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Bartow-Cartersville Drug Task Force Commander Capt. Mark Mayton, left, talks with Cpl. Terrance Roopchan of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s Criminal Gang Intelligence Unit on Thursday. The two met during the 2011 Operation Tradewinds in Antigua where Mayton was an instructor in gangs, drugs and intelligence. TONY ROSS/Special
'Unofficial visit' highlights area, int'l law enforcement cooperation
An "unofficial visit" to the U.S. -- with a side trip to Cartersville -- still meant work for Cpl. Terrance Roopchan of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service's Criminal Gang Intelligence Unit. Roo...
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SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News Above, Ansley Brinson was the first young woman at the MAGIC Camp to drive the telescopic forklift provided by the Yancey Brothers Caterpillar dealership. Below, Georgia Power engineer Randy Todd helps Starla Parker line up her materials for her welding project.
Camp shows young women a world of opportunities
No one pulled rabbits from a hat or sawed an assistant in half at MAGIC Camp last week, but young women from nearly every high school in the county were exposed to new skills and experiences in the...
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Supporters of the Booth Western Art Museum march in last year’s Fourth of July parade in downtown Cartersville. Dayton P. Strickland/The Daily Tribune News, file
Stars, Stripes and Cartersville to benefit Optimist Club's outreach projects
Through Stars, Stripes and Cartersville on July 4, area residents will have the ability to celebrate America's birthday as well as supporting the community's youth. The daylong offering, consisting...
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Blood Assurance issues appeal due to summer shortage
Blood Assurance is issuing a public appeal for O positive, O negative, A negative and B negative donations. The regional blood center donations are down due to the normal summer shortages. The Fo...
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India Jefferson, left, and Boys & Girls Club member Zhonna Caraballo spend time looking at art created by the Cartersville Unit’s youth. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Cartersville Century seeks cyclists for Boys & Girls Clubs benefit
With the Cartersville Century set for June 30, supporters of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bartow County are busy organizing the nonprofit's largest single fundraiser of the year. Started in 2000, the ...
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Isaiah John was among the 76 Bartow County students improving their reading skills this summer at the Bartow County Learning Center. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Learning Center aids with summer reading
In between swimming, sports and summer camps, about 76 Bartow County students have spent the last few weeks at the Bartow County Learning Center brushing up on reading skills in order to be on leve...
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Bartow County firefighters extinguish a fire on Clark Circle in Acworth around noon Thursday. BCFD Battalion Chief Sandy Turner, foreground, said the fire began in a bathroom after an electrical malfunction. Stations 1, 4, 6 and 9 responded to the blaze to find the double-wide mobile home fully involved. The homeowners were not home at the time and no one was injured.
Acworth Residence Lost in Fire
Bartow County firefighters extinguish a fire on Clark Circle in Acworth around noon Thursday. BCFD Battalion Chief Sandy Turner, foreground, said the fire began in a bathroom after an electrical ma...
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Kingston resident and historian Nelly Applin holds an advance copy of “American Tapestry” a book about the ancestry of First Lady Michelle Obama who has roots to Kingston. Applin assisted the book’s author, Rachel Swarns, when she did research for the book in Kingston. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Kingston resident recognized for help with book research
Enjoying a national release this week, "American Tapestry" looks at the ancestry of First Lady Michelle Obama and traces her roots to Kingston. In her research for "American Tapestry: The Story of ...
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Students in The Grand Theatre’s Elementary Music Theatre Camp rehearse the vignette, “From My Mother the Coach,” in the production “It’s Saturday!” that will be presented Saturday at 7 p.m. at The Grand Theatre in Cartersville. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
The Grand's Elementary Camp presents 'It's Saturday!'
As a director for The Grand Theatre's Summer Music Theatre Camps, Craig Hurley has introduced the ins-and-outs of theater to aspiring thespians for nearly 10 years. Along with assistant director Kr...
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DAN KNOWLES
Sheriff's candidates address issues on drugs, open communication
Hot topics soared across the stage of The Grand Theatre Tuesday night as candidates Dan Knowles and Clark Millsap politely addressed current issues of concern to Bartow citizens. Drugs and public e...
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Jim Dunham’s impression of Mark Twain will open the Booth Western Art Museum’s Summer Entertainment Series July 19. SPECIAL
Booth's Summer Entertainment Series opens July 19
Impersonating Mark Twain for nearly five decades, Jim Dunham is delighted to continue providing the public a glimpse into the American author and humorist. Presenting about three shows annually, Du...
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Anna Sullivan answers the question if her appointment to the Post 5 Bartow County school board was legal. Her opponent Greg Bowen listens to her response. SKIP BUTLER/The Daily Tribune News
Bartow schools Post 5 candidates take on law and board distractions
Bartow County Board of Education Post 5, Adairsville, candidates Anna Sullivan and Greg Bowen answered questions from the panel Tuesday at The Grand Theater ranging from the status of the Post 5 se...
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Senate District 52 hopefuls share stage Tuesday, tout individual records
Three candidates looking to fill the newly created Senate District 52 seat faced one another Tuesday at The Grand Theatre in an evening of debates. Hayden Collins, David Doss and Chuck Hufstetler t...
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Experts hope to ease concern over flesh-eating bacteria
Due to recent media attention and heightened public awareness, necrotizing fasciitis, also known as flesh-eating bacteria, has experts advising that serious infections are rare and no cause for gen...
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The Legacy of Summer Hill to spur membership
On Saturday, the Summer Hill Heritage Group's membership drive looks to highlight and strengthen the legacy of the former African-American school. "It's sort of like a reunion/homecoming but the pu...
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