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County commissioner candidates head for Tuesday runoff
Bartow County voters will choose between Mike Bearden and Steve Taylor on Tuesday, Aug 21, in the final vote for county commissioner. In the July 31 primary Bearden received 3,301 votes, which came...
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Juanita Anderson, pharmacist, from left, and technicians Lani Anderson and Caroline Kincannon-Overby fill prescriptions for customers.
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Best Pharmacy returns to roots of service
After retiring after more than 30 years as a pharmacist, Juanita Anderson wasn’t looking to risk her livelihood on a new venture, but she saw a need and an opportunity to help others. Stepping out ...
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Family still looking for missing man
A Cartersville man missing while on a family vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C., has yet to be located, according to family members Saturday. Johnny Lamar Brown, 44, has been missing since Aug. 3. At t...
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Cinema closes after corporate receives bomb threat
The scene played out at Carmike Cinema on North Tennessee Street in Cartersville much as did it across the Southeast Friday morning — theater closes, cops move in, the building is cleared of any ex...
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Beck, Stewart gear up for tax commissioner runoff
With the Aug. 21 runoff quickly approaching, Bartow County tax commissioner candidates Vicki Beck and Steve Stewart are actively trying to energize their base while reaching out to undecided voters...
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Constance B. (Connie) Ingram
Constance B. (Connie) Ingram, 87, of Cartersville, went home to be with Jesus Friday morning, Aug. 17, 2012. Owen Funeral Home, 12 Collins Drive, is in charge of the arrangements.
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Bartow County Fire Department firefighters extinguish packaged wood products in the shipping department of Mouldings Unlimited in White. The company's U.S. Highway 411 location was burned in the early morning hours Friday. BCFD Battalion Chief Bryan Keeling said the cause of the fire remains under investigation and the state fire marshal's office has been called in to assist.
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Mouldings Unlimited burns in overnight fire
A wood trim moulding manufacturer located in White was destroyed by fire in the early morning hours Friday. Bartow County Fire Department received at 12:33 a.m. and was on the scene within minutes ...
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Dave Miskey
Mr. Dave Miskey, 50, of Cartersville, passed away Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at his residence. Parnick Jennings Funeral Home and Cremation Services is honored to serve the family of Dave Miskey. Ple...
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Bartow County’s 4-H brought home Georgia’s first National Overall Grand Championship for 4-H Consumer Decisions. Pictured here are, back row, from left, Colyn White, Mary-Clayton Gilbert and Elijah DeBroux; front row, from left, Kim Payne, 4-H program assistant, Emily Valezquez and Kathy Floyd, now-retired County Extension Agent.
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4-H recognizes students
By Mark Andrews mark.andrews@daily-tribune.com Family members and school faculty gathered at the Beavers Drive Senior Center Thursday to celebrate the accomplishments of Bartow County 4-H’ers. Acco...
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8.18 Bartow Blotter
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 a ...
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R.L. Prior lent a hand Saturday at a Bartow Area Habitat for Humanity build for a Cartersville family on Douglas Street. The organization is seeking skilled and manual laborers. To volunteer for upcoming projects, email director@bartowhabitat.org or don@outsidetheboxconstruction.com. MATT SHINALL/The Daily Tribune News
Habitat continues turning houses into homes
Describing the residence as a “gift from heaven,” Timothy Daniel is looking forward to obtaining the keys to his family’s Bartow Area Habitat for Humanity house next week. To help remove the limits...
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Cartersville renames Clearwater St. Park
Clearwater Street Park will be named after Robert Ed Hicks, as approved by the city council during their Thursday night meeting. Hicks, who passed away May 29, was once a council member, president...
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Grand jury indicts sheriff's son in 2008 case
The Bartow County Grand Jury on Aug. 10 returned an indictment on the four-year-old case involving Sheriff Clark Millsap’s son. According to court documents, David Clark Millsap was indicted on two...
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James Jarrett, chairman Bartow-Cartersville Joint Development Authority, from left; Clarence Brown, Bartow County commissioner; Matt Santini, Cartersville mayor; and Steve Taylor, secretary Bartow-Cartersville Joint Development Authority, sign copies of the agreement to bring to the county an auto parts supplier that will build a $62 million plant and provide 220 jobs. Standing are Bartow-Cartersville Joint Development Authority officers Tommy Strickland, from left, Ronnie Evans, Larry Holt and Sonny Miller. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
220 jobs, $62M investment announced
Bartow County officials and industry representatives made official Wednesday the intention of Austrian-based voestalpine to build a new manufacturing facility in the Highland 75 industrial park, cr...
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@White=[C] @Headline Helvetica:Assault victim given the 'kiss of death'
@White=[C] A Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputy was called to the Cartersville Medical Center’s emergency room Tuesday afternoon in reference to an assault. The victim said he was sitting on hi...
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