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Category Archives: Polk County

Georgia gas prices up 12 cents

Georgia gas prices up 12 cents

May 9, 2022–9:34 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices experienced a slight increase compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.71 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 1 cent more than a week ago, 28 cents less than last month but $1.01 more than this time last year. According…read more

Man Wanted in Connection to Cedartown Shooting Turns Himself in

Man Wanted in Connection to Cedartown Shooting Turns Himself in

May 9th, 2022 – 4:55 PM Staff Reports – Cedartown Police have announced that Randy McClarity Jr, who was recently sought in connection to a shooting on Thompson Street, has turned himself into authorities without incident on Monday (May 9th). According to the Cedartown Police Department officers responded to Grands Store on Main Street last…read more

Polk Police: Arrests made in Hit & Run Case

Polk Police: Arrests made in Hit & Run Case

May 5th, 2022 – 1:10 PM Polk County Police Department Press Release – On May 4 at 11:39 PM Polk Police officers with B Shift of the Uniformed Patrol Division executed a warrant attempt on an address on Hampton Road. Officers with B Shift ultimately arrested two subjects from this address in connection with the…read more

Polk Police: Arrests made in Hit & Run Case

Polk Police: Arrests made in Hit & Run Case

May 5th, 2022 – 1:10 PM Polk County Police Department Press Release – On May 4 at 11:39 PM Polk Police officers with B Shift of the Uniformed Patrol Division executed a warrant attempt on an address on Hampton Road. Officers with B Shift ultimately arrested two subjects from this address in connection with the…read more

Polk Sheriff’s Office Busts Fraudulent Bond Company

Polk Sheriff’s Office Busts Fraudulent Bond Company

May 3rd, 2022 – 10:35 AM Polk County Georgia Sheriff’s Office – On March 25, 2022, Polk County Sheriff’s Office was made aware of a scam involving individuals posing as affiliates with a bonding company. During the investigation, it was found that a Polk County Inmate identified as Tommy Cecil Rose was coordinating with his…read more

Floyd Medical Center records 500th robotic surgery

Floyd Medical Center records 500th robotic surgery

April 28, 2022–7:43 p.m. NEWS RELEASE Atrium Health Floyd’s commitment to offering robotic surgery to local patients is being well-received. Floyd Medical Center recently performed its 500th surgery using the da Vinci Xi Surgical System. The hospital’s first robot-assisted surgery using the da Vinci Xi Surgical System took place in November 2020. A second da…read more

‘Person of interest’ in murder now in custody in Alabama

‘Person of interest’ in murder now in custody in Alabama

April 26, 2022–9:07 a.m. WEIS RADIO A man described as a ‘person of interest’ in the murder of a man whose body was found in a large toolbox in Polk County last month is now in custody. 39-year-old Nicholas Silvers of Gaylesville, Alabama was booked in at the Cherokee County Detention Center at around 10:35…read more

Georgia gas prices up a penny

Georgia gas prices up a penny

April 25, 2022–6:53 p.m. AAA SOUTH Georgia gas prices experienced a slight increase compared to a week ago. Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $3.71 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 1 cent more than a week ago, 28 cents less than last month but $1.01 more than this time last year. According…read more

Monday is the deadline to register to vote

Monday is the deadline to register to vote

April 24, 2022–12:02 p.m. STAFF REPORTS If you are not registered to vote in the upcoming election, Monday is the last day to do so. It’s also a good idea to check your registration status, especially if you haven’t voted in the last few cycles. The Primary Election is on May 24. Early voting begins…read more