Former Editor of Cartersville Patch. She is a University of Georgia graduate and former crime-beat reporter with The Daily Tribune News in Cartersville.
Beliefs At Patch, we promise always to report the facts as objectively as possible and otherwise adhere to the principles of good journalism. However, we also acknowledge that true impartiality is impossible because human beings have beliefs. So in the spirit of simple honesty, our policy is to encourage our editors to reveal their beliefs to the extent they feel comfortable. This disclosure is not a license for you to inject your beliefs into stories or to dictate coverage according to them. In fact, the intent is the opposite: we hope that the knowledge that your beliefs are on the record will cause you to be ever mindful to write, report and edit in a fair, balanced way. And if you ever see evidence that we failed in this mission, please let us know. Politics Brande is a conservative on fiscal issues but libertarian on personal issues and most often votes a Republican ticket. Religion Brande is a Christian, but doesn't regularly attend organized church services. She was raised in the Baptist faith and belongs to a Baptist church in Cartersville.
Local Hot-Button Issues Brande thinks one of the most divisive issues for certain groups is the 411 Connector, but neither supports or opposes GDOT's plans to build it through Dobbins Mountain.
Two Adairsville High School students, who were taken to the Bartow County jail in Cartersville, face criminal charges after one allegedly pointed the air soft pellet gun at two other students.
A Calhoun woman and her passenger died in the incident that closed all northbound lanes and the exit of Interstate 75 at mile marker 293 in Cartersville.
Cartersville Patch and Patch sites nationwide will participate in an online moment of silence in memory of the victims of the school shooting in Newtown, CT.
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See who was arrested and the crimes reported in our daily blotter. The following arrests information was supplied by the Bartow County Sheriff's Office. It does not indicate a conviction.
The Cartersville City Schools board upheld the termination of Sean McDermott, a math teacher employed by the system since August, who is the subject of a police investigation.
The family of Canton native R.J. Statler, 28, who was shot in the back of the head during an apparent robbery at Sun Glo Car Wash in Cartersville, is "just devastated."
The family of R.J. Statler, 28, who was shot in the back of the head during an apparent robbery at Sun Glo Car Wash in Cartersville, is "just devastated."
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See who was arrested and the crimes reported in our daily blotter. The following arrests information was supplied by the Bartow County Sheriff's Office. It does not indicate a conviction.
Cities across the country are encouraging local churches to remember the 20 children and six adults who died a week earlier in a Connecticut school shooting.
R.J. Statler, 28, a Canton native and Cartersville resident, was shot and killed Sunday at Sun Glo Car Wash on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Check our list of celebrations in town and post your own events in our community calendar.
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Canton native Randy "R.J." Statler, 28, was killed Sunday in an apparent robbery at Cartersville's Sun Glo Car Wash on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
See who was arrested and the crimes reported in our daily blotter. The following arrests information was supplied by the Bartow County Sheriff's Office. It does not indicate a conviction.
Home fires are more prevalent in winter than in any other season, due in part to an increase in cooking and heating fires, according to the Cartersville Fire Department.
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