🌱 Walker Visits + Deputy Chief Arrest Details + Feeding Flood Victims

Hello, Cartersville! I'm here in your inbox today to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on in town. Follow along for the latest...

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First, today's weather:

A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 86 Low: 67.

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Here are the top four stories today in Cartersville:

1. Former University of Georgia football running back Herschel Walker is campaigning for his chance at a U.S. Senate seat in Georgia. He will appear at LakePoint Sports in Emerson today at 11:45. (Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce)
2. Florida's Polk County Sheriff's Office representatives have released details regarding the arrest of Cartersville Police Department Deputy Chief, Jason DiPrima. According to the statement, DiPrima was arrested for solicitation of "prostitution, lewdness or assignation" while in Orlando attending an American Polygraph Association seminar and workshop. (Subscription: The Daily Tribune; Free: polksheriff.org)
3. The total number of Georgia absentee ballots that were placed in drop boxes and counted for the 2020 general election have been published. GPB News, along with WABE, NPR and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution spent hundreds of hours analyzing more than 9,200 transfer forms that election workers used to track and count ballots retrieved from each drop box location in Georgia. Absentee ballots left in drop boxes at Bartow County locations totaled 4,810. (gpb.org)
4. John Nutters, who leads Genesis Ministries, said it responds to disaster areas to cook for victims of severe weather events like Labor Day weekend's flooding in Northwest Georgia. Genesis Ministries served chicken plates to at least 500 people on Monday. Monday night members smoked BBQ to feed hundreds more on Tuesday. (CBS 46 News)

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Today in Cartersville:

• CBC Coffee & Referrals Networking - Unity Grounds (8 - 9:30 a.m.)
• Senior Movie Matinee: Land - Cartersville Library (10:30 a.m.)
• Crafternoon: Fall Felt Wreath - Cartersville Library (3 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• CONGRATULATIONS to Bartow College and Career Academy's first ICARE Interns of the MONTH! (Bartow County College and Career Academy via Facebook)
• Don't miss out! Purchase your Ball Drop and 50/50 Raffle Tickets today! (Cartersville-Bartow Chamber via Instagram)
• GA Forecast | Coronavirus (The Lawton Constitution)

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You're all caught up for today. I'll see you around!

— Josee Noble

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