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Emerson gives green light to road realignment
In a called meeting Thursday, the Emerson City Council unanimously approved construction plans for the realignment of Ga. Highway 293 at LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center in southern Barto...
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Body recovered from Etowah River
Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputies and investigators recovered a body from the Etowah River Thursday evening. According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, deputies and investigators responded to Jones ...
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Cartersville bride-to-be selects gown on TLC show
In the next 48 hours, Kayla Cannon will say “yes” to her gown and husband-to-be. With the episode airing one day before her wedding, television viewers will be able to watch the Cartersville reside...
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Guests gather in the Booth Western Art Museum’s Borderlands Gallery for the annual Bartow County and Cartersville City Schools Elementary Art Exhibit. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Booth hosts elementary art exhibit through May 12
Bartow County and Cartersville city students and their parents on Thursday gathered at the Booth Western Art Museum for the opening of the annual Bartow County and Cartersville City Schools Element...
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Cartersville couple home safe after Boston Marathon
Steve Archer and his wife Jill made it home safe to Cartersville Tuesday after the two traveled to this year’s Boston Marathon. Steve Archer, who ran in the marathon, brought home a personal best t...
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Motorcyclist killed in crash identified
According to Georgia State Patrol, Alfred Levoy Dobbins, 45, of Kingston, was killed in an accident Tuesday. Dobbins was operating a motorcycle southbound on Ga. Highway 293 when a northbound Toyot...
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Pinwheels at the Frank Moore Adminstration and Judicial Center provide a grim message during Child Abuse Prevention Month. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Professionals reach out to community during Child Abuse Prevention Month
While pinwheels usually are regarded as childhood toys, they offer a dire message this month. In light of April being Child Abuse Prevention Month, Advocates for Children has installed a pinwheel d...
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Cartersville to host International Bowhunters tournament
Cartersville and Bartow County will play host this weekend to bowhunters and archers from across the country and possibly from around the world as the International Bowhunters Organization brings t...
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Feds deny reports of Boston suspect in custody
BOSTON (AP) — Federal officials denied a suspect was under arrest Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombings. A law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press earli...
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Team Depot lends hand to Kingston club
Volunteers from the Cartersville Home Depot took up their shovels and put on their gloves Tuesday to spruce up the grounds of the Kingston Woman’s History Club in preparation for upcoming events. N...
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Bartow schools aim to maintain teachers for 2014
During Monday’s Bartow County Board of Education work session, Executive Director of Human Resources and Support Services Macy Defnall said the system, at this point, has a 100 percent placement ra...
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Since July, Mike Harris has been serving as the president of The Pumphouse Players. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Harris guides The Pumphouse Players into 38th performance season
Currently serving as The Pumphouse Players’ president, Mike Harris fell in love with the stage in elementary school. While his first acting experience was “The Case of the Missing Comma,” he now is...
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Bartow County school board expected to discuss budget
Bartow County Superintendent John Harper said a proposed budget for FY14 likely will be presented to the board this month. While the board is meeting Monday at 6 p.m. in the central office boardroo...
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National Crime Victims' Rights Week focuses on child abuse
The smallest and most helpless victims of crime will be the focus next week of local events honoring National Crime Victims’ Rights Week. Held April 21-27, the national effort promotes victims’ ri...
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Employees from Anheuser-Busch and other volunteers prepare to clean up litter and other trash near the Etowah River and Macedonia Road Saturday. More Earth Day cleanups are schedule for the remainder of April. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Earth Day celebrations set for Saturday
Last year, Earth Day cleanups brought nearly 1,000 volunteers to sites across Bartow County to lend a hand in the annual beautification efforts. Organizers are preparing now for another strong turn...
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