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Articles for June 2008

Enjoy 4th Of July Activities Around North GA and Northeast Alabama

Posted under Entertainment on June 28th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

Fourth of July activities are kicking into high gear.
Festivities are set for June 28th in Cedar Bluff for their Liberty Day Celebration.
According to the Liberty Day website, Thousands of local residents and out-of-state visitors will gather together in Cedar Bluff’s Town Park Square for this day long celebration. The festivities include arts & crafts, rides, [...]

15yr Old Darlington Student Missing

Posted under Uncategorized on June 27th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

Atlanta police and private investigators are searching for a 15 year old Darlington student who when missing early Wednesday.
Nailah Yungai, a Darlington High School student was discovered missing by her younger sister, in their parent’s Northwest Atlanta home during the early morning on Wednesday, June 25.
According to police, Yungai was last seen wearing a hooded [...]

Polk Medical Center To Go Tobacco-Free

Posted under Health, Medical on June 25th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

According to a company press release, Redmond Regional Medical Center, along with all of the TriStar facilities, including Polk Medical Center is committed to providing a safe, clean and healthy environment for our patients, employees, visitors, physicians and other customers.
To support this commitment, and in response to studies that indicate that the use of [...]

SWAT Called After Cave Spring Man Barricades Himself Inside Home

Posted under Cave Spring, Police, Swat on June 24th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

By PNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
The Rome/Floyd County Swat team responded to a call at the Spring Haven Apartments on Perry Farm Road Tuesday evening after a man reportedly barricaded himself inside his home.
According to Cave Spring Public Safety Director Randy Lacey, Redmond EMS initially responded to the apartment shortly after 4:00 PM. The elderly [...]

Overturned Truck Was Hauling PCB’s From GE’s Rome Site

Posted under Uncategorized on June 24th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

At approximately 5:00 est on Monday afternoon emergency crews responded to reports of an overturned 18 wheeler on Highway 9, just north of the Country Store in Cedar Bluff.
The truck was hauling a load of contaminated topsoil, containing PCB’s. The topsoil was from the GE plant in Rome and the 18 wheeler was en [...]

Small Earthquake Shakes North Georgia

Posted under Nature on June 24th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

A small earthquake shook parts of North Georgia Monday night.
The 2.8 magnitude tremor hit about 7:30 p.m.
It was centered about 26 miles southeast of Chattanooga and 85 miles northwest of Atlanta.
No damage was reported.

Polk Man Causes Head On Accident After Driving In The Wrong Lane

Posted under Uncategorized on June 22nd, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

U S. 27 south near the Maple Street exit in Rome was shut down for about an hour between 10 and 11 Sunday night after a head-on collision trapped the Cedartown driver of a Honda Civic and significant injuries to the second motorist, identified as 50 yr old Robert Carter of a west Floyd [...]

Fatality In Overnight Fire

Posted under Uncategorized on June 19th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

Polk Fire units along with Rockmart Fire fighters responded to a fire overnight just after 2am on Seaboard St. in Rockmart.
According to sources with the county, a fatality occurred in the blaze.
We will have additional details as they become available.

Polk Medical Center Advances in MRI Technology

Posted under Medical on June 19th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

Polk Medical Center has announced that it has added a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, hailed as one of the past decade’s most important medical breakthroughs in terms of both image clarity and patient safety.
The MRI system was added to PMC in May of 2008. According to Steve Hoelscher, PMC Administrator, “The addition of [...]

Polk Man Who Drowned In Cedar Creek Identified

Posted under Uncategorized on June 18th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

The Polk County man who was found drowned in Cedar Creek early Tuesday morning has been identified.
Polk County coroner Trey Litesey identified the victim as 54 year old Jack Keller of a Old Mill Road address.
Officials said Keller had been in the creek on a raft for several hours when his girlfriend heard him screaming [...]

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