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High speed chase ends with arrest
On Friday at approximately 11:45 a.m., a Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputy met with the U.S. Marshals Service and the Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force in regard to multiple subjects possibly...
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Cartersville scouts Top Dogs with Top Spirit award
For the second year in a row, the Frontiersmen Patrol of Boy Scouts of America Troop 24, Cartersville, brought home the Top Dog award and for the first time brought home the Top Spirit award from t...
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Matthew Hughett traces the sun with the help of Tellus Science Museum's Sharon Christensen and John Absalon. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
'Meteorite Men' rock Tellus on National Astronomy Day
Tellus Science Museum on Saturday celebrated National Astronomy Day with a number of special events, including a lecture by Geoff Notkin and Seve Arnold, stars of the Science Channel TV show “Meteo...
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Steven Blume utilizes a computer in the Georgia Highlands College library in Cartersville. Diagnosed with autism at 2 1/2, he is surpassing his initial prognosis of possibly never being able to speak and currently is maintaining more than a 3.76 grade point average. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Georgia Highlands student surpasses initial autism prognosis
Steven Blume is proof that perseverance pays off. Diagnosed with autism at 2 1/2, the 21-year-old Cartersville resident now is preparing to graduate from Georgia Highlands College in May. This achi...
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Cartersville Chick-fil-A to host Leadercast
On May 10, world-renowned leadership experts will be on hand and on screen for the Chick-fil-A Leadercast, which will simulcast to thousands of guests at sites around the world. Leadercast was born...
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Job creation incentive extended for Bartow communities
At the close of 2012, two Bartow County districts defined by the U.S. Census lost a designation allowing for increased job tax credits for qualifying businesses. All of that changed, however, with ...
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School board to approve computer insurance
The Bartow County Board of Education on Monday will vote on a number of school technology purchases to be funded by the system’s Striving Readers Literacy Grant. Other items include the Special Pur...
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Red Top Mountain State Park’s business plan will be discussed at a community meeting Tuesday. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites to host community meetings
The future of Georgia’s state parks and historic sites will be discussed in community meetings throughout the state, with Red Top Mountain State Park’s set for Tuesday and Etowah Indian Mounds Hist...
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Wildfires set in Acworth
At approximately 10:35 p.m. Thursday, a Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputy responded to Scenic Mountain Drive, in Acworth, in reference to wildfires being set. According to the incident report, ...
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@White=[C] School board to approve computer insurance
@White=[C] The Bartow County Board of Education on Monday will vote on a number of school technology purchases to be funded by the system’s Striving Readers Literacy Grant. Other items include the...
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Investigation continues at Plant Bowen
An investigation to determine the cause of an explosion at Georgia Power’s Plant Bowen earlier this month is still ongoing. The April 4 incident caused only minor injuries at the coal-fired power p...
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Cartersville council tackles housekeeping chores
The Cartersville City Council tackled a myriad of housekeeping chores — rezoning requests, manhole rehabilitation and valve actuator installation to name a few — in its Thursday night meeting. Requ...
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Emerson gives green light to road realignment
In a called meeting Thursday, the Emerson City Council unanimously approved construction plans for the realignment of Ga. Highway 293 at LakePoint Sporting Community & Town Center in southern Barto...
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Body recovered from Etowah River
Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputies and investigators recovered a body from the Etowah River Thursday evening. According to Sheriff Clark Millsap, deputies and investigators responded to Jones ...
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Cartersville bride-to-be selects gown on TLC show
In the next 48 hours, Kayla Cannon will say “yes” to her gown and husband-to-be. With the episode airing one day before her wedding, television viewers will be able to watch the Cartersville reside...
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