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Category Archives: Bartow County

Critical need for blood donors

Critical need for blood donors

Tuesday, October 24, 2023–4:15 p.m. -Blood Assurance- Due to multiple trauma patients being treated this morning at area hospitals, the community blood supply has reached a critically low level. Blood Assurance is in dire need of both O-positive and O-negative blood donors to roll up a sleeve and be someone’s hero. Other blood types are…read more

Georgia gas prices continue to decline

Georgia gas prices continue to decline

Monday, October 23, 2023–9:48 a.m. -AAA South- Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.01 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, which is 6 cents less than a week ago, 31 cents less than a month ago, and 20 cents less than this time last year.  It now costs an average of $45.15 to fill a 15-gallon tank of regular gasoline. Georgians…read more

Road work in Bartow County this weekend

Road work in Bartow County this weekend

Thursday, October 19, 2023–5:42 p.m. -Georgia Department of Transportation- Weather permitting, crews will close the Cass-White Bridge over I-75 at exit 296 from Friday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. until Monday, October 23 at 5:30 a.m. The bridge will be closed for resurfacing related to the construction of two new roundabouts at the interstate interchanges.…read more

Cartersville High School goes into lockdown twice on Monday

Cartersville High School goes into lockdown twice on Monday

October 16th, 2023 – 12:30 PM WRGA Staff Reports – Cartersville High School went into two lockdowns after receiving phone calls threatening the School on Monday morning. The Cartersville Police Department reportedly received a call that there was an armed person at Cartersville High School. The school immediately enacted lockdown procedures and the campus was…read more

Pursuit in Bartow County ends with fatal crash

Pursuit in Bartow County ends with fatal crash

Wednesday, October 11, 2023–5:33 p.m. -WBHF Radio- According to reports from the Georgia State Patrol on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at 9:21 pm, troopers from the Cartersville post of the Georgia State Patrol responded to a request for assistance from the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office for a pursuit of a stolen Ford F-250 on Highway…read more

Northwest Georgia burn ban lifted

Northwest Georgia burn ban lifted

October 9th, 2023 – 5:20 PM Georgia Forestry Commission – Georgia’s annual ban on outdoor burning ended September 30 in 54 counties, primarily in the northern half of the state. From May 1 through the end of September, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division mandates the restrictions to protect air quality from emissions that may increase…read more

Gas prices continue to fall

Gas prices continue to fall

Monday, October 9, 2023–10:23 a.m. -Staff reports- The average price for gasoline continues to decline. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.15 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline which is 9 cents less than a week ago, 42 cents less than a month ago, and 6 cents less than this time last year.  It now costs an…read more

Safe Spaces: Radar detectors at traffic signals improve safety at intersections

Safe Spaces: Radar detectors at traffic signals improve safety at intersections

Wednesday, October 4, 2023–10:05 a.m. -Georgia Department of Transportation- Should I stay or should I go? That’s often the question drivers ask when they reach the “Decision Zone,” the area approaching an intersection where some will decide to stop and others will go through the signal when it changes to yellow. That decision by a…read more

Critical need for plasma donors

Critical need for plasma donors

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 — 10:41 a.m. -News Release- As International Plasma Awareness Week kicks off, Blood Assurance is urging donors to roll up their sleeves and donate. The community nonprofit is in critical need of those with type A and AB blood to donate plasma. On On Monday, Blood Assurance had just 27 plasma…read more