🌱 Bond Set For Driver + City's Gains, Losses + Canes OL Commits

Hey, everybody. I'm back in your inbox this morning with everything you need to know about what's happening in Cartersville today. Here's the lowdown.

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First, today's weather:

A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 85 Low: 68.

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Here are the top three stories today in Cartersville:

1. Thirty-three-year-old Joshua Taylor Eaker is charged with causing a fatal accident in May. Judge Suzanne Smith set his bond at $1 million dollars. Jailed on May 17 on numerous charges, Eaker led Bartow Sheriff's deputies on a high-speed chase that ended with a pit maneuver. Eaker's truck struck an ATV operated by 48-year-old Dustin Cody Thomas of Calhoun. Thomas was fatally injured. (WBHF via Facebook)
2. The City of Cartersville concluded the 2022 fiscal year with $30,799,182 in total revenues — when the projected budget was just $27.7 million. Conversely, the city's general fund expenditures also surpassed expectations. Total expenditures at fiscal year's end came in at $29,873,769, although $27,783,465 in expenses were planned. (Subscription: The Daily Tribune)
3. With an announcement on social media, Cartersville's offensive lineman Johnathan Cline, pledged to Gus Malzahn's UCF Knights. Cline joins Brunswick's Jamal Merriweather as the only other offensive lineman in the '23 class. (Orlando Sentinel)

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Today in Cartersville:

• Ribbon Cutting for Brown Bag Café - 5698 Hwy. 20 East, Suite J (11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.)
• Dungeons & Dragons for Adults - Cartersville Library (6 - 7:45 p.m.)
• BINGO (Hosted by Suzanne Benoit) - Sixes Tavern (7 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• The American Rosie the Riveter Association is looking for women or descendants of women who worked in formerly all-male jobs during the World War II years of 1942-1945. For more information on the Rosies, email brittany.sorrells@retireatberry.com.
• Check out the latest jobs in the Cartersville area .(Cartersville Patch)
• See the five freshest homes of Cartersville to hit the market. (Cartersville Patch)
• Don't forget the United Way of Bartow County's 2nd annual cardboard boat race on Lake Allatoona! (Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau via Facebook)
• The Bartow County Library is excited about their fall programming at the library! Join them for everyone's favorite school lunch menu item, PIZZA! (Bartow County Library System via Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Tuesday. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Josee Noble

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