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Category Archives: Paulding County

Georgia DOT suspends lane closures during Fourth of July weekend

Georgia DOT suspends lane closures during Fourth of July weekend

June 24th, 2021 – 4:20 PM Georgia Department of Transportation – In an effort to ease travel through and within our state during the Fourth of July weekend, the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT) will suspend construction-related closures on interstate highways starting Friday, July 2. Additionally, Georgia DOT will limit lane closures on state…read more

Paulding domestic dispute results in murder

Paulding domestic dispute results in murder

June 24th, 2021 – 3:50 PM Paulding County Sheriff’s Office – According to the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office, on June 20th, 2021, at approximately 6:45 PM, Paulding E-911 received a call from the victim to reference a possible domestic dispute between her and her boyfriend. Deputies immediately responded to 980 Hitchcock Road Dallas, GA 30157…read more

GHC holds STEM open house for Paulding County educators

GHC holds STEM open house for Paulding County educators

June 23rd, 2021 – 3:30 PM Georgia Highlands College – Georgia Highlands College (GHC) recently hosted 35 educators from the Paulding County School District to engage in a Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) professional development workshop. The event, held at GHC’s Cartersville site, featured liquid nitrogen demonstrations, chemical reactions, and chemistry experiments, DNA activities…read more

Paulding County Detectives Make Arrest in Fatal Stabbing Incident

Paulding County Detectives Make Arrest in Fatal Stabbing Incident

June 21st, 2021 – 3:20 PM Paulding County Sheriff’s Office – On June 20, 2021, at approximately 10:49 PM, Paulding E-911 received a third-party call reference to a possible dispute where someone had been stabbed. Deputies immediately responded to 235 Ashbury Court Dallas, GA 30157 (Woodbridge Subdivision) which is where the incident occurred. When Deputies…read more

Tropical Storm Claudette expected to impact North Georgia

Tropical Storm Claudette expected to impact North Georgia

June 19th, 2021 National Weather Service in Peachtree City – Chattooga, Bartow, Floyd, Gordon, Polk, and Paulding: Periods of heavy rainfall are expected today and tonight as showers and thunderstorms from Tropical Storm Claudette spread across north and central Georgia. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect starting at 2 PM this afternoon for portions…read more

Rome to host planning sessions for state child abuse prevention plan

Rome to host planning sessions for state child abuse prevention plan

June 14, 2021–7:25 p.m. NEWS RELEASE The Prevention and Community Support Section at the Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS PCS) and Prevent Child Abuse Georgia (PCA Georgia) are now preparing for the Regional Implementation Planning process for Georgia’s recently released Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Plan (https://abuse.publichealth.gsu.edu/canpp/). The Exchange Club Family Resource Center…read more

Paulding: Lane Closures at S.R. 92 on Tuesday

Paulding: Lane Closures at S.R. 92 on Tuesday

June 14th, 2021 – 3:00 PM Georgia Department of Transportation – Weather permitting, crews will be temporarily widening the shoulder along Highway 92 as part of the larger widening project on the road. The work will close lanes periodically along the route. WHEN: June 15th from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. WHERE: State Route 92 from Nebo…read more

Georgia Reinstates Pre-Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Requirements

Georgia Reinstates Pre-Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Requirements

June 10th, 2021 – 5:15 PM Georgia Department of Labor – In accordance with the plan for reemployment and the announcement to no longer participate in the federal unemployment insurance (UI) programs enacted through the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act, the Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will reinstate many of the eligibility…read more

[VIDEO] Dr. Voccio updates NWGA on Pandemic and Immunization

[VIDEO] Dr. Voccio updates NWGA on Pandemic and Immunization

June 10th, 2021 – 4:45 PM Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District – Voccio Viewpoint 6/10/21: Dr. Gary Voccio, health director for the ten-county Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District, updates us on the coronavirus pandemic and our immunization progress in Northwest Georgia.read more

New immunization requirement for rising 11th grade students

New immunization requirement for rising 11th grade students

June 9th, 2021 – 3:40 PM Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District – Under a new state rule, effective July 1, all students entering the 11th grade require proof of a booster dose of the meningococcal conjugate vaccine (MCV4) unless they received their first dose on or after their 16th birthday. “Incoming high school…read more