Polk County News

Bill Wanke, with Ceramics by Cheryl of Temple, Ga., sets up some of the pottery and other crafts hand painted by his wife, Cheryl Wanke Friday afternoon at Seaborn Jones Park in downtown Rockmart.

Preliminary results from Tuesday's General Primary election painted a portrait of disappointment for an incumbent, long-serving county commissioner.

Mid-day voting continues light at precincts in Polk County. Only 165 ballots had been cast at the Fish Creek precinct by 12 noon.

Roy and Elaine Anderson will be the grand marshal of the 2008 Homespun Festival Parade, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 19 in Seaborn Jones Park, downtown Rockmart.

Rome and Calhoun theaters chosen for Fox Theatre pilot program Romes DeSoto Theater is among 15 community theaters to be selected for the Fox Theatre Institute pilot program.

A Cherokee princess is married in a cave. A Confederate soldier hides from Union troops in that cave during the Civil War.

Brenda Costello works on plans for the first Founder's Day Celebration in Braswell.

A manufacturing firm, which will bring up to 80 jobs to Polk County, is nearing final agreement to purchase the 100,000 square foot speculative building in the Rockmart 101 Park.

A Rome man arrested Thursday had fled from his home during a May 14 search by the Rome-Floyd Metro Task Force, reports stated.

When the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Board meets in August, its new leadership team will be in place.

When the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Board meets in August, its new leadership team will be in place.

A federal judge has sentenced three men to life in prison for taking part in a murderous northwest Georgia drug gang.

Greg J. Matechak Two new Floyd Medical Center physicians are coming to Polk County.

The Rockmart Journal, distributed to 3,400 households each Wednesday, is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Rockmart, GA. via Cedartown Standard Plus

From the Crawford campaign State Rep. Rick Crawford, D-Cedartown, qualified for re-election to the District 16 post of the Georgia House of Representatives. via Rome News - Tribune

The next meeting of the Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association is on Saturday, May 10, at 10:30 AM at the Polk County Historical Society in Cedartown. via Daily Citizen

“We really didn't find out anything”

Kathleen Adams and Joe Ingram have spent the last three years suspended between a truth they believe and the justice they say they've been denied. via Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Submitted by the Office of the Governor ATLANTA - Gov. Sonny Perdue has announced the following executive appointments: Board of Corrections W. Roger Waldrop, 69, Rockmart, At-Large Representative - Waldrop is ... via Dalton Daily Citizen

Three manufacturing companies have been nominated by Coosa Valley Technical College and area Chambers of Commerce to receive the 2008 Georgia Manufacturer of the Year award. via Rome News - Tribune

Home 'ransacked' on Old Rockmart Road Police are investigating a reported burglary in Silver Creek. via Rome News - Tribune