🌱 Kicker Kicking Off + Kemp Announcement + Super 11 + Driver Robbed

Hi y'all. Josee Noble back this morning with your fresh copy of the Cartersville Daily. Here's all the community news you need to know right now.

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First, today's weather:

A stray morning thundershower. High: 88 Low: 65.

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Here are the top four stories today in Cartersville:

1. Jonathan Cruz, of Cartersville football and soccer, hopes to be Ole Miss' answer to their loss of a longterm kicker with his final year of eligibility. Ole Miss' is within a five-hour drive of his hometown of Cartersville, Georgia. (Rivals.com - Ole Miss)
2. Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Duluth Trading Company will build a new distribution and fulfillment facility in Adairsville. This is an investment of $53 million in Bartow County and will create more than 300 new jobs. (Gov.Georgia.gov)
3. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has compiled its preseason Super 11 team every summer since 1985. In addition to this year's best-of lists, subscribers can read profiles of the Super 11 All-time team of the last four decades. (The Atlanta Journal Constitution)
4. At the request of his uncle, a Bartow resident offered a ride to man he says robbed him with the help of another man before they arrived to the destination. The suspects reportedly took $100 in cash and an iPhone 11 Pro Max from the victim at gunpoint. (wbhfradio.org)

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Today in Cartersville:

• Sit 'n' Stitch - Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce (10 a.m.)
• First National Community Bank Customer Appreciation Day (noon)
• Whiskey Rose Band - Sixes Tavern (9 p.m. - midnight)

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From my notebook:

• Cartersville Area Adoptable Pets: Dogs, Cats & More. Which one (or two) will you take one home? (Cartersville Patch)
• 5 New Cartersville Area Houses For Sale. Peek inside the latest houses available now in the Cartersville area. (Cartersville Patch)
• Congratulations are in order to all of the AP Scholars and AP Teachers of Distinction at Adairsville High, Cass High and Woodland High School! (Bartow County College and Career Academy via Facebook)

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Now you're all caught up for today! You'll see you tomorrow, back in your inbox!

— Josee Noble

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