employment expo Tuesday at Blackshear Place Baptist Church will feature information on job networking and writing rsums, hopefully opening doors to those in the community who are looking for work.

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CARTERSVILLE, Ga. a ' It has been nearly 64 years since Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk helped make history and end a war.

Several professionals from Northwest Georgia recently completed a seven-module, 30-hour recertification program at Georgia Highlands College from the Human Resources Certification Institute.

A Cartersville woman has been charged with murder after she allegedly stabbed 81-year-old Mattie Jenkins of a Cardinal Court address in Cartersville late last week.

Cartersville -- What do all of us really know about reverse mortgages, wills, powers of attorney and how to plan for our retirement? Thata s what a free educational and informational class seeks to address.

Bucking a nationwide trend of closings, Georgia's largest Kia dealer this month opened an auto showroom on Atlanta Highway next door to where the region's only Kia outlet pulled up stakes six months ago.