The shooting happened in the 1300 block of East Main Street, where officers say the man also refused to exit his car before they fired.
The accused gang leader received 40 years in prison while seven other people were sentenced to prison, according to the U.S. DOJ.
Cartersville Police said an active shooter call Wednesday at Cartersville High was unfounded.
Cartersville Police said the man was attempting to take the baby to south Georgia against the mother's wishes and was driving a stolen car.
Cartersville Police said the person was shooting at an officer responding to a call Thursday.
An altercation between a man and a Moose Lodge employee resulted in a stabbing Saturday, according to police.
Gregory Jarrod Allen, formerly with the sheriff's office, had a sexual relationship with an inmate he was supervising, authorities said.
White Mayor Perry Bell died in a motocross wreck Saturday after being hit by another rider at the Lazy River Motocross track near Dalton.
The man was taken to the Bartow County Jail after police said they found methamphetamine and eutylone in his car during a traffic stop.
Jason DiPrima, formerly of the Cartersville Police Department, resigned Thursday after being charged with soliciting a prostitute.
Jason DiPrima of the Cartersville Police Department was charged with soliciting a prostitute.
A 40-year-old Douglasville man drowned Monday at Allatoona Lake in Bartow County. His body was pulled from the lake Tuesday afternoon.
Seven first responders fell ill after treating the occupants of a truck carrying fentanyl that had crashed into a tree, authorities said.
A Cartersville man connected to two shootings and the murder of a teen whose body was dumped near White was sentenced for RICO conspiracy.
A Cartersville man already in jail after authorities say he shot at a Canton home is now believed to have put two bullet holes in an SUV.
Police began chasing the truck — believed to be carrying drugs — when it sped around the site of another traffic fatality on I-75.
"Something exploded" on my motorcycle, the caller told Bartow County dispatchers. That explosion led to extensive damage at an Acworth home.
After employees of a Citgo put replaced kitchen equipment outside the building, two passersby decided to help themselves, authorities said.
A Hispanic male who may go by the nickname "Rhino" is wanted in connection with a robbery and assault at the Pilot Travel Center off I-75.
After killing the dachshund by repeatedly stomping its neck, authorities said, Stephen Freeman tried to bury it just as deputies arrived.
A toddler playing with a cigarette lighter while two adults slept set bedding and flooring on fire Tuesday morning at a Cartersville motel.
A 37-year-old man from Ellijay drowned Friday morning in the area near Old Highway 41 #3 Campground, according to Bartow County authorities.
Assault and weapons charges against a 26-year-old came after a drug deal led to a shooting at a Cartersville parking lot, police said.
A menacing social-media post Tuesday morning was enough to put Cartersville High School on a brief lockdown.
A Cartersville man with meth in his car led police on a high-speed chase before he was stopped on a dead-end road, police said.
A Bartow man and a Paulding man were convicted for crimes both committed when they were teenagers under Georgia's First Offender Act.
A tree that fell on a vehicle in Adairsville left the driver with only minor injuries but killed the passenger.
The driver of a Kia Forte that a witness described as "weaving in and out of traffic" Sunday on I-75 lost control and struck a tree.
Friends have started a GoFundMe campaign to help a family rebuild after lightning sparked a fire that destroyed their Cartersville home.
An ex-high school band director pleaded guilty to charges related to a sexual relationship he was alleged to have had with a former student.
Victor Penaloza Sanchez, 26, of Cartersville, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine.
Cartersville Police found a woman dead at the Morgan Square Apartments on March 19. Her boyfriend has been charged with murder.
Bartow County Fire Chief Dwayne Jamison gave an end-of-year report for 2021, including a breakdown of the nearly 11,000 incidents.
Bartow County and Cartersville Police settled a nearly $1 million lawsuit after more than 60 young adults were arrested at a 2017 party.
A 56-year-old Cartersville man was taken to the hospital after he suffered second degree burns after a propane tank caught fire.
Two fires happened Thursday in Bartow County, but no injuries were reported in either instance.
A man was arrested Wednesday for impersonating police after he tried to assist actual Cartersville officers on an arrest, police said.
The Cartersville and Cobb communities are in mourning after a 10-year-old boy died in a house fire on Friday morning.
The Cartersville Fire Department said that a 10-year-old boy died Friday morning after a fire at a house off Galway Drive.
Bartow County firefighters helped Cherokee County firefighters after a boat caught fire at a dock off Lake Allatoona.