Polk County News

A notice will be posted at the Cedartown Boys and Girls Club today notifying parents and others that the site will only be open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

CEDARTOWN a ' A Cedartown man faces burglary charges after he allegedly tried to steal items from a shop damaged in a fire on Vinson Mountain Road.

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A Cedartown man faces burglary charges after he allegedly tried to steal items from a shop damaged in a fire on Vinson Mountain Road.

Polk County Police Chief Kenny Dodd, left, talks with Officer Andy Anderson about men called from the department to serve in the U.S. Armed Forces.

The monthly Polk County Chamber Power Lunch will be Wednesday, Nov. 18, noon, at the Cedartown Depot.

Supporters and opponents of a proposed rails-to-trails project in southern Floyd County turned out Tuesday for a joint meeting of the Rome City and Floyd County commissions.

There will be a video presentation at the Polk County Historical Society at the old library building on College Street on Nov.

On Tuesday, school board members debated long and hard before a standing-room only crowd to decide the future of a batting facility at Rockmart High School.

The following people were arrested on the listed charges according to the Polk County Jail docket book.

Effective immediately, the Polk County Water Authority has issued a "Boiled Water Advisory". Manager Dick Martin advises customers to boil all water for consumption for a minimum of two minutes until further notice.

A Polk County man was arrested Monday morning after police say he was found with unauthorized prescription drugs in his possession.

For the first time, Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse's Operation Christmas Child Project will have a Relay Center located in Polk County.

Cedartown and Aragon residents will decide contested races Tuesday during only two municipal elections scheduled for Polk County.

A second Polk County parent had a brush with the law after losing his temper while trying to pick up his daughter from Eastside Elementary School.

Kenneth Lane Gravett, 42, of Cedartown, a former feputy with the Polk County Sheriff's Department, pleaded guilty today in federal district court to mail fraud relating to the submitting of a false insurance claim on a motorcycle.

A convicted child predator has been transferred back to the Polk County Jail to serve the remainder of his sentence for his most recent crimes, according to jail officials.

A hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday in the U.S. District Court in Rome for former Polk County Sheriffa s Office road deputy Kenneth Gravett, according to paperwork in the court.

A Polk County police car was damaged in a mid-morning wreck in Cedartown Monday, but officials said no one suffered any serious injuries.

The following property transactions were recorded in the Polk County Clerk of Court office for the month of June 2009.