Category Archives: Polk County

January 24th, 2025 – 3:00 PMPress Release: District Attorney of the 9th Judicial Circuit of DeKalb & Cherokee AL Counties –(Eric Kyle Hooper – Cherokee County AL Sheriff’s ...

Wednesday, January 15, 2025–9:30 a.m.-Georgia Department of Transportation-The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded a contract for the resurfacing of Highway 156/Rosedale Road in Nor...

Wednesday, December 18, 2024–9:00 a.m.-News Release-AdventHealth Redmond is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 EMS Service Awards, recognizing the dedicated EMS professionals’ ou...

Monday, October 28, 2024–10:40 a.m.-News Release-Work is now underway to add a right turn lane on US 278/Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at the intersection with US 27 in Cedartown.The project ...

Friday, October 11, 2024–9:04 a.m.-John Bailey, Rome News-Tribune-This story is possible because of a news-sharing agreement with the Rome News-Tribune. More information can be found at northwes...

September 19th, 2024 – 11:10 AMWRGA Staff Reports –(pictured above from left to right: Jason Souder, Anna Glaze, and Jeffery Couzzort)The Cherokee (Alabama) Sheriff’s Office recently...

Thursday, September 12, 2024–12:15 p.m.-News Release-The Salvation Army has announced the registration dates for the 2024 Angel Tree program, which helps provide Christmas for children and senio...

Monday, August 19, 2024–4:55 p.m.-News Release-Polk County will be receiving a fire safety grant.Georgia Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock secured the funding through the Federal Emergency...

Wednesday, August 14, 2024–11:00 a.m.-Staff reports-The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction of a Polk County man.Roe Dale Bowman was found guilty in 2020 of malice murder and ...

Friday, August 9, 2024–12:15 p.m.-Georgia State Patrol-A 21-year-old Rome resident is facing charges following a wreck involving a Rome City School bus in Polk County Thursday night.According to...