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Pet overpopulation produces animal hoarding
Roxanne was found with barbed wire twisted around her mouth and 40 pounds underweight. Henry's leg was mangled when a car hit him and his leg had to be amputated. Sally was bred at least 15 times u...
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DTN experiencing e-mail difficulties
The Daily Tribune News has experienced technical difficulties with e-mail. Some e-mails may be lost before they can be retrieved. If you sent an e-mail and did not receive a reply, please call 770-...
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GDOT grant to improve county road
Construction for a facelift on Five Forks Road will soon begin Commissioner Clarence Brown said in the monthly meeting Wednesday morning. Brown said thanks to a $480,000 contract with Georgia Depar...
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Bartow Blotter 2.10
The following information -- names, photos, addresses, charges and other details -- was taken directly from Bartow County Sheriff's Office jail records. Not every arrest leads to a conviction, and ...
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Cass chorus program to 'take a look back'
The Cass High School Chorus program is gearing up for the first performance in its new theater and wants former members and directors to be a part of the experience. "The ongoing theme this year s...
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Local receives Music Educator of the Year Award
In honor of her work "in the trenches," Angee McKee won the Music Educator of the Year Award at the Georgia Music Educators Association conference Jan. 28. Retired from Cartersville City Schools in...
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17-year-old receives 'special' probation rules
"Live by the rules that your mother and father placed for you or live by the rules of the Bartow County jail," Judge Carey Nelson told a 17-year-old who stood before him Tuesday morning in Bartow C...
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Cass Middle sixth-grader advances to second round of 'America's Got Talent'
Currently a featured karaoke singer at Tarascos Mexican Restaurant in Cartersville, Andrew Sanford is setting his sights on Hollywood. To broaden his vocal opportunities, Sanford -- a sixth-grader ...
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Man arrested for terroristic threats
A man who told his girlfriend if she called law enforcement she'd be dead before officers arrived was arrested Monday afternoon and charged with terroristic threats under the Family Violence Act al...
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Bartow Blotter 2-8
The following information -- names, photos, addresses, charges and other details -- was taken directly from Bartow County Sheriff's Office jail records. Not every arrest leads to a conviction, and ...
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Chattahoochee Technical College announces GOAL finalists
Chattahoochee Technical College announced Monday the four finalists competing for the 2011 Georgia Occupational Award of Leadership (GOAL). These four students will compete again Friday during an i...
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Bridge named for late restaurant owner
He put Emerson on the map, and now he's got a name on the map. Doug Ferguson, the late owner of Doug's Place in Emerson, was remembered Monday in a ceremony designating the Old Alabama Road bypass ...
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AIDS Alliance of Northwest Georgia kicks off street outreach campaign
On Monday, the AIDS Alliance of Northwest Georgia commemorated National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with the launch of its street outreach campaign. Funded by a $50,000 grant from the Georgia Depa...
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Personnel matters again take center stage in Kingston
Dominated by closed session discussion, Monday's Kingston City Council work session left the agenda blank for February's regular meeting. Mayor Dexter Jones said that items may be added before nex...
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Cartersville officer injured during fight
It took Bartow County deputies and Cartersville police to break up an out-of-control fight early Sunday morning at Cafe Sol, located at 118 South Morningside Drive. Upon arriving on the scene to as...
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