Cartersville Council gets first look at 2013-14 budget Cartersville City Council got its first look Thursday at the $145,329,420 budget prepared for fiscal year 2014. The bad news — revenues are down and expenses are up. The good news — no property tax...
Dellinger Park Pool to debut Saturday Despite the recent rainy weather, the city of Cartersville’s newly constructed Dellinger Park Pool is on tap to open Saturday.
“We’re so excited to see what kind of response that we will get for it...
Two enter guilty pleas in 2012 armed robbery Two men charged in connection with the armed robbery of a downtown Cartersville business entered guilty pleas Tuesday in Bartow County Superior Court.
Deric Christopher Williams and Raymond “Ray” A...
BCBOE sees ‘dismal’ FY14 tentative budget According to the tentative proposed FY14 budget approved at Monday’s business meeting, Bartow County Schools will see a $6 million shortfall in the coming year — further reducing the system’s fund ...
Private eye: Owner of Action Detective Agency named to state board Nothing about Bart Mitcham says detective, but that works to his benefit.
Coming from a military family — his father and mother met through the military in World War II and his brother was an Army ...
SCMS student wins shirt design contest Brandon Gonzalez, an eighth-grade student at South Central Middle School, has won the annual county-wide T-shirt design contest for the upcoming Bartow County school bus rodeo.
“We have a Bartow Co...
Louie's Cafe moves downtown, construction underway For the past three years, Will and Mary Elizabeth Sprague have watched their family and business grow. Louie’s Cafe — the family’s breakfast, lunch and catering business — is named after their 3-ye...
Summer H.E.A.T. crackdown on DUI, speed begins The temperatures won’t be the only thing heating up this summer.
Across the state, law enforcement agencies will roll out the 10th season of 100 Days of Summer H.E.A.T. (Highway Enforcement of Aggr...
Community Foundation awards area nonprofits $21,000 The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia recently announced recipients in its spring grant cycle, in which more than $80,000 was awarded to organizations across the region, including $21,000 f...
Bartow schools to vote on budget, increase meal prices Late Friday afternoon, the Bartow County Board of Education added to its Monday, May 20, business session agenda an item regarding the approval of the Fiscal Year 2014 agenda. Calls to Superintende...
Child abandoned at Wal-Mart during shoplifting attempt A 5-year-old boy was left behind in Wal-Mart Thursday afternoon when his custodian fled the store during a shoplifting attempt.
When dispatched to the scene, the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office depu...
Chasing December competes in Battle of the Bands Describing themselves as “the definitive modern rock band,” Chasing December is the only Bartow County musical act competing in the fourth annual State Mutual Insurance Battle of the Bands.
Along w...
Suspect in White pot operation faces 45 felony counts A Kennesaw man with a checkered past is in custody after White police say he was behind marijuana plants and stolen credit cards found at a home in the city limits.
White Police Chief David King sa...
Dixie Highway Yard Sale sellers to promote wares online As the Dixie Highway 90-Mile Yard Sale approaches, prospective sellers are encouraged to promote their wares on two online sites.
“We have a new website. It is olddixiehighwayyardsale.com,” said Re...
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