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This weekend's weather: showers and thunderstorms likely, highs near 80
This weekend's forecast from the National Weather Service calls for showers and possibly a thunderstorm on Saturday mainly before 2 p.m., then showers and thunderstorms likely after 2pm. High n...
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What's happening this weekend May 18-19
The following is a list of events going on in and around Polk County this weekend, May 18-19: Saturday 1. The Polk County Kids Fishing Rodeo will be held Saturday, May 18 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m...
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Rain or shine, the Polk County Fishing Rodeo will take place Saturday
The annual Polk County Kids Fishing Rodeo will be held on Saturday, May 18, regardless of the weather. "Rain or shine, we are having it," Ranger First Class Chad Cox said. The event, which is for...
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What's happening today May 17
The following is a list of events going on in and around Polk County today, May 17: 1. The Cedartown Senior Citizen Nutrition Center located next to Bert Wood Park has activities Monday through Fr...
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Polk Medical Center (Aimee H. Madden/The Polk Fishwrap)
Polk Medical Center to host community health fair and blood panel screening
Polk Medical Center, in conjunction with the Cedartown Pilot Club, will host the Cedartown Community Health Fair Saturday, May 18 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The free event will educational resourc...
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Georgia Gems place second at state
The Georgia Gems 10-and-under fast-pitch softball team placed second in the GSA state tournament, bronze division, in Cartersville on Saturday, May 11. Shown on the front row, from left, are player...
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Undercover op discovers 12 Polk stores selling alcohol to underage individuals
Twelve stores are facing possible sanctions after an undercover operation revealed their clerks were selling alcohol to those under the age of 21, according to police. The one-day operation on Wed...
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Thursday's weather: partly sunny with a high near 82
Today's forecast from the National Weather Service calls for a 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5...
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What's happening today May 16
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The following is a list of events going on in and around Polk County today, May 16: 1. The Cedartown Senior Citizen Nutrition Center located next to Bert Wood Park has activities Monday through Fr...
GDOT suspends major lane closures in northwest Georgia for Memorial Day
by Press release--GDOT
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia Department of Transportation will scale back its construction projects across Northwest Georgia – suspending construction-related lane closures on all interstate an...
Short-term solution for water approved
by Agnes Hagin
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
The Polk County Board of Commissioners has approved a new policy to provide assistance to Jud Brazier Road residents seeking water service. The new county policy stipulates that Polk’s Emergency M...
Wednesday's weather: sunny with a high near 82
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Today's forecast from the National Weather Service calls for sunny skies with a high near 82. Light west wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Wednesday Night Partly cloudy, with a l...
What's happening today May 15
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The following is a list of events going on in and around Polk County today, May 15: 1. The Rockmart Civic Arts Commission 316 N. Piedmont Ave., Bldg. 300, Rockmart, holds open studio pottery class...
Polk County squad wins softball state title
by Staff reports
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The Southern Misses are once again state champions. Playing in the 14-and-under GSA state tournament on Saturday, May 11, the Polk County Southern Misses went undefeated to win the championship. I...
Tuesday's weather: sunny with a high near 78
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Today's forecast from the National Weather Service calls for sunny skies with a high near 78. Light west wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday Night Mostly clear, with a...
What's happening today May 14
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The following is a list of events going on in and around Polk County today, May 14: 1. The Cedartown Senior Citizen Nutrition Center located next to Bert Wood Park has activities Monday through Fr...

File - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, US singer Michael Jackson announces at a press conference that he is set to play ten live concerts at the London O2 Arena in July 2009. Jurors hearing Katherine Jackson’s lawsuit against AEG Live heard from a pair of defense witnesses who gave varying assessments of Jackson’s health as he rehearsed for the “This Is It” show. The testimony in a Los Angeles courtroom by choreographers Stacy Walker and Travis Payne on May 13-14, 2013, was the only evidence in the trial’s third week that focused on the pop superstar. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)LOS ANGELES (AP) — A look at key moments this past week in the wrongful death trial in Los Angeles between Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, and concert giant AEG Live LLC, and what is expected at court in the week ahead:


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President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, Friday, May 17, 2013, during his second "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.


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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant Saturday in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that were intercepted this week at a post office in Washington state.
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