Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor during his first 'State of the County' speech addressed the plan to put on hold a new combined fire and EMS headquarters in Cartersville.
Our weekly list of health-and-safety-check results includes Cartersville restaurants and lodging facilities inspected from Jan. 22 to 25.
Bartow County Sheriff Clark Millsap says he'll do everything in his power "to see that no one messes with our right to bear arms," about proposed gun control measures.
Bartow County's more than 4,200 unemployed residents drove its jobless rate up in December, according to the state Department of Labor.
Bartow County Tea Party Director Gail Engelhardt and local resident Paul Nally are asking a probate judge to set a warrant hearing for alleged criminal violations by Cartersville City schools employees and board members.
Our weekly list of health-and-safety-check results includes Cartersville restaurants and lodging facilities inspected from Jan. 14 to 18.
Georgia Department of Transportation is monitoring possible winter weather in northwest Georgia and offers safety tips for motorists as snow and ice move in.
A Cartersville woman, 59, pleaded guilty to abusing her elderly mother, and testified against her co-defendant, a man the jury found guilty of aggravated sodomy and sexual battery.
It's tax time again in Cartersville and beyond. Standard deductions will increase, but the ceiling for itemized deductions decrease in 2013, plus other changes that will affect your taxes this year.
This year's vaccine is categorized as only moderately effective. Have you or will you get a flu shot? The flu season peaks in January and February.
Our weekly list of health-and-safety-check results includes Cartersville restaurants and lodging facilities inspected from Jan. 7 to 11.
The debut of the U.S. Postal Service's 46-cent Forever stamps brings rate changes on Jan. 27.
HB 386 replaces the annual ad valorem tax on newly purchased vehicles.
The sheriff's office will provide firearms training to at least 400 people in Cartersville as, across the region, interest in firearms soars following the school shooting in Newtown, CT.
State Rep. Paul Battles, R-Cartersville, has introduced legislation that would give school systems in Georgia the option of arming and training an administrator in each school. The session starts Jan. 14.
The city of Cartersville is upgrading the water lines along Tennessee Street between Church and Howard.
Our weekly list of health-and-safety-check results includes Cartersville restaurants and lodging facilities inspected from Dec. 24 through Jan. 4.
The former Bartow County Board of Education vice chairman and District 3 rep resigned following her highly-publicized arrest on a misdemeanor charge at the Cartersville Walmart. Tell us what you think.
Bartow County Commissioner Steve Taylor held his first public meeting on Wednesday in Cartersville.
An initial 200 jobs will result and an additional 300 adjacent acres will be developed as a nature park at the huge Emerson sports complex near Cartersville in Bartow County.
The county's unemployment rate fell from 8.5 percent in October to 8.3 percent in November.
Federal prosecutors say that brothers Andrew R. Heath and Larry J. Heath "repeatedly" falsified tax returns, acts that could cost the U.S. Treasury more than $100 million.
Cartersville firefighters have moved on from the historic downtown building at the corner of Church and Erwin streets.
If your New Year's resolution is to live a greener lifestyle, check out these 20 tips to help you stick to your plan.
Keep Bartow Beautiful participates in the state's annual Bring One for the Chipper event, which diverts holiday trees from Georgia’s landfills by recycling them into mulch or using them as fish habitats in lakes and ponds.
The contest is sponsored by the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau and open through Jan. 31. Images should depict Christmas decor, holiday lights or unique winter scenes of local landmarks, attractions or natural areas.
What's the latest you can send a package this year to ensure pre-Christmas delivery? We run down the options around Cartersville.
Our weekly list of health-and-safety-check results includes Cartersville restaurants and lodging facilities inspected from Dec. 10 to 14.
Ruby Brown bought the winning 50X The Money instant game ticket at SNJ on South Erwin Street in Cartersville and plans to donate a portion to charity.
A jury found Jerry Jerome Kilgore, 18, formerly of Old Mill Road, guilty in the attacks of three women.
A Floyd County man won the Fantasy 5 prize and intends to save it for his grandchildren.
A self-employed fencer won with a Georgia Lottery ticket purchased at Jo Jo's Market in nearby Euharlee.
Our weekly list of health-and-safety-check results includes Cartersville restaurants and lodging facilities inspected from Dec. 3 to 7.
Our weekly list of health-and-safety-check results includes Cartersville restaurants and lodging facilities inspected from Nov. 26 to 30.
Our weekly list of health-and-safety-check results includes Cartersville restaurants and lodging facilities inspected from Nov. 19 to 23.
Prior to the Exchange Club's annual Christmas parade on Dec. 6, entertainment and activities set for Friendship Plaza include photos with Santa, dance performances, a choral performance of “O Holy Night.”
Our weekly list of health-and-safety-check results includes Cartersville restaurants and lodging facilities inspected from Nov. 12 to 16.
The parents of Holli Gooch, who was accused of wielding a hammer before two Bartow County Sheriff's Office deputies shot and killed her in her Cartersville home, are asking a jury to determine damages.
Darrah Photography is the first to move into the old Nantucket plant at 100 Cook Street, which is being renovated for multiple uses by John Lewis and Dean Lewis, who are not related.
Our weekly list of health-and-safety-check results includes Cartersville restaurants and lodging facilities inspected from Nov. 5 to 9.