Bartow County News

The people listed on the Bartow County jail's intake report were arrested and booked into the jail but are not convicted, therefore are presumed innocent until the court system settles their cases.

An area funeral director was killed Thursday afternoon in a single vehicle crash.

Euharlee History Museum Director Katie Odom will deliver a presentation at the Bartow History Museum Thursday.

Bartow County Schools Superintendent John Harper and Transportation Director Jody Elrod said they have discussed looking into alternative energy sources, such as propane, to power local school buses.

A couple of police reports chronicling alleged criminal incidents in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch .

SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News Construction is underway at Terminus Wake Park in Emerson.

News that a Bartow County resident, who is not a U.S. citizen, sat on the Grand Jury for nearly a month-helping to green-light criminal charges lodged against county residents and U.S. citizens in more than 130 cases before her citizenship status came to light-has made national headlines.

The unemployment rate in Bartow County dropped 7.7 percent in April, a fall of half a percent, according to stats released today by the Georgia Department of Labor .

The people listed on the Bartow County jail's intake report were arrested and booked into the jail but are not convicted, therefore are presumed innocent until the court system settles their cases.

The American Red Cross would like to recognize and thank all of the community partners and major donors in Northwest Georgia who responded to the needs of the Gordon and Bartow County communities after the January 30 tornado disaster.

A woman was briefly kidnapped Tuesday night when she went for a walk around her block.

A tip led to the arrest of a Marietta man who allegedly grew 39 marijuana plants near a park in the Bartow County city of White, just outside Cartersville.

The people listed on the Bartow County jail's intake report were arrested and booked into the jail but are not convicted, therefore are presumed innocent until the court system settles their cases.

The tornado that tore through Adairsville in Bartow County in January has largely left the minds of most Atlanta-area residents even though recovery efforts in that community about an hour northwest of Atlanta continue to this day.

A tip led to the arrest of a Marietta man who allegedly grew 39 marijuana plants near a park in the Bartow County city of White, just outside Cartersville.

A Clarke County judge rejected a petition from the man accused of running over Emily Bowman in an Athens hit-and-run accident to remove his ankle monitor and leave Oconee County.

An Acworth woman who said she had to hit her son to calm him down was arrested by Bartow County authorities Saturday.

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.

Editor's Note: The video clip above contains explicit language. Bartow County Sheriff's Office provided this recording of the call Marty Corbitt made to 911 on Wednesday as his neighbor, Phillip Rodger Bennett, 58, allegedly set Corbitt's 18 Boatner Avenue home on fire.

An Acworth couple is facing drug possession charges after police say the pair had medication not prescribed to them that they intended to sell, following an arrest at their home Friday.