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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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Emerson approves two resolutions and readings
Emerson's city council wrapped up a quick regular meeting Monday night with approvals of second readings. Previously, the city had discussed an amendment to a sign ordinance, changing the text on t...
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Cost of business here lower than average
An recent analysis report by Electric Cities of Georgia's Department of Economic and Community Development shows the cost of doing business in Bartow County is 19 percent lower than the national av...
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Drought disaster declaration includes us
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack declared Thursday 150 Georgia counties -- including Bartow -- as disaster areas due to drought conditions and extreme heat. Gov. Nathan Deal requested the ...
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Mallory McElhaney, right, demonstrates with out-stretched hands how exciting building blocks can be with her sister Finley. The sisters have been diagnosed with Leigh’s Disease. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Euharlee family helps UMDF spread awareness about mitochondrial disease
As Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week approaches, Patrick McElhaney and his wife, Dawn, are trying to raise public consciousness about the disorder that has impacted their two youngest daughters....
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Bartow County Fire Department Sgt. Adam Blair, center, and Firefighter Chris Pealor lay a wreath while Capt. Darrell Abernathy, left, looks on during the ceremony Sunday afternoon. DAYTON P. STRICKLAND/The Daily Tribune News
Bartow remembers 9/11
Cartersville Fire Chief Scott Carter’s words at a remembrance ceremony commemorating the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001 echoed throughout Friendship Plaza in downtown Cartersville amid cheers a...
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Kingston’s David Lee and Nellie Applin, center, talk with Clayton County and state of Georgia officials on the grounds of the Queen Chapel cemetery last week. Pictured are Leslie J. Breland, from left, Georgia cultural and tourism product development manager, Eldrin Bell, Clayton County chairman board of commissioners, David Lee Applin, Nellie Applin, and Bruce Green, Georgia tourism product development director. The tourism and economic development professionals are hoping to further the site’s tourism potential related to its ties to first lady Michelle Obama. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Kingston ties to first lady prompts further research
A research team of tourism and economic development professionals recently revisited Kingston to strengthen the area's genealogical ties to first lady Michelle Obama. Clayton County Chairman of the...
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Luminaries line both sides of the athletic track at Dellinger Park as hundreds of walkers make their laps in support of finding a cure for cancer. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Every candle has a name
From Friday evening till the foggy crack of dawn on Saturday, cancer survivors and caregivers gathered together for The American Cancer Society's "Relay for Life" at Dellinger Park in Cartersville....
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BARTOW BIO — Gordon Gilley mentors thousands at Boys & Girls Clubs since 1990
A former member of the James T. Anderson Club in Marietta, Gordon Gilley knows firsthand the impact the Boys & Girls Clubs has on a community's youth. Hired in 1990, the Cartersville resident decid...
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