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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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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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Re-enactors Steve Boliver, from left, Joe Carver, Dale Black, Charlie Jackson, Gary Turner, Allen Black and Timothy Bryson perform a rifle salute during the Cassville Confederate Memorial Service. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News, File
Remembering the Past: Civil War-related events highlight Confederate History and Heritage Month
In the midst of Confederate History and Heritage Month, a bevy of Civil War-related events are taking shape across the county. Referred to as living history offerings, the programs will help attend...
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Horses jump the hurdles Saturday in the 46th annual running of the Atlanta Steeplechase at Kingston Downs. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
@White=[C] Bartow Village spotlights community at 48th Steeplechase
@White=[C] The 48th annual Atlanta Steeplechase saw a brand-new addition this year in the form of Bartow Villiage, a pavillion featuring the best of Bartow County and what it has to offer. Organiz...
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BCSO part of state child porn bust
As a result of a three-month investigation led by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, search warrants were executed this week in 37 Georgia coun...
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'Play On!' opens Friday at The Legion Theatre
With four decades of community theater experience, Teresa Harris can easily relate to the characters in Rick Abbot’s “Play On!” Opening Friday, The Pumphouse Players’ production is a comedy about a...
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Euharlee students stack up against the competition
Euharlee Elementary School students Bailey Hynes, Dylan Ferguson and Leah Stantz in recent months have traveled to Maryland and Orlando to compete in sport cup stacking championship competitions. A...
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Heatco worker Andres Ortegon swages tubes during Thursday’s Manufacturing Appreciation Week industry tour. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Manufacturing Appreciation Week puts focus on producers
Each April, Georgia celebrates the economic impact of businesses in the manufacturing arena. The creation of components or end-use products has historically been a major employer and tax base for B...
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DTF busts business behind drug sales
Behind the pool tables and video gambling machines, officials say a local business was operating a trade of a different sort. In an operation stemming from a three-month investigation, 12 agents fr...
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Dinner dispute leads to assault with a fork
Hide the silverware. An Acworth woman on Wednesday wielded a fork after an argument over dinner went awry. Lisa Mills allegedly began arguing with a family member over the meal about 7:15 p.m. when...
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Adairsville council OKs McDonald's expansion
Despite previous objections from a neighboring church, the Adairsville City Council voted unanimously Thursday to allow a McDonald’s restaurant to reduce the buffer between the two properties from ...
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Cartersville Elementary School Principal Ken MacKenzie sits in a chair while Southern BMX rider Mike Green sails over his head. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Test prep includes positive thinking
Next week, third- through eighth-grade students will begin taking their annual Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests. In an effort to encourage Cartersville Elementary School students to meet their...
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Bonnie Plant Manager Daniel Dawson, right, leads Leadership Bartow participants on a tour of the facility. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Leadership Bartow looks inside Ga.'s largest industry
As the Leadership Bartow class of 2013 wraps up with the final of eight program days held each month since September, the leadership development program finished the year with a look at the state’s...
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U.S. Marine veteran Mac McQuown stops by Cartersville Fire Station 4 and talks with firefighters and Fire Chief Scott Carter, far right. McQuown spent Wednesday night at the station before beginning his trek north to Dalton today. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Veteran's 15,000-mile journey passes through Bartow
A hero’s welcome awaited Mac McQuown Wednesday afternoon at Cartersville Fire Station 4. The U.S. Marine Corp veteran, carrying a large American flag, walked into Cartersville via U.S. Highway 41 j...
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