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At last year’s Pioneer Days, children ride the Dragon Wagon, which was one of the festival’s 26 carnival rides. This year, Pioneer Days will open Bartow County’s fall festival season Friday. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Pioneer Days to kick off fall festival season Friday
Even though temperatures continue to top the 90-degree mark, the fall festival season is less than a week away. For many Bartow residents, this time of year is filled with memories of hopping on ca...
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BARTOW BIO — Up to task: DTF commander on the frontline in war on drugs
In an unassuming office in an undisclosed location, Mark Mayton talks shop with two United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. It's 4:30 p.m. on a Thursday and Mayton has been going ...
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Hickory Log Vocational School Director Greg Flowers inspects damage done during a recent theft at a barn on the organization’s property. MATT SHINALL/The Daily Tribune News
Thieves strike Hickory Log Vocational School
Giving a home and support to developmentally disabled men, Hickory Log Vocational School has seen its fair share of financial challenges throughout the recession, but further obstacles have now ari...
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Kathy Floyd, Bartow County Extension coordinator, gives a free seminar on home canning and preserving at Saturday’s farmers market. Floyd also held a Q&A on the subjects. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Growing and Keeping Tips
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Thieves strike Hickory Log Vocational School
By Matt Shinall matt.shinall@daily-tribune.com Giving a home and support to developmentally disabled men, Hickory Log Vocational School has seen its fair share of financial challenges throughout t...
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* Pioneer Days When: Sept
* Pioneer Days When: Sept. 2 from 4 to 11 p.m.; Sept. 3 from noon to 11 p.m.; Sept. 4 from noon to 11 p.m.; and Sept. 5 from noon to 10 p.m. Where: Sam Smith Park, 1155 Douthit Ferry Road in Carter...
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Buses line up at CCES waiting for students to board. Every day more than 10,000 Bartow County and Cartersville school students make their daily commute on a school bus. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Wheels on the bus: Take a ride with The Daily Tribune News before and after school
Every day more than 10,000 Bartow County and Cartersville school students make their daily commute on the school bus, facing early mornings and varied temperatures while gearing up and winding down...
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Retired Atlanta Braves Manager Bobby Cox pets “Red,” being held by Etowah Valley Humane Society Kennel Technician Glynn Tidwell, during a tour Thursday morning of the facility with his wife, Pam. DAYTON P. STRICKLAND/The Daily Tribune News
Pam and Bobby Cox lend support to EVHS benefit Sept. 4
To address the ongoing problem of animal overpopulation, Pam and Bobby Cox are joining the Etowah Valley Humane Society to present South Paw Fan Fest -- Pinch Hitting for Pets on Sept. 4. Along wit...
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Airport Authority conducts business toward expansion
Members of the Cartersville-Bartow County Airport Authority met Thursday for a called meeting to discuss business regarding the construction of a new hangar at the Cartersville Airport. The hangar ...
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For the upcoming Relay for Life event, 10 year cancer survivor Benita Hill makes luminaries with her grandchildren, from left, Logan, Lyle and AnaClaire Woody. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Registration under way for Relay survivor dinner, lap
As a 10 year cancer survivor who's lost both parents to the disease, Benita Hill is thankful for Bartow County's annual Relay for Life event. Participating in the American Cancer Society fundraiser...
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Staff Sgt. Phillips Casey, center, was honored at the state Capitol Monday for his service in the U.S. Army. Pictured are Adairsville officials, left to right, City Manager Pat Crook, Interim Police Chief Robert Jones, Mayor Evan King, Councilman Buddy Bagley, Casey, Councilman Erwin Holcomb, Councilman Connie Morrow and State Rep. Christian Coomer, R-Cartersville. Special
Adairsville soldier receives state recognition
On March 9, along the banks of a river in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Phillips Barton Casey was injured during a dismounted combat patrol resulting in the loss of his right leg. Less than six...
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Steve McCarty, interpretive ranger at Etowah Indian Mounds, looks at a piece of chert and flint, the two most popular materials for flintknapping. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Popular flintknapping program returns to Etowah Indian Mounds on Saturday
For primitive artisan Randy Ballew, the Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site's upcoming flintknapping program will be the ideal opportunity to showcase the art of creating weapons like spear po...
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Secondary JDA convenes for first meeting
The newly established Cartersville-Bartow County Second Joint Development Authority convened Tuesday for organizational duties, election of officers and an intergovernmental agreement. The original...
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A group attending Tuesday night’s Georgia Department of Transportation open house in Bartow County looks at the Statewide Improvement Program that includes Bartow’s District 6. Facing the poster from the left, Norma Gross, Mable Cook, Pamela Potter, Tracy Rodger and Mary Martin. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
GDOT open house allows citizens to voice opinions
Locals opposed to the suggested U.S. Highway 411 Connector, Route D-VE gathered with officials from the Georgia Department of Transportation Tuesday evening to discuss the project. While perusing ...
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Locals report feeling quake
There was a whole lot of shaking going on along the East Coast Tuesday. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered in Virginia occurred at 1:51 p.m. and had local residents -- and the eastern seaboard -- ...
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