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Adairsville man arrested for kidnapping
According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, deputies and investigators responded to an Adairsville residence off Highway 140 near Floyd County on Wednesday, Feb. 30, in reference to a domestic dispute. Up...
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Shultz to serve on school board
Former Bartow County Board of Education member Matt Shultz has been the only resident to qualify for the board’s Post 3 seat. Elections Supervisor Joseph Kirk said because Shultz was the only perso...
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Callie and Andrew Palmer play with their son George. The Palmers are Bartow County’s 2013 March of Dimes Ambassador Family. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
March for Babies campaign kicks off
With their son born almost two months early, Callie Palmer and her husband Andrew know firsthand how March of Dimes is helping to support healthier babies through lifesaving research, community ser...
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Chatt Tech expands libraries, student centers
The library at Chattahoochee Technical College’s North Metro Campus in Acworth is undergoing changes, with a new 5,200-square-foot, $785,875, facility currently being constructed and expected to op...
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Daniel Poole holds his daughter Kyla while Cathey Price administers a blood test at last year’s Cartersville Has Heart hosted by Cartersville Medical Center at the Clarence Brown Conference Center. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News, File
Cartersville Has Heart promotes health, wellness
Reducing foot traffic isn’t the goal of many businesses in town, but for Cartersville Medical Center’s Cardiovascular Services Department, that’s the ultimate goal of their annual event — Cartersvi...
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One of Bartow County School System’s buses that feature the fully-automated safety camera that monitors and detects drivers who illegally pass a bus. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Bus safety system funded by tickets
Since fall 2012, several Bartow County Public School buses have operated with an automated stop arm system to aid in student safety as children enter or exit a school bus. “During the first semest...
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Euharlee approves URA plan amendments
The Euharlee Urban Redevelopment Area now has three new projects with the Euharlee City Council’s approval of the plan during a called Thursday night meeting. The new projects added to the plan inc...
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Radiothon to benefit tornado victims
Three local media outlets — WBHF 1450 AM, The Daily Tribune News and Cartersville Uncut — will once again take to the airwaves to raise money for tornado victims. From 7 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, the rad...
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Paige Kerr, from left, Autumn Osteen, Lyric Geeslin, Lauren Smith and Karlie Dean fill boxes with food at IMPACT, a food bank outreach of NorthPointe Church. Some of the food being boxed is scheduled to be delivered to Adairsville tornado victims. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Relief efforts gear up in Adairsville
Organizations ranging from the United Way and the Red Cross to local churches have begun taking donations and distributing food, clothing and other goods in the opening rounds of providing Adairsvi...
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ALFA Insurance Claims Adjuster Scott Houston, right, looks over an Adairsville property damaged by the tornado. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Storm damage estimated at $75 million
Severe weather has left its mark on northwest Georgia, as damage from tornadoes touching down in Bartow and Gordon counties has been initially estimated at $75 million. The Georgia Department of In...
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Thursday morning the work began to clean up and rebuild Adairsville after a tornado Wednesday cut a devastating path through the city. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Adairsville in 'full-blown recovery mode'
The scene in Adairsville midday Thursday was one of progress. Twenty-four hours after a deadly tornado ripped through the town, crews and volunteers took the first steps on the road to recovery. Ut...
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Cartersville Fire Department Squad 4 and Bartow EMS help get Brenda Mulkey to an ambulance with injuries she suffered at her home when the tornado touched down Wednesday in Adairsville. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Tornado cuts path through Adairsville; 1 dead
A tornado that left a path of destruction through the heart of Adairsville Wednesday morning left one dead and homes and businesses damaged. The reported EF-2 tornado cut a swath along the Ga. High...
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GDOT taps board member Jeff Lewis to chair P3 committee
The Georgia Department of Transportation’s Public Private Partnership program invites private enterprise into the commission of traditionally public projects, which in turn reduce the department’s ...
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Three businesses report stolen catalytic converters
According to a Bartow County Sheriff’s Office report, on Tuesday three separate businesses reported catalytic converters had been cut off and stolen from vehicles left at their facilities overnight...
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Agencies to accept donations, provide relief
As those in Adairsville affected by Wednesday’s tornado assess damage, local agencies are working to help tornado victims. United Way of Bartow County, 770-386-1677, previously established a tornad...
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