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Two announce candidacy for commissioner seat
Businessman Mike Bearden and former manager Rev. Michael Abernathy have announced their candidacy in the 2012 election of a new Bartow County commissioner. Bearden's announcement was made in conju...
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Jacob Flowers, from left, Michael Hughes and Aden Cain join Sgt. Jeremy Ray inside the Tower 1 fire truck at the Cartersville Fire Department open house Saturday. The event included demonstrations, puppet shows and refreshments. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Firefighters open house for Fire Prevention Week
Safety during a fire is not only a responsibility of local fire departments, but also of individual residents. "This year's [Fire Prevention Week] message is kind of a general thing and this one is...
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DARE to help others: Sgt. Richey Harrell passes wisdom to children
Elementary students and many of their parents may not always remember his name, but Richey Harrell's face is recognized throughout the county as someone who has touched many lives. As a member of t...
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Summer Stone sees how many hoops she can keep going at MH Industries’ Mad Hatter Fall Festival on Saturday. Activities included face painting, craft making, games and plenty of snacks and food. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Mad Hatter Fall Festival furnishes fun for families
On Saturday local business MH Industries and friends hosted a free fall festival at their location in Cartersville. The owner of MH Industries, Will McEliece, said the goal of the event was to give...
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Cartersville schools' transportation building hits financial road bump
Cartersville City Schools Superintendent Howard Hinesley on Thursday suggested the school board reject during their regular meeting all bids for the projected transportation training building at th...
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Emerson Planning and Zoning Commission hears first reading of rezoning
Emerson's Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday night heard a first reading of a rezoning for 50-plus acres. The 56 acres located near the Department of Transportation and Optimum Technologies...
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New application procedures put in place at Tallatoona Community Action Partnership will eliminate lines like those experienced last December as applicants arrived for energy assistance registration. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News, file
Tallatoona warms up to new ideas
Application changes made to assistance program
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C-Mo jumps high to snatch a disc tossed by owner Dariusz Radomski at last year’s U.S. Disc Dog National Finals at Dellinger Park. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News, file
U.S. Disc Dog World Finals in Cartersville
Mona Konishi, of Shiga, Japan, and her 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, Laika, are currently visiting Cartersville for the upcoming U.S. Disc Dog World Finals to be held at Dellinger Park Oct. 15 and 1...
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Lori Jewell, education coordinator for the Pettit Environmental Preserve, explains owl behavior using a taxidermy great horned owl. On Oct. 22, a naturalist with the Chattahoochee Nature Center will bring a live owl to demonstrate the raptor’s abilities. SPECIAL
Pettit Environmental Preserve presents Owls & Spiders & Bats, Oh My! -- A Fall Hike Oct. 22
For Marina Robertson, executive director for the Pettit Environmental Preserve, a recent visit to the Chattahoochee Nature Center sparked a newfound respect for owls. Among the many interesting fac...
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Bartow County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. James Jonason, left, speaks with Soumaya Khalifa with the Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta, center, and Navtej Singh Khalsa, Southeast Regional Director of the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, during a break in Thursday’s cultural awareness training seminar at the Clarence Brown Conference Center. Jonason, who spent time in Saudi Arabia while in the U.S. Army, said he made an effort to speak to Khalifa and Khalsa because he understood how it was to be in a place and feel isolated. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Tensions flare in cultural awareness training
We have been through this before -- racism, bigotry, hatred. In the 1940s, it was the Japanese. In the 1960s, it was the black population. Today, it's Muslims, Arabs, Sikhs, anyone who looks remote...
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White UMC Chic-O-Pen Festival Saturday
Safeguarding his former pastor's recipe for more than 30 years, Bob McMillan will once again create the renowned, classified barbecue sauce for Saturday's Chic-O-Pen Festival. Starting at 8 a.m., t...
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Library to hold first crafts fair
The Bartow County Friends of the Library will hold its first craft fair on Oct. 29 in hopes of drawing a crowd for local artists while raising money for the library. "What we've thought about is a ...
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Euharlee increases fines, discusses traffic signals
Citizens of Euharlee can expect to pay larger fines for various crimes in the future as the city council voted to accept all proposed amendments to fines and forfeitures listed in a city ordinance ...
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Three shooters denied bond
Three men accused of firing on motorists and a Georgia State Patrol trooper over the weekend were denied bond in Cherokee County Magistrate Court Tuesday afternoon. Judge James Drane III said, "The...
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Atlanta tops the chart in rush hour commute time
A new study puts Atlanta area commuters No. 1 on the list but last to make it home. According to the Texas Transportation Institute's 2011 Urban Mobility Report, Atlanta ranked modestly in most com...
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