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Cartersville native Marine Cpl. Alex Blake has returned home from Afghanistan and will be discharged in December. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Cartersville Marine receives Purple Heart, looks forward to future
"It was a normal day," said Marine Cpl. Alex Blake of the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines Weapons Company. "We weren't doing anything special. We went out to pick up a few snipers. We got blown up. I do...
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Cartersville town hall meeting to discuss Georgia mental health care report
At a town hall meeting on Thursday, Bartow residents will have the opportunity to listen to and voice their opinions on The Carter Center's recommendations to improve the mental health care system ...
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Smoke from heater causes nursing home evacuation
Staff and residents of Maple Ridge Nursing Home began their Halloween with a bit of excitement. Emergency personnel were dispatched to the facility at 22 Maple Ridge Drive shortly before 2 a.m. Mon...
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Tellus Science Museum Collections Manager Amy Gramsey talks with visitor Mary Lou Weng about the venue’s new exhibit, which contains nearly 30 fossils discovered at Ladd’s Quarry in Cartersville. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Ladd's Quarry fossils come back to Cartersville
After being housed for several decades at the Smithsonian Institution, a portion of Cartersville's "most important fossil discovery" has returned home. Made possible through Tellus Science Museum's...
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Kevin Wiggins gives his daughter Alexandra a boost so she can win some candy at Saturday’s Cartersville Parks and Recreation Halloween Carnival at Dellinger Park. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Halloween Carnival
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Lorie Hughes, M.D., who is on The Hope Center’s medical team, talks with “TaTas and Tiaras” attendees Pauline Newkirk, from left, Wanda Hicks and Marlene Henderson. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
TaTas and Tiaras
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BARTOW BIO — Barnhart a friend to the community
Bartow County Friends of the Library President Karen Barnhart spearheads the organization responsible for helping find outside funding for the Bartow County Library System. Through fundraisers like...
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Cartersville first responders receive helicopter landing zone safety training
Cartersville firefighters and EMS responders received further training Thursday with Air Life personnel for emergency situations and landing zones. "We didn't really have anything on landing in our...
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Man attributes injury to 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding'
On Saturday at 2:10 a.m. an officer was dispatched to an address in Acworth in reference to a domestic dispute. The officer observed a man and woman arguing in the driveway. The woman's shirt had b...
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Mary Morris tends to the flowers she has grown for the 99th annual Stilesboro Chrysanthemum Show. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Stilesboro Chrysanthemum Show continues long-standing tradition
With her flowers often reaching the size of bread plates, Mary Morris is regarded by her peers as one of the most talented and decorated growers of the Stilesboro Chrysanthemum Show. Competing for ...
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Mary Ramsey looks at purchasing a tin man bird house at Saturday’s Bartow County Library System’s Friends of the Library Craft Fair held at the Cartersville branch. Kingston resident Lamarr Fairchild created the tin man from tin cans. The nonprofit group hosted vendors inside and outside the library who were selling a variety of items including wood work, jewelry, hand-knit accessories and unique crafts. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Friends of Library Craft Fair
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Rydal artist Teresa Ramsey is featured in International Artist magazine. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Rydal painter highlighted in International Artist magazine
Currently featured in International Artist magazine, Teresa Ramsey is delighted to share her knowledge with fellow painters. Titled "Painting larger than life -- still life and florals," the eight-...
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David Farmer, left, listens to Mac McKenzie with Styles Collision Center explain the undercover the company offers. Styles Collision was one of the companies exhibiting at Thursday’s Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase at the Clarence Brown Conference Center. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Business Showcase expands exhibitor list
Local businesses lined the rows of exhibitors Thursday night as a record number of booths joined the 2011 Bartow Business Showcase. With time set aside for business-to-business networking before o...
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Season tickets available for The Grand's entertainment series
Tickets currently are available for the Century Bank Entertainment Series at The Grand Theatre. The series will kick off at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 with "Country Royalty -- The Music of Hank Williams and Pa...
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Coosa River Basin Initiative/Special
River monitoring reaches first milestone
Six months of data finds pollution correlation
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