The Daily Citizen, Dalton, GA Local News

‘My war hero friend’

2012-02-10T06:50:39-05:00

When the B-17 Superfortress bomber Max Hammontree was flying in caught flak during a mission over Germany and the engines burst into flame, he didn’t know if he’d be able to escape from the top turret where he manned a .50 caliber machine gun.

Poston tapped as new DA for district

2012-02-10T06:44:57-05:00

Chief Assistant District Attorney Bert Poston was announced as the new DA for the Conasauga Judicial Circuit (Whitfield and Murray counties) on Thursday after interviewing with Gov. Nathan Deal on Wednesday, according to a governor’s office release.

Valley Point Middle overhauls scheduling

2012-02-10T06:42:30-05:00

Gabino Hernandez believes he’ll be ready to move to Southeast Whitfield High School this fall when it’s time for him to go there.
“I think I’m ready, but after being at Valley Point (Middle School) so long, I just don’t want to leave,” he said.

Severe Weather Awareness Week: Flood safety

2012-02-10T04:55:00-05:00

Floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters, except fire.

Werner Braun: Shopping for new carpet

2012-02-10T04:39:41-05:00

The economy’s getting better.
Now that I have your attention, let me qualify that by saying that recent positive indicators show that consumers are becoming more “confident.”

Dalton school board meets today

2012-02-10T03:37:17-05:00

Each year, Dalton Board of Education members set aside time for a “retreat,” an all-day meeting in which they discuss long-term goals, tuition policies, the next school year calendar, new state guidelines and many other topics they don’t have time for during regular meetings.

Free DSC concert Sunday features violone

2012-02-09T21:40:46-05:00

Chattanooga Symphony string musician Eric Hanson will perform on the five string violone, ancestor of the modern double bass, in a free concert Sunday afternoon at Dalton State College.

‘Go Build Georgia’ tours to talk skilled worker shortage

2012-02-09T07:02:30-05:00

16,500.
That’s the number of skilled craft job opportunities expected to open in Georgia over the next year. The number of people trained to fill them?

DSC professor charged with more child sex abuse counts

2012-02-09T07:00:18-05:00

A tenured Dalton State College professor who was charged with one count of child molestation last week had additional child sex charges related to other victims added on Wednesday, according to the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office.

Blevins gets nod as new judge

2012-02-09T06:59:33-05:00

Dalton attorney David Blevins was picked by Gov. Nathan Deal to fill the unexpired term of retired Superior Court Judge Robert Adams, one of the other nominees for the seat reported late Wednesday.