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First responders were called to an one vehicle wreck next to Kimoto Tech on Canal Street Monday afternoon. An F-250 was overturned on the side of the road, but no injuries were reported. (Jake Carter/thepolkfishwrap.com)
One vehicle wreck blocks traffic on Canal Street
A one vehicle wreck temporarily has traffic blocked on Canal Street in Cedartown next to Kimoto Tech. The Cedartown Fire Department, Cedartown Police and Redmond EMS were called to Canal Street aro...
Jun 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 56 56 recommendations | email to a friend
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Woman being booked into jail to serve 30-day sentence found with pills; judge re-sentences her to four years
A Rockmart woman’s 30-day prison sentence turned into four years after  she was caught with contraband pills while being booked into jail. Tina Cobb, 40, of 584 Lane St., Rockmart, who was fou...
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Polk County police to be equipped with stun guns
Polk County police officers will soon be equipped with stun guns thanks to action taken by the Polk County Board of Commissioners. The group noted that the department is currently the only law enfo...
Jun 11, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 52 52 recommendations | email to a friend
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Federal authorities search for penitentiary inmate
ATLANTA — Federal authorities are searching for an inmate they describe as a fugitive on the run. U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard signed a federal complaint accusing Clayton Armstrong Hi...
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 39 39 recommendations | email to a friend
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(From left) Mary Cochran and Dana Streetman
Police: 2 women charged with fighting after baby’s delivery at hospital
Two women arrested for fighting over a baby’s delivery at Floyd Medical Center were released from jail Wednesday on $2,600 property bonds, according to Floyd County Jail records. Dana Bailey Stree...
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Man fleeing police plunges to his death in ravine
MACON, GA. — A man running from police in Macon jumped over a fence and died after plummeting into a ravine before dawn on Wednesday, authorities said. The man ignored a warning from one of the of...
Jun 05, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
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Changes coming to the DJJ will help system's effectiveness, DA says
A new law bringing numerous changes to the juvenile justice system will help the system’s effectiveness, according to one local official. “When being implemented, it should allow my office to focus...
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One year after his near-fatal accident, 3-year-old Mikey Williams is playing with toys and communicating. (Kim Jarrett / RN-T.com)
Miracle Mikey – 1 year later: Toddler who fell into pool has defies odds with recovery
The last time Daniel Scipper saw 3-year-old Mikey Williams, the toddler was blue and not breathing. The Mikey that the Cedartown firefighter saw Monday was waving, repeating words and eating cake. ...
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NYPD: 10-year-old boy grabs intruder's gun, fires
by The Associated Press
Jun 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 41 41 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say a 10-year-old Brooklyn boy picked up a gun that was dropped by an intruder and fired a shot. Police say two people dressed as delivery men knocked on the do...
Tennessee men arrested in Cedartown in drug bust
by Melody Dareing
Jun 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 47 47 recommendations | email to a friend
Two Tennessee men were arrested Monday, June 3, in Cedartown on allegations that they illegally obtained and sold prescription pills, according to police. Sgt. Wayne Lloyd of the Polk County Drug T...
Columbus police shoot man they say was armed with tree limb
by The Associated Press
Jun 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 40 40 recommendations | email to a friend
COLUMBUS, GA. — Police in Columbus say officers shot and wounded a man they say tried to attack them with a tree limb. Columbus police said 62-year-old Robert Cook Sr. was threatening residents al...
State Patrol chopper damaged in training flight
by The Associated Press
May 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 44 44 recommendations | email to a friend
JEKYLL ISLAND, GA. — Federal investigators say a Georgia State Patrol helicopter sustained substantial damage during a simulated forced landing on Jekyll Island earlier this month. A recent report...
Four arrested, charged with drug offenses
by Melody Dareing
May 31, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 48 48 recommendations | email to a friend
Four people face drug charges after ongoing police surveillance ended with their arrests. The Polk County Drug Task Force (PCDTF) had been conducting surveillance into alleged drug activity when th...
Officials release more information on Wednesday wreck in Rockmart
by Melody Dareing
May 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 49 49 recommendations | email to a friend
Georgia State Patrol officials have said that an accident Wednesday on Highway 278 at Prospect Road was caused when a driver of an SUV turned into the path of an oncoming tractor-trailer. That driv...
Cedartown man in Texas jail facing murder charges commits suicide
May 24, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 44 44 recommendations | email to a friend
A Cedartown man who was arrested last week and charged with capital murder in connection with an arson and double homicide was found dead Saturday in his Texas jail cell. Burnet County Sheriff W.T...
Gas leak reported on US 27 near Morton Springs Road area
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 37 37 recommendations | email to a friend
Update: 2:15 p.m. Highway 27 has been reopened. Previously reported: Emergency crews are waiting for a gas company to pinpoint a gas leak on Highway 27 South near Lassetter Propane, LLC., according...
Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchases

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Bernanke. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it's moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program, which is intended to keep long-term interest rates at record lows.


2013-06-19 15:14:26 -0400
Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47

FILE - In a Sept. 2, 2005 file photo, best-selling author Vince Flynn poses with the dust jacket of his new book, "Consent to Kill," and copies of his six other books in his home in Edina, Minn. Flynn died, Wednesday, June 18, 2013, after a two-year battle with prostate cancer, a statement from Flynn's publisher, Simon & Schuster, Inc., said. He was 47. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series and sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota after a more than two-year battle with prostate cancer, according to friends and his publisher. He was 47.


2013-06-19 15:13:31 -0400
Bill could reduce illegal immigration 25 percent

People shout out against the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act in the hall outside the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. The committee in the Republican-led House is preparing to cast its first votes on immigration this year, on a tough enforcement-focused measure that Democrats and immigrant groups are protesting loudly. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)WASHINGTON (AP) — Illegal immigration into the United States would decrease by only 25 percent under a far-reaching Senate immigration bill, according to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office that also finds the measure reduces federal deficits by billions.


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