Emerson News

Updated 5 p.m. The owner of the 2003 Ford Windstar that was burned down to its frame told authorities she was driving northbound on Interstate 75 about 5 p.m. when the vehicle started having mechanical problems, according to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office report, attached.

Four area officials graduated earlier this month from the 2013 Georgia Academy for Economic Development.

Whether it's showering Mom with gifts or taking her out for some fine dining, we've got some tips on celebrating Mother's Day 2013, with help from some Cartersville Patch readers like yourself.

After reading a proclamation declaring May 15 National Peace Officer's Memorial Day and the week of May 12-18 National Police Week, Adairsville Mayor Evan King welcomed his city's police force to the monthly city council meeting with a cop's kryptonite - donuts.

With funding from a Georgia Department of Transportation grant program that allows local governments to decide on projects, Bartow County is set to build two new roads to accommodate LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center .

A one-vehicle crash in the early hours Sunday left the driver dead. According to the Georgia State Patrol, about 1:30 a.m. Sunday Dustin Lee Morgan, 26, from Emerson was driving a 2006 Chrysler westbound on Old Alabama Road "when he lost control in a curve, left the roadway, struck a culvert and began to overturn, coming to rest in the median." A ... (more)

"Firefighter down. Firefighter down. I repeat, firefighter down. ... I can't find my partner." In the plumes of smoke lingering Thursday morning outside the Cartersville-Bartow County Joint Training Facility in Emerson, Cartersville Fire Department Lt.

"Firefighter down. Firefighter down. I repeat, firefighter down. ... I can't find my partner." In the plumes of smoke lingering Thursday morning outside the Cartersville-Bartow County Joint Training Facility in Emerson, Cartersville Fire Department Lt.

A high-speed pursuit out of Cobb County ended Wednesday when the motorcycle authorities were chasing crashed.