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Local shares advice on work-from-home online business
When Michelle Schoen decided to leave the rat race of corporate America and work at home to have more time with family, she waded through scams before realizing she had all the tools she needed for...
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Earl Small Memorial Concert set for Aug. 18
The sounds of the Atlanta Rhythm Section, Confederate Railroad and Little River Band will ring out at The Earl Small Memorial Concert Aug. 18 at Harley-Davidson of Cartersville -- 2281 Highway 411 ...
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A bomb squad officer, right, watches the Civil War shell as it is being transported to the bomb vehicle chamber by a line he attached. The bomb squad removed the shell and will dispose of it. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Live cannon shell found at Adairsville depot museum
It was far from a typical afternoon in a small Southern town. About 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Adairsville Police Department was dispatched to the historic Adairsville train depot on the square in res...
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Blood Assurance, United Way team up for joint effort Friday
With both organizations in need of donors, Blood Assurance and United Way of Bartow County are hosting an event Friday to help others in two very different ways. For Blood Assurance, summer is a di...
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Fundraising in full swing for Relay for Life
With Bartow County's Relay for Life 44 days away, enthusiasm is revving up for the American Cancer Society's benefit. "Summer is our slower time. So now that people are geared up to go back for sch...
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Report suggests rising trend in poverty, one in six poor
A report released by the Associated Press Sunday suggests the national poverty rate is likely to increase when census data is revealed this fall. Currently standing at 15.1 percent from 2010 census...
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BARTOW BLOTTER — 7.24
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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Tellus Science Museum patrons watch the rockets they built take off at the venue’s “Build & Blast! Model Rocket Workshop” on Saturday. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Patrons reach new heights at model rocket workshop
On Saturday, about 70 patrons explored the basics of rocketry at the Tellus Science Museum's "Build & Blast! Model Rocket Workshop." "A lot of the things that we do have a delayed sense of gratific...
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Rhodes no longer Taylorsville mayor
By Jessica Loeding jessica.loeding@daily-tribune.com The town of Taylorsville -- population 211 -- no longer has a mayor. Bartow County Elections Supervisor Joseph Kirk confirmed Monday that forme...
Jul 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Tina Grubbs is executive director of Bartow Collaborative. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Tina Grubbs an agent for agencies
In the world of Tina Grubbs, helping facilitate various agencies to come together to serve the community of Bartow County is all part of a day's work. A native of Bartow County, the Rydal resident ...
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New business lends a hand through Bartow's Angels
When Amber Blevins founded Bartow's Angels, she planned to help a single family at Christmas, instead she has amassed hundreds of online followers, organized an overwhelming amount of donations and...
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BARTOW BLOTTER — 7.22
- 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, an...
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Bartow County Sheriff’s Office Firearms Instructor Sgt. Richey Harrell, center, works with Adairsville Police Department Officer Matt Bogue, right, during active shooter training Tuesday at Adairsville Middle School. Cartersville Medical Center Security Director Bob Goodner plays the gunman in the mock scenario showing how to search rooms during a shooting situation. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Active shooter: Officers train for the unthinkable
*Editor's Note: This is part of an ongoing series on education and training for local law enforcement. Thirteen years and 18 miles apart, three suspects in two Colorado shooting sprees leave 24 dea...
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No injuries in tractor trailer crash that snarls I-75 traffic for hours
There were no injuries in a tractor-trailer crash Friday evening on I-75 at mile marker 280, but there were severe traffic delays. Georgia State Patrol reports a 2011 Freightliner jackknifed at the...
Jul 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Thelma Harris Wilkins holds a portrait of her father, Daniel Harris, who assisted Webster Wheeler with the building of the Noble Hill School in 1923. She is photographed in the room at Noble Hill — now an African-American cultural museum — where her father’s portrait is displayed. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Adairsville Black Historical Society presents Harris Family Heritage events
For Thelma Harris Wilkins, The Harris Family Heritage Night will be an opportunity to reunite with relatives and celebrate their ancestors' numerous contributions to Bartow County. To be presented ...
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