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Cartersville processing center makes list of USPS sites under review
Faced with a massive nationwide infrastructure that is no longer financially sustainable, the U.S. Postal Service Thursday proposed sweeping changes designed to save the organization up to $3 billi...
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A long line of Bartow County residents lined up for food distributed by Tallatoona in April at the ATCO clubhouse. Resource officials in Bartow County have seen a drastic rise in need as the nation’s poverty rate worsens. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News, file
Evidence seen locally of poverty rate increase
More Americans are now living in poverty than they have in the 52 years of record keeping by the U.S. Census Bureau. Although the percentage is 7.3 points lower than that of when the study began in...
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Volunteers improved the curb appeal of Joyce Lingerfelt’s Cartersville residence during SPLASH Bartow. Some of the projects included painting her home’s exterior and removing tons of brush from her property. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News, file
Splash Celebration set for Sunday
To highlight those blessed by the local church community's mission work, SPLASH Celebration will be presented Sunday evening. Starting at 6 p.m., SPLASH Celebration will be held at the Clarence Bro...
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Booth Western Art Museum Docent Spencer Dillard, left, describes the details about a painter’s style to visitors this week. In recognition of Museum Day, Sept. 24, the Booth and Bartow History Museum will offer free admission to guests with Museum Day tickets, available at www.smithsonian.com/museumday/ticket/. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Museum Day to offer free look at local venues Sept. 24
Two of Georgia Museum Inc.'s venues will join hundreds of cultural sites next week for the seventh annual Museum Day. On Sept. 24, the participating venues, which will include Cartersville's Booth ...
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Cardiologist Maxwell Prempeh, M.D., works in the Cartersville Medical Center’s new heart lab. CMC has been named to the Joint Commission’s inaugural list of the nation’s top performing hospitals. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News, file
Cartersville Medical lands on list of top performing hospitals
"Honored" is the reaction heard from officials at Cartersville Medical Center after being named to the Joint Commission's inaugural list of top performing hospitals across the nation. The Joint Com...
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Grandmother Marion Vidoli talks with her granddaughter Giulia Vidoli, center, and classmates Kennedy Elliott, left, and Kyndel Smith during Grandparents Month(s) at Cartersville Elementary School. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Local schools celebrate grandparents
While the nation reflected this week on 9/11, schools across Bartow County also recognized Sunday as National Grandparents Day, giving grandparents opportunities to visit their grandchildren at sch...
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Bartow County Sheriff’s deputy and former Marine Daniel Weathers stays in shape by regular trips to a local gym. Weathers was injured in Iraq when a suicide bomber detonated, sending shrapnel flying. The Cass High graduate suffered a wound to the right arm, the leg and the neck, which was scarred when a surgeon cut open the wound to clean the carotid artery. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Weathering the storm: War changed life for former Marine, U.S. military
When Daniel Weathers left for Parris Island, S.C., in July 2001, his future as a United States Marine was one of any 18-year-old’s dreams — foreign ports, women, alcohol. But Sept. 11 changed that ...
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Visitors playing the Cass Colonels softball team usually bring umbrellas rain or shine because the late afternoon sun shines directly on the visitors stands. Tuesday night Cass hosted Adairsville with Cass beating the visiting Tigers 8-5. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Come Rain or Shine
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Karen Ruetz, from left, Bill Brown and Terri Cox rehearse a scene from “Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming.” SPECIAL
'Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming' to open Friday at The Grand Theatre
Through "Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming," theater patrons will be able to revisit Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and catch up with the happenings of the Sanders Family Singers. Penned by Connie Ray,...
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Executive Director of the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention and Visitors Bureau Ellen Archer and Bartow County Commissioner Clarence Brown accept an award recognizing the Clarence Brown Conference Center as gold certified for Leadership in Environmental Engineering and Design. MATT SHINALL/The Daily Tribune News
Conference center gains LEED Gold certification
Setting out to attain environmental and sustainable building status, those involved in the engineering, design and construction of the Clarence Brown Conference Center exceeded expectations. The U....
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Home invasion offenders get life sentences
Suspects who pleaded guilty in connection with a home invasion that occurred on Jan. 10 were sentenced in Superior Court Tuesday. In January, Cartersville Police Department Capt. Frank Cline said ...
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Multiple units from the Bartow County Fire Department responded to the scene of a barn fire at 791 Sugar Valley Road Monday just after 2:30 p.m. Neighbors on the scene reported hearing and feeling an explosion then seeing flames above the treetops. Precaution was taken with the structure as the barn contained explosive and hazardous materials. As of press time there was no further information available. MATT SHINBALL/The Daily Tribune News
Barn fire on Sugar Valley Road
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Health department issues food inspection results
The following food service inspections were issued by the Bartow County Health Department from Sept. 4 to 10: * Autumn Years, 60 Massell Drive in Cartersville, inspected Sept. 8, 69/U; * Cartersvil...
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Dr. Ron Heck and his wife, Gretchen, look at metal yard art at last year’s Arts Festival at Rose Lawn. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News, File
Arts Festival at Rose Lawn to feature more than 100 artists this weekend
Like many of her fellow Bartow Countians, the Arts Festival at Rose Lawn has become an annual tradition for Jennifer Wiggins Matthews. First attending the offering as a child when her aunt was a ve...
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Kingston city council takes no action at regular meeting
With a quorum in attendance and four items on the agenda, no motions were made and no votes were taken in Kingston Monday -- save the tabling of items. Circumstances surrounding the agenda items le...
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