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Kreskin, Elvis tribute perform next weekend
The Cedartown Performing Arts Center has a busy weekend coming up, with The Amazing Kreskin, a renowned mentalist, scheduled for Friday night and Young Elvis & The Blue Suedes, part of the 2012 Leg...
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Severe Weather Awareness Week gives residents chance to sign up CodeRED system
Severe Weather Awareness Week - Feb. 6-10 - provides local residents with a new opportunity to register for Polk’s free CodeRED early warning system. This system, implemented in 2009, assures that...
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Cedartown Little League baseball and softball sign-ups are underway
Due to restaffing of the Cedartown Recreation Department, sign-ups for Little League baseball and recreation softball may be a little behind but now interim recreation director David Barrow has the...
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Animal control says rabid fox scare unfounded
There is not a rabies epidemic in Polk County, according to Polk County Animal Control Director Jeff Crawford. Crawford responded to questions stirred by web reports indicating there were a number...
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Two face charges in Cedartown drug bust
Two face drug charges after the Polk County Police Department's Narcotics Enforcement Team (NET) raided a Cedartown home Monday, according to reports. Arrested were Tamika Michelle Robinson, 32, o...
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Recent Cedartown police reports
Copper theft Cedartown police are investigating theft of copper and other metal items stolen from a local business, according to reports. The business owner, according to Cedartown Police Depar...
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Chairman Reed Freeman, left, talks with President Eric McDonald, Development Authority of Polk County, about plans to petition the Polk County Board of Commissioners for SPLOST funds. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Development authority seeks SPLOST funds
Funds from Polk’s 2008 and proposed 2014 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax are being sought for economic development. The Development Authority of Polk County (DAPC) is requesting $1.7 milli...
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Christie Gay, cancer survivor, left, watches as Terry Singleton, Sandy Matheson and Dondra Crawford plan the program for the Relay for Life kickoff celebration. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com0
Polk Relay for Life planned; kickoff celebration is held
Christie Gay, cancer survivor, will join other volunteers helping to assure the 2012 Polk County Relay for Life is a success. “This year is special for me,” Christie said. “It has been 11 years si...
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Smokey haze over Cedartown is from Alabama
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A smokey haze that settled over parts of Cedartown late Monday afternoon was traced to a controlled forest burn in Alabama. Fire Chief Sammy Stephens, Cedartown Fire and Rescue, said he called aro...
Sanctity of Life rally is held
by Lowell Vickers
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A rally Saturday in downtown Cedartown advocated for an end to abortions in the United States. The noon event was the 13 th annual Sanctity of Life march and memorial, organized by the Polk County...
Cedartown resident among those filing lawsuit against Obama
by Melody Dareing
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A Georgia administrative judge heard more than two hours of arguments Jan. 26 regarding a challenge to President Barack Obama’s name being on this state’s primary ballot. The court case has made n...
Hulsey will run for statehouse in District 16
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Jennifer Hulsey, R-Cedartown, has announced her campaign to run for Georgia State House of Representatives as a Republican candidate, in District 16. The 16th District has recently been redrawn....
Parents anxious to find missing daughter
by Melody Dareing
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Parents of a local woman are anxious to find their missing daughter, but police state there’s not a lot they can do because she is an adult. Megan Montgomery, 22, went missing from her parent...
Cedartown police warn of broken utility pole near East Ave. and College St.
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A Cedartown Police Department vehicle alerts motorists to a broken utility pole near the intersection of East Avenue and College Street Friday afternoon. According to Polk County 911, a semi-traile...
Polk County arrests through Dec. 31
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The following people were arrested on the listed dates and charges according to the Polk County Jail docket report. The following people remain in the Polk County Jail. Thomas Malcolm Adams, 19, ...
Oglethorpe Power donates check to Keep Polk Beautiful
by Jake Carter
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The Oglethorpe Power company has made a $1500 donation to Keep Polk Beautiful. From left to right are Mary Rohletter, Oglethorpe Power Community Relations coordinator, Sharon Coffman, executive dir...
After UN veto, US floats coalition on Syria (AP)

Syrians stand near the body of a man local residents say was an activist who was tortured to death by the Syrian government and dumped by the side of the road in Idlib, northern Syria, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2012. The commander of rebel Syrian soldiers said Sunday there is no choice but to use military force to drive President Bashar Assad's regime from power as fears mounted that government troops will escalate their deadly crackdown on dissent after Russia and China vetoed a U.N. resolution aimed at resolving the crisis. (AP Photo)AP - The United States proposed an international coalition to support Syria's opposition Sunday after Russia and China blocked a U.N. attempt to end nearly 11 months of bloodshed, raising fears that violence will escalate. Rebel soldiers said force was now the only way to oust President Bashar Assad, while the regime vowed to press its military crackdown.


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Analysis: Romney win leaves rivals few options (AP)

Republican presidential candidate former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at his Nevada caucus night victory celebration in Las Vegas, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - Mitt Romney's big win in Nevada four days after his breakthrough victory in Florida spells big trouble for his remaining rivals. Simply put: Is there any way to stop Romney now?


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GOP race turns to Colorado, Minnesota (AP)

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets supporters after speaking at a caucus night watch party, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)AP - Now it's on to Colorado, Minnesota and Maine.


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