Category Archives: Bartow County
Blood Assurance prepares to assist blood centers in path of hurricane
Thursday, August 30, 2023–5:45 p.m.-News Release-As Hurricane Idalia moves across Florida's Big Bend, Blood Assurance is preparing to assist.The blood bank is maximizing its collection efforts, ...
Aug 30, 2023
Rome man pleads guilty to murder, receives life sentence
August 30th, 2023 – 2:20 PMWBHF Radio –(Via WBHF Radio) A Rome man charged with murder receives a life sentence in Bartow Superior Court. Forty-three-year-old Shannon Vashawn Tapley pleade...
Aug 30, 2023
Cartersville man struck and killed by train Saturday
Monday, August 28, 2023–10:36 a.m.-Staff reports-Cartersville Police have released a few more details regarding a pedestrian who was struck and killed by a train over the weekend.The incident oc...
Aug 28, 2023
Georgia gas prices down 4 cents from a week ago
Monday, August 28, 2023–8:10 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Georgia gas prices continue to inch downward.Monday's state average was $3.57 per gallon for regular unleaded, which is 4 cents le...
Aug 28, 2023
Man struck and killed by a train in Cartersville
Sunday, August 27, 2023–6:25 p.m.-WBHF Radio-A 70-year-old man was struck and killed by a train in Cartersville over the weekend. WBHF Radio in Cartersville reports the incident occurred on...
Aug 27, 2023
Rome sees decline in unemployment rate from June to July
Thursday, August 24, 2023–8:11 a.m.-Georgia Department of Labor-Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson said Thursday that Rome recorded an unemployment rate of 3.4 percent in July, down three...
Aug 24, 2023
High temperatures in Georgia raise health concerns
Wednesday, August 23, 2023–9:51 a.m.-Georgia Department of Public Health-With temperatures expected to be in the high 90s throughout the state for the next several days, and at times feeling lik...
Aug 23, 2023
Georgia gas prices dip slightly
Monday, August 21, 2023–9:56 a.m.-David Crowder, WRGA News-Georgia's gas price average decreased by two cents compared to a week ago.Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.61...
Aug 21, 2023
Georgia sees uptick in COVID cases
Sunday, August 20, 2023–4:14 p.m.-Georgia Department of Public Health-While the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeing an uptick in new COVID cases and hospitalizations related to C...
Aug 20, 2023
One dead in collision involving a pickup and an ATV in Bartow County
Sunday, August 20, 2023–3:57 p.m.-Georgia State Patrol-One man was killed in a two-vehicle wreck involving a pickup truck and an all-terrain vehicle on Highway 411 in Bartow County Friday.Accord...
Aug 20, 2023
