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BARTOW BIO — Jacob Hawkins: Tales from the campaign trail
For six months, Cartersville native Jacob Hawkins traversed the East coast visiting battleground states as a member of the national presidential campaign for Newt Gingrich. Working out of Atlanta a...
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Lauren Proctor used the Dixie Highway Yard Sale as an opportunity to take her daughter Taylor on her first mother-daughter shopping trip.
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Strategies and people along the Dixie Highway Yard Sale
Georgia residents and visitors from nearby states gathered around Old U.S. Highway 41 over the weekend for the Dixie Highway annual Yard Sale. The event stretches over 90 miles in North Georgia -- ...
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Search and rescue boats from area agencies search for a drowning victim Saturday afternoon on Lake Allatoona.
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Lake Allatoona takes another life
Bartow County 911 was contacted about two subjects drowning in Lake Allatoona near the Navy Lake Site Saturday afternoon at 1:26 p.m. According to a Bartow County Sheriff's Office press release, wi...
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Working at his wheel, Ronnie Payne turns one of 12 balls of clay into a mug. Along with the medium mugs, Payne created numerous pottery pieces, including four large mixing bowls, six sets of salt and pepper shakers, two half-gallon straight wall pitchers, nine candleholders and four vases on Wednesday.
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Emerson potter follows his passion
As the breeze rustles through a nearby wind chime, Ronnie Payne works to the beat of his own making, absorbed in wedging clay and turning pottery. A full-time potter, the Emerson resident who owns ...
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BARTOW BLOTTER — 6.3
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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Coosa River Basin Initiative group monitoring Etowah River for bacteria
In an effort to provide river users with information about when it's safe to play in the Etowah River, the Coosa River Basin Initiative this month launched its summer bacteria monitoring program on...
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Magician Ken Scott helps kick off the Bartow County Library System’s children and teen summer reading program Friday at the Adairsville branch, the first of three he visited.
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Magician delights crowd at library
To kick off the Bartow County Library System's children and teen summer reading programs on Friday, the three library branches hosted renowned magician Ken Scott. A two-time winner of the Greater A...
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Salvation Army volunteer Lamar Ramsey places a pair of slacks on a hanger in preparation for the re-opening of the nonprofit’s Family Store at 14 Felton Place in Cartersville.
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Salvation Army to re-open Family Store Tuesday
In response to the public's feedback, The Salvation Army's Cartersville Corps is re-opening its Family Store at a new location Tuesday at 9 a.m. Now located at 14 Felton Place, near the nonprofit's...
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One that got away
The article titled "Cartersville and state offer free fishing" in the Thursday, June 1, edition of The Daily Tribune News contained an error. The youth fishing event will be held Monday, June 4, fr...
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New LakePoint video shows later opening
According to a new official video released this week promoting LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center, the opening date has been pushed to 2014. "In 2014, you are welcome to seize the turf," th...
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Cartersville and state offer free fishing
Longtime and new anglers are encouraged to drop each other a line as National Fishing and Boating Week begins Saturday. "In conjunction with [NFBW], we've started these fishing rodeos with a youth...
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'Moon Over Buffalo' to open June 15
Describing "Moon Over Buffalo" as a fast-paced, "well-written farce about theater," Corinne Scott is delighted to direct her second production penned by Ken Ludwig. Presented by the Pumphouse Playe...
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Magistrate Judge John P. Jones listens to a defendant Thursday plead his case. For 2012, the Magistrate Court budget is set at $635,500, which is up more than $8,000 from the previous year. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Magistrate, Superior Courts see increase in case load
* Editor's Note: This is part of an ongoing series that will look at Bartow County's budget by department. Case loads that appear before Bartow's courts continue to rise with crime, drug abuse and ...
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Maxine Brewer purchases some squash from Bartow County farmer Donald Cochran Wednesday morning at the Downtown Farmers Market. The market operates Wednesdays and Saturdays during the summer. Held at Founders Oak Park along Public Square in Cartersville, the annual market opens at sunup and closes about noon or when the farmers sell all of their produce. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Numerous events on tap for weekend
For the Summer Concert Series' show on Saturday, the Cartersville Downtown Development Authority will welcome the Eastern Seaboard Band to Friendship Plaza. Held in conjunction with the Tom Clayton...
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Bartow County firefighters complete extinguishing a boat fire around noon Tuesday on Lake Allatoona. The boat eventually drifted into this cove where it was moved near the bank to be towed. One person was on board and swam to an opposite bank and suffered minor burns. 
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Allatoona boat fire causes man to swim nearly a mile
Tuesday began calmly following a busy Memorial Day for Bartow's first responders when a fire erupted, consuming a boat on Lake Allatoona around noon. One man was on board and was able to swim close...
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