Major Meth Lab Busted In Rome

Posted under Uncategorized on August 28th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

The Rome-Floyd Metro Task Force, with the assistance of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), served 15 warrants today on individuals associated with the manufacture of methamphetamine. These arrests stem from a year-long investigation and the seizure of a meth lab in January, 2008.
(Top: photo of the working meth lab. Below: Components of the meth lab.)

The [...]

Wal-Mart Stores Pull All Free Papers

Posted under Uncategorized on August 26th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

Since the start of RomeNewswire’s print edition, The Newswire, readers have been able to pick up a free copy at their local Wal-Mart stores.
However, recently the home office of Wal-Mart sent a directive to remove all free news paper racks from the store’s vestibules. In many of the locations, store managers have moved The Newswire [...]

GA kids Welfare Not Getting Any Better

Posted under Health, public service on August 26th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

The 2008 Georgia Kids Count data Book shows that Georgia is not making progress in it’s effort to improve the life for it’s children.
Alan Essig, director of the Ga Budget and Policy Institute told participants at a seminar in Rome this morning that the state has to get it’s priorities together, and in times of [...]

Miura To Invest 11+ Million In Polk, Will Create 50 Jobs At New Plant

Posted under Business, Chamber Of Commerce on August 19th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

Miura Manufacturing America Co., Ltd. and the Development Authority of Polk County, the Polk County Commission and the City of Rockmart are proud to announce today that they have partnered on a project that will allow Miura to construct a state-of-the-art boiler manufacturing facility in the Rockmart 101 Industrial Park.

Polk Chamber Names New President

Posted under Business, Chamber Of Commerce on August 11th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

The Development Authority of Polk County and Polk County Chamber of Commerce named Eric McDonald as the new President effective September 1st.
McDonald will follow retiring President Karolyn Hutcheson who announced her retirement earlier this year. Hutcheson stated “Eric is a very intelligent and capable young man who brings to the table an expertise in commercial [...]

SWAT Standoff In Rockmart Ends With One Dead

Posted under Uncategorized on August 6th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

One person is dead after a SWAT situation ended in Rockmart Wednesday afternoon.
Police had a person barricaded in a home in Rockmart. The location was in the area of 1st and Lane Street.
Police say the person in the home was found dead. Police did not say how the person may have died.
The Paulding County Sheriff [...]

Man Shot, Police Investigating

Posted under Crime on August 5th, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

A shooting in Polk County has sent one person to the hospital with what are considered serious injuries after being shot several times.
Cedartown police responded to a home on Marietta Street after they received a call that shots had been fired.
When officers arrived on the scene, they were unable to find any one.
Shortly after, police [...]

“The Newswire” Print Edition Changes Distribution Day From Saturday To Monday

Posted under Uncategorized on August 1st, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

The Newswire Print paper, an affiliate of RomeNewswire.com and PolkNewswire.com is changing its printing and delivery day to every Monday starting this week.
“We have some very exciting things going on at The Newswire and on our websites” said, RomeNewswire’s Jerry Duke. “We are expanding our delivery area for the Newspaper and we are making [...]

CVTC’s Office Of Adult Education To Host Reception At Polk Family Learning Center

Posted under Education on August 1st, 2008 by PolkNewswire0 comments

Coosa Valley Technical College’s Office of Adult Education will host a reception at the Polk Family Learning Center in Cedartown, Georgia on Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at 3:00 p.m. for members of the Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) Steering Committee. For the past four years, this group has organized fundraising events and supported services to [...]