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Armadillos are slow moving creatures with poor eyesight lending to a high fatality rate on busy roads. This armadillo, found on North Tennessee St., is among an increasing number of the creatures migrating into north Georgia. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Armadillos advance into northern territory
Bartow County and other north Georgia communities are seeing an increase this year in armadillo sightings. Recent years have seen the local population grow along with complaints concerning their pe...
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Health department issues food inspection report
The following food service inspections were issued by the Bartow County Health Department from July 17 to 23: * Appalachian Grill, 14 E. Church St. in Cartersville, inspected July 22, 91/A; * Arby'...
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Bartow Business Association announces dissolvement
Formed in 2007, the Bartow Business Association announced last week it would be dissolving the organization and ending all functions. Membership numbers have declined in recent months due in part t...
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Man airlifted after crash involving fire engine
One person was airlifted to an Atlanta hospital after a vehicle struck a Bartow County Fire Department engine Monday afternoon. According to BCFD, an engine was conducting hydrant checks along High...
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Bartow Blotter 7-26
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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The People’s Choice Awards named Johnny Mitchell’s barbecue establishment Bartow’s Best Restaurant in 2009 and 2010. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Online voting under way for People's Choice Awards
Already twice decorated, Johnny Mitchell's Smokehouse is the restaurant to beat in this year's People's Choice Awards. Established in 2005 by the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bu...
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'Welcome to the neighborhood:' Emerson approves LakePoint Sports incentives package
After taking almost an hour of a work session to answer concerns, the Emerson City Council on Monday voted to approve an incentives package, or memorandum of understanding, with LakePoint Land, LLC...
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Kim Poe, left, 6th grade teacher at Cartersville Middle School, and her daughter, Madison, 11, a rising 7th grader at CMS, decorate Poe’s classroom Monday afternoon. Poe is beginning her 21st year of teaching, her 12th at CMS. DAYTON P. STRICKLAND/The Daily Tribune News
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Sit Or Sleep co-owners Mike Elrod, left, and Mark Roberts, in the store’s main warehouse showroom at 600 South Tennessee St. in Cartersville. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
SOS furniture liquidator brings wholesale to the public
After 28 years in the wholesale furniture business, Mark Roberts, co-owner of Sit Or Sleep, has opened his first retail location. His career has spanned the globe from Italy to Brazil and all point...
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Bob Massie, a Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter volunteer, prepares lunch for guests in the nonprofit’s kitchen. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Tickets on sale for Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter's Our Hearts, Their Harbor benefit
With the return of Our Hearts, Their Harbor, the Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter is seeking to create a signature event to generate needed funds for the nonprofit. "Our purpose for this event is to ...
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Author Barbara Tarnow reads to her friend and subject of her book, “My Friend Noah.” SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
'My Friend Noah' teaches how all friends are different
Cloverleaf Elementary School instructor and first time author Barbara Tarnow says her book, "My Friend Noah," comes from her experiences working with special needs students and seeing there is no w...
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CPD arrests five after safety check
Cartersville police officers conducted a driver safety check on U.S. Highway 411 near Industrial Park Road Thursday evening. Five arrests were made with charges including DUI, open container, posse...
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CRBI's 'Pink Paddle' to save biodiversity, breasts
Local river protection groups and Woodstock resident Agatha Bresnan are teaming up to raise money for breast cancer awareness and river protection through a 15-mile paddle down the Etowah River in ...
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Woodright Industries awarded Three-Year CARF Accreditation
CARF International announced that Woodright Industries has been accredited for a period of three years in the programs listed below. The latest accreditation is the fifth consecutive Three-Year Acc...
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Adairsville officials receive state recognition
Representatives from Adairsville traveled to Savannah last month to receive training and awards on behalf of the city. City Manager Pat Crook and councilmen Alan Towe, Erwin Holcomb and Connie Morr...
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