Polk County
AdventHealth Georgia challenges community to light porches pink for breast cancer awareness
-AdventHealth News Release- Throughout the month of October, the AdventHealth cancer care teams are challenging our community once again to light porches pink across Northwest Georgia to spread awareness of breast cancer. The "Light Your Porch Pink" movement shines a light on breast cancer, which affects one ...
14h ago
Knot Today, Cancer: The Healing Power of Holly's Handmade Joy
-News Release- Holly Avidan could have let her cancer diagnosis stop her world. Instead, she chose for it to be a catalyst for artistic creativity, healing, and resilience. When Avidan was diagnosed with Stage 3 follicular lymphoma in 2023, Dr. Gregory Harris, her oncologist at the Harbin Clinic Cancer Center, told her...
16h ago
DPH confirms more measles cases
-News Release- The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) has confirmed two additional measles cases associated with the outbreak at a metro Atlanta daycare. This brings the outbreak total to 10 cases. Including these additional cases, Georgia has 16 confirmed measles cases so far in 2026. DPH continues to work to i...
Sep 14, 2026
Georgia gas prices rise 12 cents, state average over $4 per gallon
-AAA South- Georgia drivers are paying more at the pump as gasoline prices continue to climb following the Labor Day holiday. The state average now stands at $4.01 per gallon (subject to change overnight), which is 48 cents below Georgia's record high of $4.49 per gallon for regular unleaded, set in June 2022. "Ge...
Sep 14, 2026
Polk Jail inmate death under investigation
-Polk County Sheriff's Office- The GBI has been called in to investigate the death of a Polk County Jail inmate. According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office: 44-year-old Andrea Sevcech had been housed at the Polk County Jail for approximately two days. She had been placed under medical observation upon her arrival du...
Sep 13, 2026



