Lance Walker’s bid to have the Georgia Supreme Court review his case has been rejected via unanimous decision by the justices on the state’s highest court. The decision was made last week with this announcement sent to District Attorney Leigh Patterson’s office: “The Supreme Court today denied the petition for certiorari in this case. All… Read more
As Shorter University’s athletics department spins apart — look for another “retirement” within days — the Hawks’ sports community is speaking more openly about what could be behind it all. Insiders says it goes back to the federal class action suit filed in February by a handful of former cheerleaders, softball players, baseball players and… Read more
Latest from Floyd County Police: Human remains recovered by the Floyd County Police Department on Friday will be examined Tuesday by the crime lab of Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Around 1 p.m. on March 27 police investigators identified remains as being human that were found in the woods near Everwood Court. The road is located off… Read more
Floyd County Police are investigating the discovery of human remains found Friday afternoon by one of the agency’s patrol officers. The remains were found in a wooded area about 100 to 200 yards off Everwood Court near Canard Road Southeast, says Police Sgt. Chris Fincher. There’s been no determination yet if the remains are those of… Read more
Media release: On March 25, at approximately 11:55 pm, the City of Rome Police Department received a 911 dispatch call from a passerby who observed a 56- year-old male lying on the side of U.S. 411 near Callier Springs Road (inbound) between Walmart and Tractor Supply. He was lying next to a bicycle. This male… Read more
Media release: Bartow County District Attorney Rosemary Greene requested the GBI initiate an investigation concerning misconduct by Euharlee Police Chief Terry Harget and Assistant Chief Richard Smith. Harget and Smith were employed by the Bartow County School System as crossing guards in an off duty capacity. The investigation revealed that Harget and Smith were being… Read more
Media release: The Rome Police Department Selective Enforcement Unit targets the amount of DUI-related accidents, injuries and deaths within the city limits through community education and enforcement actions. The public information and education efforts the department provided during this holiday period played an important role by encouraging drivers to make the right decision by not… Read more
Media releae: Sheriff Clark Millsap announces that the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office is now accepting applications for the next Citizens’ Law Enforcement Academy. Applications may be obtained from the Administrative Division at the sheriff’s office (104 Zena Drive, Cartersville, 30120) and must be returned to no later than April 6 at noon. The program (which… Read more
WRGA covered a court hearing Thursday that produced new details into the deaths of an East Floyd County couple and about the neighbor charged with their murders. Following the preliminary hearing in Floyd Magistrate Court, 27-year-old Emerson Mack Abbott Jr. was bound to superior court to face two counts of murder in the deaths of Myra… Read more
Video courtesy of the Jay Shell family Shirley Faye Abernathy, 54, has been identified as the woman killed in this morning’s house fire in Coosa; injured was Jason Kilgore, according to Deputy Coroner Gene Proctor. Abernathy apparently died from smoke inhalation but Proctor says he’ll seek an autopsy to confirm the cause of death. He… Read more
Authorities have arrested Stevie Lamar Garner, 27, without incident, four days after a bizarre murder in Floyd County. Also, Barbara Maegan Witt, 19, who was believed to have been with Garner, was found, according to the latest release from the Floyd County Police Department. Floyd Police credit the help of the United States Marshals’ Southeast Regional… Read more
Wednesday media release: The Bartow County Sheriff’s Office has filed charges against the suspect in Tuesday’s murder investigation. According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, investigators filed a charge of murder against 32-year-old Truitt Jermaine Cousin on Wednesday morning at the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office. The victim has been identified as 32-year-old Jamaal Terrell Williams of Cartersville. Cousin is… Read more
Wednesday afternoon media release: The officers involved in the incident that occurred on March 17, 2015, at 3189 Morton Bend Road are identified as follows: Sgt. Greg Beck: He joined the Floyd County Police Department on May 30, 2004, and is assigned as a Shift Supervisor in the Uniform Patrol Division. Sgt. Brandon Robinson: He the Floyd County Police… Read more
Media release: The Georgia Commission on Family Violence and the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence issued Georgia’s 2014 Domestic Violence Fatality Review Report. These statewide agencies have coordinated the Fatality Review Project since it began in 2004. They work with local teams to review domestic violence-related deaths to learn how Georgia can respond more effectively… Read more
From WRGA: Rome firefighters and other emergency personnel were dispatched to Lewis Chemical on Sycamore Street early Wednesday in reference to a chemical vapor leak, according to WRGA. Rome Fire Department Batallion Chief Phil Litton reports the leak resulted in the evacuation of residents within a half-mile radius of the plant.The leak was fixed by 3:30… Read more