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BARTOW BIO — Elections supervisor finds passion at the polls
It's easy to see Joseph Kirk is a techie. He proudly shows off a new recording device -- he also tapes the interview; a mechanism that will allow him to answer his office phone from anywhere in the...
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Processing toy requests during last year’s Toys for Tots drive at the Cartersville Physicians Center were, from left, Edna Mulkey, Richard Goodson, Berta Johnson and Dennis Haupt. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Agency to register applicants for Christmas assistance
Even though many parents still are tweaking their children's Halloween costumes, The Salvation Army's Cartersville Corps and Bartow's Toys for Tots already are planning for Christmas. With the comm...
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Frost advisory covers north Georgia
Records were nearly broken early in the week with temperatures in the mid-80s, but cooler weather has followed without delay as a cold front ushered in fall's first frost advisory Thursday. The Nat...
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Bartow County Sheriff’s Deputy Cody Satterfield asks for a driver’s license during Thursday’s safety checkpoint in Euharlee. JESSICA LOEDING/The Daily Tribune News
Euharlee Police Department hosts GOHS event Thursday
Despite the chill Thursday night, officers from Euharlee Police Department, Bartow County Sheriff's Office and the Georgia State Patrol lined up along Euharlee Road for a safety check. The checkpoi...
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Scott Swindle and Amanda Payne use their baby bucks to shop at the Bartow County Women’s Resource Center Baby Store. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Bartow County Women's Resource Center offers Baby Bucks program
To foster positive parenting skills, the Bartow County Women's Resource Center is offering a new program called Baby Bucks. Since the program was introduced Aug. 1, the nonprofit's number of client...
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Kody Holder from Rockmart High School provided much of the music at the Fields of Faith event held at Cartersville High School Wednesday night. This was the third year for the student-led Christian outreach event in Cartersville that is held annually  across the the country. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Students 'on fire' Wednesday despite cooler temps
The Storm Shelter at Cartersville High School came alive Wednesday night as students from five local high schools and students from Rockmart High School professed their faith in Jesus Christ and pr...
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Radon Week raises awareness of dangers
Local radon threat unlikely
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Cartersville Elementary fourth-grader Max Florence keeps his eye on his opponent as he makes a move during a chess match at the Cartersville Public Library. The Cartersville library chess club meets the third Tuesday of every month at 3:30 p.m.
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SPLOST to be used for library materials
The Bartow County Library system is expected to see funds gathered from the 2014 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax cycle to be used toward materials. Carmen Sims, director of the Bartow County...
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Goodwill Career Center lines up job fair Thursday
Cartersville's Goodwill Career Center will do its part to combat stubbornly high unemployment rates with a job fair Thursday looking to match employers with qualified job seekers. Representatives ...
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Tina Jennings and Robert Barlow weigh donations during last year’s Community Food Drive. Now called the Thanksgiving Can-A-Thon, the drive is collecting non-perishable food items through Nov. 15 at participating sites.
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Thanksgiving Can-A-Thon gets under way
Due to the economic climate, area food banks are struggling to keep pace with the rising demand for their services. To provide assistance, especially as the holidays approach, the Thanksgiving Can-...
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Local merchants learn to protect against shoplifters
As the Christmas holiday shopping season approaches, shoplifting and petty thefts are expected to increase. Anticipating potential crime, the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce hosted a...
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This home on Weems Spur Road was the scene of a homicide Monday.
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BCSO investigating woman's homicide
The Bartow County Sheriff's Office's deputies and investigators continue to look into the death of 49-year-old Juanita Thompson whose death is considered not to be a random act. She was believed to...
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Life in a man’s world: Female firefighters are overcoming the odds
By Amanda Stegall amanda.stegall@daily-tribune.com Women have traditionally been known to fill certain roles in the occupational world such as that of teacher, nurse and librarian. So, when the fi...
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Man arrested after officer finds him smoking meth
Cartersville police arrested a man Sunday evening after the officer discovered him smoking methamphetamine in his room at 1400 Joe Frank Harris Parkway. According to the incident report, the office...
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Multitude of Halloweenevents on tap
While young pirates and princesses prepare to collect candy from their neighbors on Oct. 31, numerous activities across the county are getting under way to indulge any sweet tooth or ghostly appeti...
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