Here’s the latest crime reports from across Northwest Georgia: Bartow County Jail report: Tuesday Note: If you’re having problems accessing the file, please email us at [email protected] read more Read more
Cartersville Police are investigating an armed robbery of the Sunoco station late Monday. Police have issued this description of the suspect: A black male who was wearing a mask, a North Face fleece jacket, purple Nike gloves, had tattoos on both wriests. He was armed with a long knife and fled toward Rolling Springs Road after… Read more
Background: In the wake of the Christmas Eve floods, which left two dead in Gordon County, emergency teams in Gordon County united to deal with aftermath issues. On Monday, the agencies announced a new joint response unit to deal with future emergencies. read more Read more
Media release: Rome Police Department’s Selective Enforcement Unit will be hosting a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 14 at 10 am. The press conference will be hosted in the Municipal Courtroom. We will be outlining the New Year’s goals and objectives, 2015 traffic statistics, departmental traffic enforcement awards, and highlighting a Rome Citizen with our Saved… Read more
4:10 p.m. Statement from Rome City Schools: “Recognizing parents’ needs for timely and accurate information about student safety, we want to share with you an incident that occurred outside of our school campuses. We were informed by local law enforcement officials that they were pursuing an individual around the vicinity of Rome High School and… Read more
Cartersville Police updates from the case report on the Rite Aid robbery: On Saturday Jan. 9, at 12:01 p.m., units of the Cartersville Police Department were dispatched to the business of Rite Aid located at 954 Joe Frank Harris Parkway in reference to and armed robbery that had just occurred. While en route to the… Read more
For the third time in six months, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is conducting a probe into an officer-involved fatal shooting in Bartow County. Two of the cases involve sheriff’s deputies; a third, an Emerson police officer. From Georgia Bureau of Investigation: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 the Georgia Bureau of investigation’s Calhoun Regional Office was… Read more
From Cartersville Police: At approximately 0052 hours on Saturday January 9, 2016 an Officer with the Cartersville Police Department observed multiple traffic violations which indicated a possible intoxicated operator of a motorcycle on West Avenue at Henderson Drive. read more Read more
A chlorine leak evacuated Southeastern Mills plant on East First Avenue late Friday evening according to Rome-Floyd Fire Battalion Chief Roger Haggard. “A small chlorine leak was reported on the fourth floor of the plant. Three works were exposed and treated on the scene by Floyd EMS. The refused further treatment at the hospital,” he says. read… Read more
WSB Radio reports a Bartow County crash: A car is off the road and there’s a gas leak. U.S. 411 is blocked in the area of Industrial Park Road just west of I-75. Georgia DOT (GA 511) reports Read more
Media release: Bartow County Emergency Medical Service responded to the Efficiency Lodge on Ga. 20 following a report of someone injured from burns. The EMS crew and an EMS supervisor arrived to find a 52-year-old man with burns to the face, chest and abdominal area that covered approximate 15 percent of his body. The burns were… Read more
Media release: Sheriff Mitch Ralston reports that at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3, deputy sheriffs were dispatched to the parking lot at “Flying ‘J’ ” truck stop in Resaca in response to a report of an armed robbery. The victims reported to deputies that they had been robbed at gunpoint by several people with whom they… Read more
Media release: Calhoun Police Chief Garry Moss states that his agency along with investigators from Clay County, N.C., are continuing to investigate the disappearance of 27-year-old Sean Patrick McDuffy of Calhoun. McDuffy was last seen on Sunday, Dec. 20, and had planned a trip to North Carolina from which he was scheduled to return within… Read more
WRGA reports a tractor trailer hauling wood chips has overturned on Redmond Circle at Mathis Drive near Garden Lakes Boulevard. The Google Traffic map below, grabbed at 11:40 a.m., shows how congested travel is because of the accident. Witnesses say the only way into that area is from Shorter Avenue. read more Read more
LATEST UPDATES Hometown’s Natalie Simms reports the accident scene is just about clear at 4:50 p.m. Two police cars were still on the scene but were preparing to depart. ORIGINAL REPORT Another rush hour and another traffic issue in Greater Rome this afternoon. Emergency personnel remain on the scene of an accident with injuries near… Read more