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October 16th, 2023 – 12:30 PM WRGA Staff Reports – Cartersville High School went into two lockdowns after receiving phone calls threatening the School on Monday morning. The Cartersville Police Department reportedly received a call that there was an armed person at Cartersville High School. The school immediately enacted lockdown procedures and the campus was…… read more
Thursday, October 13, 2023–12:41 p.m. -Staff Reports- The man at the center of a manhunt who was wanted for kidnapping a woman in Rome and then for shooting a Bartow County Police K9 is dead following a shootout with police in DeKalb County, Ga. According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation: Officers found 30-year-old Geoffrey…… read more
The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information regarding the whereabouts of a Rome man who fled from law enforcement and shot a K9 Deputy in Bartow County. According to Bartow County Sheriff, Clark Millsap, on Thursday, October 12, 2023, at approximately 4:35 PM, Uniform Patrol and K9 Deputies observed a 2010 Honda Civic on…… read more
Wednesday, October 11, 2023–5:33 p.m. -WBHF Radio- According to reports from the Georgia State Patrol on Tuesday, October 10, 2023, at 9:21 pm, troopers from the Cartersville post of the Georgia State Patrol responded to a request for assistance from the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office for a pursuit of a stolen Ford F-250 on Highway…… read more
October 9th, 2023 – 5:20 PM Georgia Forestry Commission – Georgia’s annual ban on outdoor burning ended September 30 in 54 counties, primarily in the northern half of the state. From May 1 through the end of September, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division mandates the restrictions to protect air quality from emissions that may increase…… read more
Monday, October 9, 2023–10:23 a.m. -Staff reports- The average price for gasoline continues to decline. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.15 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline which is 9 cents less than a week ago, 42 cents less than a month ago, and 6 cents less than this time last year. It now costs an…… read more
Wednesday, October 4, 2023–10:05 a.m. -Georgia Department of Transportation- Should I stay or should I go? That’s often the question drivers ask when they reach the “Decision Zone,” the area approaching an intersection where some will decide to stop and others will go through the signal when it changes to yellow. That decision by a…… read more
Tuesday, October 3, 2023 — 10:41 a.m. -News Release- As International Plasma Awareness Week kicks off, Blood Assurance is urging donors to roll up their sleeves and donate. The community nonprofit is in critical need of those with type A and AB blood to donate plasma. On On Monday, Blood Assurance had just 27 plasma…… read more
Tuesday, October 3, 2023–10:32 a.m. -News Release- LGE Community Credit Union, a $2.04 billion asset institution based in Atlanta, has announced that it finalized its acquisition of Greater Community Bank, a community bank with branches in Bartow, Floyd, and Gordon counties. At closing, the two financial institutions became one entity operating under the LGE Community Credit Union…… read more
Tuesday, October 3, 2023–10:18 a.m. -FEMA News Release- FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on Wednesday. The national test will consist of two portions, testing WEA and EAS capabilities. Both tests are scheduled to begin at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday,…… read more