Rockmart/Aragon News
Aragon Mayor Ken Suffridge holds one of four signs advertising the annual barbecue that will be placed at gateways into the community. (Agnes Hagin/thepolkfishwrap.com)
Jun 13, 2013 | 0 
| 66 
| 
| 66 |
The 39th annual Aragon Barbecue will be held at Tom Pittman Field from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 28, and 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 29.
Gospel music will be featured Friday night and live en...
Jun 13, 2013 | 2 | 73 |
full story
| 73 | 
Jun 12, 2013 | 0 | 63 |
full story
| 63 | 
Jun 12, 2013 | 2 | 58 |
full story
| 58 | 
Jun 12, 2013 | 4 | 59 |
full story
| 59 | 
Jun 11, 2013 | 0 | 51 |
full story
| 51 | 
Jun 10, 2013 | 0 | 41 |
| 41 |
Aragon Mayor Ken Suffridge has resubmitted a recreational funding request to the Polk County Board of Commissioners.
His initial request failed during a vote taken at the board’s regular meeting o...
Jun 07, 2013 | 0 | 54 |
| 54 |
A man was life-flighted to an Atlanta hospital on Friday afternoon after a tractor accident.
According to Randy Lacey, Polk EMA director, the Polk County Police Department along with Redmond EMS a...
Jun 07, 2013 | 0 | 40 |
| 40 |
Cross Pointe Community Church, 4949 Hwy. 101, Aragon, is taking the lead in a “Day of Fellowship and Outreach” at Seaborn Jones Park, downtown Rockmart.
The free event is scheduled from 10 a.m. to...
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 | 41 |
| 41 |
Rockmart High School is planning on hosting the first annual three-on-three basketball tournament at the high school.
The tournament will be on Saturday, June 15, and will start at 9 a.m. at the g...
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 | 41 |
| 41 |
Come outside and get your groceries at the Rockmart Farmers Market, located at 108 Water Street.
This is the message seen on posters throughout the community as seasonal produce arrives from local...
Jun 06, 2013 | 0 | 46 |
| 46 |
Two women arrested for fighting over a baby’s delivery at Floyd Medical Center were released from jail Wednesday on $2,600 property bonds, according to Floyd County Jail records.
Dana Bailey Stree...
Jun 05, 2013 | 0 | 46 |
| 46 |
A new law bringing numerous changes to the juvenile justice system will help the system’s effectiveness, according to one local official.
“When being implemented, it should allow my office to focus...
Jun 05, 2013 | 0 | 47 |
| 47 |
The Summer Reading Club is now in progress at Rockmart Library and will continue through July 20.
Sharon Cleveland, branch manager, said a registration goal of 1,000 has been set for this summer c...
By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide bomber and several gunmen attacked a United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and witnesses said, in a strike that bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda-linked militants. The bomber set off his explosives outside the gate of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) base before attackers ran inside and opened fire on security guards, a senior police official told Reuters. Gunfire could still be heard more than 30 minutes after the initial explosion. It was not immediately clear whether any U.N. ...
2013-06-19 06:36:45 -0400
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find a way to end the nearly 12-year war.
2013-06-19 06:36:09 -0400
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should introduce laws making it possible to jail "reckless" bankers and consider breaking up Royal Bank of Scotland as part of a range of measures proposed by a panel of parliamentarians. ...
2013-06-19 06:31:54 -0400