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Phillip Rodger Bennett, 58, of 17 Boatner Avenue in Cartersville, is accused of torching his neighbor's home. Bennett was booked into the Bartow County jail on Friday.

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Phillip Rodger Bennett, 58, has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with intent to murder in connection with the blaze at his neighbor's Boatner Avenue house.

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Cartersville Primary School Teacher of the Year Paige Robbins is Cartersville City Schools' Teacher of the Year 2014.

Cartersville Primary's Paige Robbins Is System Teacher of the Year

Assault with Intent to Murder, Manufacturing Marijuana Top Bartow Blotter

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By Elizabeth Hooper | Friday, May 17 | 21 comments

The Common Core program is the brainchild of Bill Gates. Do you think he is qualified to control every aspect of your child's public education?

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The Marque of Leadership

By Hayden Collins | Thursday, May 16

The Constitution grants to the U.S. Congress the right to grant these Letters of Marque, in the same section as the right to declare war and to call forth the militia.

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