Polk County News

Officials in Cedartown, Rockmart and Polk County are expected to sign an intergovernmental agreement for the Polk County Drug Task Force in July.

Artist and Kennesaw State University Bicycle Shop Program Manager Ed Baltes of Dallas helps lift the covering off of his sculpture on Saturday, June 15. The Rockmart Silver Comet Trail Head is now home to the city's very first commissioned public sculpture.

Rockmart's city council adopted the proposed FY 2014 $9 million budget during its regular meeting on Tuesday, June 10. Final changes to the general fund budget increased the total from $4,711,554 to $4,774,501.

The following is a list of events going on in and around Polk County today, June 17: 1. The Cedartown Senior Citizen Nutrition Center located next to Bert Wood Park has activities Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Seniors 55 and older may participate in activities.

Children, from age 1 to 18, can eat a free meal at designated sites in Polk County as part of the Seamless Summer Feeding Program.

Shae Dollar, Barbara Young, Gayle Gates and Maria Flores serve lunch earlier this year at Eastside Elementary School.

Children, from age one to 18, can eat a free meal at designated sites in Polk County as part of the Seamless Summer Feeding Program.

The question that's been on the minds of local officials for months now was answered during a recent meeting of the Cedartown City Commission.

The Georgia state flag was unfurled and carefully smoothed out across the coffin of former State Senator Nathan Dean Tuesday afternoon, as former governors Joe Frank Harris, Roy Barnes and Sonny Perdue solemnly made their way down the aisle of Rockmart's First Baptist Church.

Polk County police officers will soon be equipped with stun guns thanks to action taken by the Polk County Board of Commissioners.

The following is a list of events going on in and around Polk County today, June 11: 1. The Rockmart library hosts gaming time for kids on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. through July 9. 2. The Downtown Cedartown Association will meet at the Welcome Center at 11 a.m. 3. Redmond Regional Medical Center will hold a series of wellness works seminars throughout ... (more)

A wreck involving two tractor-trailers has resulted in the death of one individual.

Aragon Mayor Ken Suffridge has resubmitted a recreational funding request to the Polk County Board of Commissioners.

The following is a list of events going on in and around Polk County this weekend, June 8-9: Saturday 1. Youngs Grove Baptist Church's Women on Mission will hold a yard sale on Saturday, June 8 beginning at 8 a.m. at Beeler's Insurnace Company located on Main Street.

A new law bringing numerous changes to the juvenile justice system will help the system's effectiveness, according to one local official.

Two Tennessee men were arrested Monday, June 3, in Cedartown on allegations that they illegally obtained and sold prescription pills, according to police.

Two Tennessee men were arrested Monday, June 3, in Cedartown on allegations that they illegally obtained and sold prescription pills, according to police.