Gas price drop ends as quickly as Christmas holidays. Latest jail reports. Big night for Tellus on TV. Warmer, wetter weekend due.

Please click www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Gas prices punch the gas pedal again
-Prices up 9 cents a gallon in just a week, erasing Christmas drop. Plus: One of the big discount programs at the pumps dries up.

 

Tellus included on tonight's Georgia Traveler; hear about the segment on Hometown Radio today (detatils below)

 

Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

 

Updates from the chamber of commerce.

Norman Arey's final No-Nos of the season.
-College football's final bowls includes big rematch: Alabama's revenge or LSU repeat? Norman says ...

Weekend:
-Latest public health restaurant inspection scores.

 

Weekend forecast:
-Friday: Sunny and 63, low of 41; rain chance: 20%
-Saturday: 50% rain chance, high of 65, low of 46.
-Sunday: 50% rain chance, high of 63, low of 45.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, 7-9 a.m., WRGA 1470 AM.
-Friday's guests include U.S. Rep. Tom Graves and David Zelski of GPB's Georgia Traveler, which includes a segment on Tellus Science Museum this Friday night.

Cartersville City Council meets tonight. Warmer, wetter days ahead. Latest restaurant scores. Floyd tornado clean-up continues

Please click www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Cartersville City Council meets tonight: Swearing in ceremony set for mayor, members.

-What's ahead in Bartow County.

 

Tellus camera catches meteor show.

 

Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

 

Community efforts continue to help areas hit hard by the Dec. 22 tornadoes. Hometown Headlines

Work to begin soon on SR 20 widening project after Georgia DOT awards the work to C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc., of Marietta, for $7.7 million.

Public health restaurant inspection scores: From a 63 for an Armuchee diner to a perfect 100 of a Cartersville restaurant.

Mercury heading the other way; rain on the way, too

-Thursday: Sunny, high of 55, low of 30.

-Friday: Sunny and 62, low of 42; rain chance: 40%

-Saturday: 50% rain chance, high of 63, low of 49.

 

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 1470 AM, 7 until 9 a.m.

-On Thursday's show: Mike Morton of the Rome TEA Party; and Jay Shell, Zach Green and Stephen Smith talking about the chamber's Young Professionals group

 

Norman Arey's Bowl Week No-Nos
-Due this week: Final No-Nos of the 2011-12 season.

Rome Braves: Sports

-Fredi Gonzalez, manager of the Atlanta Braves, to speak at 10th Annual Hot Stove Gathering Jan. 30 at The Forum. 

Jan. 7: 5th Annual Shorter Baseball Meet the Team Dinner will feature former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox as the keynote speaker. The event is at Huffman Center at Darlington School. Silent Auction at 6 p.m. with dinner beginning at 7. Single tickets are $30; $250 per table, seats eight; and $500 for VIP tables. Details: goshorterhawks.com or contact Rachel Rogers at rrogers@shorter.edu

Work to begin soon on construction of truck passing lanes on Highway 20 in Bartow County

  

Work could soon begin on widening State Route (SR) 20 in Bartow County. Georgia DOT has just awarded a contract valued at close to eight million dollars for a construction project in Bartow County. The project includes 1.729 miles of widening and reconstruction for truck passing lanes on SR 20, beginning east of Timberlake Cove Road and extending to just west of Bells Ferry Road in Bartow County. This project is scheduled to be completed by the end of September 2014, at a construction cost of $7,761,359.

 

Information on construction and lane closure schedules on this project will be forthcoming before work begins.  Further details on this project are available via this link:  http://tomcat2.dot.state.ga.us/ContractsAdministration/uploads/A111118S01.pdf 

 

Every Child's A Star talent show auditions.

Advocates for Children announces auditions for the 2012 performance of Every Child's a Star talent show for teens and children.

 

Auditions will be held at Expedition Church (32 Center Road, Cartersville) on both Thursday, January 26 from 5-7 p.m. and Saturday, January 28 from 1-3 p.m.  (Choose whichever time is more convenient.) Children from kindergarten through grade 12 are invited to audition:  we are looking for lots of variety!  Acts can be solo or ensembles, and can include singing, other musical acts, dances, gymnastics, juggling, puppetry, pantomime, ventriloquists, magic, show choirs, comedic skits: the sky is the limit—because once again: that's where the stars are!

 

Musical contestants should bring CD audio for their 2-3 minute auditions and plan to arrive early to complete registration materials.

 

There is no fee to participate.  However, each child in every act selected to be in the show is required to sell at least 10 tickets (at $10 each) to the performance, which will be held Saturday, March 24 at 7 p.m. at the Woodland High School Performing Arts Center.  All proceeds will support Advocates for Children's many child abuse prevention and support programs and services.

We are happy to announce that Mary Clayton Gilbert, the reigning Bartow and Georgia Distinguished Young Woman, is the producer and director of this year's show.

 

For more information about Advocates, please visit AdvoChild.org, or call 770-387-1143. Ms. Gilbert can also be reached for comments, interviews or quotes at  678-767-9558.

 

 

  

Even colder this morning: 18 degrees. Romney edges Santorum in Iowa. Cartersville man indicted on wire fraud charges. Latest jail reports.

Please click www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Even colder today: 18 degrees so far
-No wind chill to report as of 5:30 a.m. as winds were calm. Look for slightly warmer temperatures to move in later today.
-Wednesday: High of 48, low of 27.

-Thursday: Sunny, high of 54, low of 34.

-Friday: Sunny and 61, low of 45; rain chance: 20%

 

From CNN: Romney edges Santorum for Iowa Caucus win:
-Mitt Romney has edged Rick Santorum by eight votes in the tightest presidential GOP contest in U.S. history, reports CNN. Texas Rep. Ron Paul finished third, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich placed fourth.

Cartersville man indicted in wire fraud case.

-Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

Final month of 2011 sees 21% spike in home sales
-62 home sales were closed in December vs. 51 a year earlier.
-Mortgage rates remain at 'extremely low' percentages.

Cartersville Anheuser Busch brewery crafting new Bud Light Platinum due Jan. 30. Sweet, more calories than Bud Light.

Harbin Clinic opens new rehabilitation center on Redmond Road.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 1470 AM, 7 until 9 a.m.

-On Wednesday's show: Layla Shipman on the results of the GOP Caucus in Iowa; Rome Mayor Evie McNiece on the 2012 SPLOST package; and Keith Mickler, County Extension Coordinator, on the recent cold snap, your plants and surviving winter.

 

Norman Arey's Bowl Week No-Nos
-Due this week: Final No-Nos of the 2011-12 season.

Rome Braves: Sports

-Fredi Gonzalez, manager of the Atlanta Braves, to speak at 10th Annual Hot Stove Gathering Jan. 30 at The Forum. 

Jan. 7: 5th Annual Shorter Baseball Meet the Team Dinner will feature former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox as the keynote speaker. The event is at Huffman Center at Darlington School. Silent Auction at 6 p.m. with dinner beginning at 7. Single tickets are $30; $250 per table, seats eight; and $500 for VIP tables. Details: goshorterhawks.com or contact Rachel Rogers at rrogers@shorter.edu

Cartersville man indictedin wire fraud case

Media release: ANDREW KENT ANDERSON, 57, of Cartersville, Georgia has been indicted for wire fraud and conspiring to commit wire fraud. ANDERSON was arraigned this afternoon before United States Magistrate Judge Walter E. Johnson.

 

 "The Federal Aviation Administration works diligently to ensure the safety of this country's airspace, and does so, in part, by ensuring that modifications to aircraft are certified as safe," said United States Attorney Sally Quillian Yates. "Andrew Anderson is charged with bypassing the certification process by providing false and fraudulent FAA certifications to his clients who sought his assistance with obtaining legitimate FAA certifications."

 

According to United States Attorney Yates, the charges and other information presented in court: ANDERSON, an aviation consultant, was hired to assist his clients in obtaining Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for certain modifications they wanted to make to several airplanes, including one Boeing 747 and two Avro jets. The planes are owned and operated by the Dubai Air Wing (DAW), an agency of the government of Dubai. 

 

The indictment charges that ANDERSON provided his clients and DAW officials with certificates for the planes purportedly issued by the FAA but which, in fact, were never issued by that agency. ANDERSON is charged with defrauding his clients of more than $630,000, which they paid him to assist in obtaining legitimate FAA certificates. The fraud allegedly occurred between April 2008 and June 2010. ANDERSON was indicted by a federal grand jury on December 20, 2011. 

 

He is charged with nine counts of wire fraud, each of which carries a maximum sentence of twenty years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000, and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. In determining the actual sentence, the Court will consider the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which are not binding but provide appropriate sentencing ranges for most offenders.

 

ANDERSON is charged with conspiring with TOD ANDERSON, 54, of Portage, Michigan. TOD ANDERSON pleaded guilty to a criminal information on December 14, 2011. The criminal information charged TOD ANDERSON with conspiring to commit wire fraud in relation to the certificates provided for the Boeing 747 aircraft. That charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. 

 

TOD ANDERSON is scheduled to be sentenced by United States District Judge Robert L. Vining, Jr. on February 23, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.

 

 

Frigid dawn: 15-degree wind chill, low (so far) of 24. Buzz: $30 million in upgrades coming to Cartersville Medical Center.

Please click www.bartowheadlines.com

 

Wind chill at 15 degrees at 5 a.m. Low so far: 24. Flurries possible.

-The first work week of the year begins with a gusty blast of cold air with a wind chill of 15 degrees -- and possibly lower throughout the morning. Also possible: Flurries through 10 a.m.

-Updates all day on Bartow Headlines.

-Tuesday: High of 36, low of 18. Gusts to 25 mph.
-Wednesday: High of 49, low of 29.
-Thursday: Sunny, high of 52, low of 29.

The Buzz of Northwest Georgia. Buzz
-$30 million investment into expansion, renovation, new equipment planned at Cartersville Medical Center this year.
-Schroeder's sprucing up a bit inside, outside this year.
-Retail updates: Closings, openings and ... changes?
-Georgia Trend honors: Gingrey, Dempsey, Hodge, Cook make magazine's 'notable leaders' list for 2012.

 

Latest Bartow County Jail reports.

Hometown Headlines Radio Edition, WRGA 1470 AM, 7 until 9 a.m.

-On Tuesday's show: David McLaughlin of Kudzu Vine takes a different look at the Iowa caucus; state Sen. Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville, discusses his new duties in the General Assembly which convenes Jan. 9; and Dr. Frank Stephenson, chair of Berry College's Department of Economics, looks at the Iowa vote and what it could mean to business.

 

Norman Arey's Bowl Week No-Nos
-Due this week: Final No-Nos of the 2011-12 season.

Rome Braves: Sports

-Fredi Gonzalez, manager of the Atlanta Braves, to speak at 10th Annual Hot Stove Gathering Jan. 30 at The Forum. 

Jan. 7: 5th Annual Shorter Baseball Meet the Team Dinner will feature former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox as the keynote speaker. The event is at Huffman Center at Darlington School. Silent Auction at 6 p.m. with dinner beginning at 7. Single tickets are $30; $250 per table, seats eight; and $500 for VIP tables. Details: goshorterhawks.com or contact Rachel Rogers at rrogers@shorter.edu