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Jason Anetsberger with Komatsu America demonstrates the company's new dozer with fully automatic blade control at the Norlth American training and demonstration facility in Cartersville. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Komatsu unveils new dozer at Cartersville HQ
Industry journalists and distribution representatives came to Komatsu’s North American headquarters in Cartersville Tuesday to try out the company’s first intelligent machine-controlled bulldozer. ...
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Man stabbed during argument with girlfriend
Staff Report On Saturday just after 10 p.m., a Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched to a Brandy Lane address in reference to a medical call later to be determined as an aggravated a...
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Unfair exit: Group petitions for change to proposed Third Army interchange
Call it the unfair exit. Under a proposed interchange at Interstate 75 and Third Army Road, a limited access road would bridge the distance from the interstate to U.S. Highway 41, effectively cutti...
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@White=[C] Cartersville cancer survivor celebrates life at CTCA ceremony
@White=[C] To celebrate her five-year, cancer-free milestone, Venetia Flowers took part in the commemorative tree planting ceremony at Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Me...
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@White=[C] Superintendent's contract extension contested at Bartow board meeting
@White=[C] The Bartow County Board of Education on Monday voted to extend the contract of Superintendent John Harper for another two years. However, the vote wasn’t unanimous and board member Matt...
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Bartow superintendent's contract extension contested
The Bartow County Board of Education on Monday voted to extend the contract of Superintendent John Harper for another two years. However, the vote wasn’t unanimous and board member Matt Shultz, who...
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Man stabbed during argument with girlfriend
On Saturday just after 10 p.m., a Bartow County Sheriff’s Office deputy was dispatched to a Brandy Lane address in reference to a medical call later to be determined as an aggravated assault under ...
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Cartersville cancer survivor celebrates life at CTCA ceremony
To celebrate her five-year, cancer-free milestone, Venetia Flowers took part in the commemorative tree planting ceremony at Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Midwestern Regional Medical Center...
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Unfair exit: Group petitions for change to proposed Third Army interchange
Call it the unfair exit. Under a proposed interchange at Interstate 75 and Third Army Road, a limited access road would bridge the distance from the interstate to U.S. Highway 41, effectively cutti...
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Kingston Elementary School teacher Carla Barnes, left, and New Hope Elementary School teacher Nancy Honea work on an exercise during Discovery Education’s Common Core workshop academy Friday at the Bartow County Learning Center. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Teachers get schooled on Common Core
On Thursday and Friday, educators from Georgia, Alabama and Florida attended day-long Common Core State Standard workshops conducted by the company Discovery Education and held at the Bartow Learni...
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Children need fathers, fathers need children
I became a father for the first time on Dec. 23, 1992. I was barely more than a child myself, having married the love of my life on her 19th birthday, with me a scant six months older than her. Hav...
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Tyra markets CMC from director position
By Jessica Loeding jessica.loeding@daily-tribune.com It’s no wonder Ginger Tyra had no problem fitting into her new community three years ago. The effervescent 50-year-old treats everyone she meets...
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Men run from police
On Friday, at approximately 9:10 p.m. on Red Top Mountain Road and Waterside Drive in Emerson, the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office and Georgia State Patrol conducted a highway safety check, during w...
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Jim Humphreys plants some additional daylilies in his garden. Humphreys says the bulk of his daylilies are historic. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Daylily society highlights private gardens on fundraising tour
Coming on the heels of its annual daylily exhibition and plant sale, the Northwest Georgia Daylily Society is hoping to grow funds for future endeavors through a garden tour. Scheduled for Saturday...
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Cartersville Ducks Unlimited brings home fundraising award; information meeting set for June 27
The Cartersville Ducks Unlimited Chapter found itself in the spotlight earlier this month with chapter-wide recognition for fundraising and an individual award going to Co-Chair Sarah Tonsmeire for...
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