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Jackson Baggley, left, and Tavontai Echols learn how to save money during the Hamilton State Bank youth presentation during the Eddie Lee Wilkins Youth Association Summer Program sponsored by the City of Cartersville. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Children learn financial lesson at basketball camp
Learning from a professional is what attracts a lot of campers to the summer programs of the Eddie Lee Wilkins Youth Association, but most are probably expecting to learn about basketball -- not co...
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Lynn Hilburn, supervisor at Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter, explains how the shelter’s conference room will be converted into a computer lab. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Good Neighbor receives funding for computer lab
The Good Neighbor Homeless Shelter's dream of housing a computer lab is coming to fruition, courtesy of funds secured by Heritage Baptist Church and the Rotary Club of Bartow County. "In this case,...
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CVB seeks sponsors for Miss Georgia USA, Miss Georgia Teen USA pageants
With the Miss Georgia USA and Miss Georgia Teen USA pageants about five months away, the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau is busy recruiting sponsors to help cover expenses a...
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Emergency personnel work the scene of an accident Wednesday evening where a 65-year-old man was killed and a female passenger injured. The single-vehicle accident occurred after 6 p.m. around mile marker 289 on Interstate 75 northbound. AMANDA RYKER/The Daily Tribune News
One dead, one injured in I-75 crash
One person was pronounced dead at Cartersville Medical Center Wednesday after being transported by Bartow's Emergency Medical Services following a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 75 northboun...
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Stacey Leigh Wallace
Stacey Leigh Wallace, 37, of Kingston Road, Rome, passed away at her residence Wednesday, June 6, 2012. For the full obituary, please see the print or e-edition.
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Fowler follows dream of being a music promoter
Along with being a small business owner, a former sheriff's deputy and past Emerson chief of police, Herb Fowler is adding music promoter to his résumé. Saturday marked the Cartersville native's pr...
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Bartow County Commissioner candidates get settled before the start of Tuesday night’s debate at The Grand Theatre in Cartersville where they took questions from a local news media panel. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Commissioner candidates vie for votes at final forum
In the third and final debate before the July 31 Republican primary for Bartow County Commissioner, candidates tried to differentiate themselves from the pack. The five qualified candidates took th...
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Mixed views on teen summer employment
By Mark Andrews mark.andrews@daily-tribune.com When performer Eddie Cochran sang about "Summertime Blues" in the late 1950s, he made light-hearted references to young people trying to make ends me...
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Community leaders to host commissioner, mayors prayer luncheon
By Matt Shinall matt.shinall@daily-tribune.com Sixteen years ago leaders from local governments, businesses and the faith community came together for a prayer meeting, beginning a lasting traditio...
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People's Choice Awards survey available online through Aug. 31
By Marie Nesmith marie.nesmith@daily-tribune.com Drawing more than 70 percent of its visitation from metro Atlanta, which includes Bartow County, Tellus Science Museum's appeal to area patrons is ...
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Franco Rossi, Aquafil USA president, by using rooftop solar panels, is looking for the sun to fulfill some of his company’s energy needs. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Aquafil USA installs one of state's largest solar panel systems here
By Matt Shinall matt.shinall@daily-tribune With an array of photovoltaic solar panels covering nearly half of the roof at Aquafil's Cartersville facility, the Italian company likely holds the reco...
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J.B. Tate, center, oversees the construction of the base where the Etowah marker is being erected. Matthew Smith, second from left, has a personal connection to the former town. His great-grandmother resided in its village when she was young. Below, Etowah’s rolling mill and village is illustrated. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Restored marker highlights town of Etowah
Once a bustling industrial center, the former town of Etowah has been reduced to one structure. Gradually diminishing from the public's consciousness, most of the 1800s town was destroyed during th...
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Death and mayhem continue on Bartow's roads
Staff Report Alton Lamar Vaughan, 39, of Cartersville lost his life Friday evening around 8:50 p.m. on Shotgun Road in a single vehicle accident in an evening full of motor vehicle accidents. He wa...
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BARTOW BLOTTER — 6.10
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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Guest speaker Jack Staver presents his views to the audience at Saturday’s T-SPLOST event in Cartersville. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Bartow Tea Party slams T-SPLOST
By John DeFoor Staff Writer The Bartow Tea Party sponsored a forum Saturday to discuss the T-SPLOST Tax Referendum, a topic that soon will be voted on throughout Georgia. According to www.t-splost...
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