Celeste Ragan News Today

At its regular monthly meeting on April 11, the DeKalb County Commission approved the purchase of three acres of land beside the Cartersville Fire Department at a cost of $85,000.

During the latest DeKalb County Commission meeting, commissioners heard a brief update from County Administrator Matt Sharp on County Road 85 road repairs. In an interview with The Times-Journal, County Engineer Ben Luther said in December 2020, the county did a soil nail wall project to stabilize the roadway failure on County Road 85 about midway up the mountain. “We had a contractor perform the soil nail wall repair during the month of December 2020,” said Luther. “The cracking...