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Walker adds fiber-optic to two industrial parks
Walker County officials hope fiber-optic connections at its industrial parks will be a promising step toward luring more businesses and creating a wider range of job opportunities. The county rece...
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Update: Eight area men arrested in Chatsworth cockfighting raid
CHATSWORTH — Eight area men were among the 67 people arrested in a multi-agency bust of a cockfighting ring on Saturday. • Jose Arturo Becerra-Pineda, 36, 720 Cassville Road, Cartersville, charg...
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I-75 lanes closed in Gordon today
Two northbound lanes are closed today on I-75 in Gordon County between Exits 306 and 312, the Folsom Road and Fairmount Highway exits. The two left lanes of I-75 northbound between mile markers 3...
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Schools face grim outlook
The DeKalb County Board of Education will hold a work session Tuesday to discuss the impact of an increasingly grim financial outlook for its upcoming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. Like other ...
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Alabama legislators consider shortening school year
Published March 15, 2010 The financial crisis facing Alabama state government could mean a longer summer vacation for Fort Payne City and DeKalb County school children. The Alabama Legislature is ...
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Teenager killed in Cartersville shooting
A 19-year-old man was killed Saturday night after an altercation on Middlebrook Drive in Cartersville, reports stated. According to Bartow County Sheriff’s Office reports: Witnesses stated the fat...
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Effort to counter hemlock pest is multistate job
CHATTANOOGA , Tenn. (AP) — The effort to protect hemlock trees from an invasive pest has forestry officials and nature groups working across state lines. The hemlock wooly adelgid has laid waste ...
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Bartow involved in child porn sting that yields 67 arrests
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia authorities have arrested 67 suspects and seized more than 300 computers in the aftermath of a three-month child pornography crackdown. Among the agencies participating wa...
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Anheuser-Busch InBev aims to cut water use; Cartersville brewery already meets goal
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The world’s largest brewer announced today it aims to trim water use by 18.6% by end of 2012, establishing A-B InBev “as the most water-efficient global brewer in the world.” Last year, the company...
Man sentenced for traveling to Paulding to have sex with minor
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DALLAS, Ga. (AP) — A 32-year-old Kentucky man will serve 10 years in prison after he was convicted of traveling to Georgia to have sex with a minor. Paulding County Sheriff's spokesman Brandon Gur...
Paddlers travel past North Georgia Civil War sites
by Chattanooga Times Free Press
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About 30 paddlers from the Tennessee Valley Canoe Club floated about eight miles on a swollen West Chickamauga Creek on Saturday, tracing the route enthusiasts and local officials hope to make into...
DOT closing lanes on I-75 in Bartow today
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Lanes will be closed on I-75 between exits 278 and 285 — Glade Road and Red Top Mountain Road — today in Bartow County, according to the Georgia Department of Transportation. The two left lanes o...
West Ga. students on guard after assault, robbery
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CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) — Police are warning students at the University of West Georgia to be extra careful after two major crimes on campus. Authorities are investigating reports that a female stud...
Coroner: Man found in Chattooga River taken to GBI crime lab
by Kevin Myrick
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The body of an unidentified man found late Friday in the Lyerly area has been taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab to be identified. According to Chattooga County coroner Earle ...
Walker sheriff roasted by friends
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Walker County sheriff Steve Wilson was roasted by his comrades Friday night, hosted by the Rossville Exchange Club at the Walker County Civic Center. Wilson, who has been Walker County sheriff sin...
Walker schools: Long day, short year
by Chattanooga Times Free Press
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Walker County students will be getting a longer summer break, but they'll also be sitting in class longer each day. The school year that starts Aug. 16 will be 169 days instead of the present 180,...
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Microsoft moves to fill the void sure to be left after Google opens itself up in heavily-censored China
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