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Category Archives: Bartow County

Cartersville man sentenced to 20 years in prison for producing child porn

Cartersville man sentenced to 20 years in prison for producing child porn

October 1st, 2024 – 10:25 AM United States Attorney’s Office Northern District of Georgia – Ian Alicea Prewett has been sentenced to federal prison for enticing children to perform sexual acts to produce child pornography. “Prewett is a sexual predator who enticed and victimized innocent children,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan. “His prosecution and sentence…read more

Gas prices on the rise

Gas prices on the rise

Monday, September 30, 2024–10:20 a.m. -AAA South- Georgia gas prices rose last week, but remain under $3.00 a gallon. The average of $2.97 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline is 3 cents more than a week ago, but 19 cents less than a month ago, and 29 cents less than last year.  It costs drivers an average price of $44.55 to…read more

Sen. Ossoff announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant opportunity to protect families from hazardous materials

Sen. Ossoff announces Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant opportunity to protect families from hazardous materials

Sunday, September 29, 2024–7:18 p.m. -News Release- U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff has announced Federal grant funding is available through the bipartisan infrastructure law to help protect Georgia families from hazardous materials. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Brownfield Cleanup Grants program, made possible by the bipartisan infrastructure law, offers Federal funding to clean-up “brownfield” sites, which are often abandoned factory or…read more

Georgia Power releases key estimated damage statistics from Hurricane Helene as restoration progress continues

Sunday, September 29, 2024–5:20 p.m. -News Release- Georgia Power’s restoration efforts following Hurricane Helene continued Sunday, with the company having restored service to approximately 690,000 customers since the start of the storm. This rapid response has been possible through the implementation of new “smart grid” technologies and the quick work of pre-positioned teams who were…read more

Hurricane Helene restoration progresses with 250,000+ customers restored

Hurricane Helene restoration progresses with 250,000+ customers restored

Georgia Power restores power to 440,000 customers following Hurricane Helene Saturday, September 28, 2024–7:13 p.m. -News Release- Georgia Power’s response to Hurricane Helene continues Saturday as the company marked the start of the first full day of restoration efforts. Since the beginning of the storm, Georgia Power has restored power to 440,000+ customers through the…read more

Blood donors needed now

Blood donors needed now

Friday, September 27, 2024–10:46 a.m. -News Release- Blood Assurance is in immediate need of blood and platelet donors after the devastating landfall of Hurricane Helene and its impact on the greater Atlanta area. The storm has caused widespread cancellations of appointments and blood drives across our service area. In addition, Blood Assurance is on standby…read more

Power outages reported

Power outages reported

Friday, September 27, 2024–9:51 a.m. -Georgia Power- A substantial power outage has been reported along Shorter Avenue. The outage affects around 1,060 customers from Ridgeferry Park and the City of Rome water plant to Summerville Park and John Davenport Drive to North Elm Street. Another outage on Callier Spring Road and East Second Avenue has…read more

Flash Flood Warnings in effect

Flash Flood Warnings in effect

Friday, September 27, 2024–9:53 a.m. -National Weather Service- A Flash Flood Warning is still in effect for Floyd County, Bartow County, and Paulding County until 11:30 a.m. More than six inches of rain was recorded at the Richard B. Russell Regional Airport in Rome since Wednesday. 3.22 inches of that fell in three hours between…read more

12:30 AM Hurricane Update

12:30 AM Hurricane Update

Friday, September 27, 2024–2:30 a.m. -National Weather Service- Helene made landfall as a Category 4 near the Big Bend region of Florida around 11 PM EDT. As the storm moves quickly inland overnight, conditions will begin to deteriorate over central and north Georgia. Helene is expected to be a tropical storm once is reaches Northwest…read more

7:45 PM Hurricane Helene Update

7:45 PM Hurricane Helene Update

Thursday, September 26, 2024–8:15 p.m. -National Weather Service- Hurricane Helene is forecast to make landfall as a major hurricane later this evening. Conditions will deteriorate across north and central Georgia this evening and last through Friday. We have expanded Hurricane Warnings further northward with this update. In addition to tropical-storm-force winds, a few locations as…read more