The Daily Citizen, Dalton, GA Local News

Teacher of the year sings through the day

2012-05-30T07:48:05-04:00

Ordinary teachers get apples from their students.
Robin Gordon gets thank you notes from the kindergartners who enjoy hearing her waltz into class every day with a song on her lips.

911 call — ‘Somebody had killed him’

2012-05-30T07:46:53-04:00

The investigation into a double homicide early Thursday morning in the Dawnville community indicates the alleged murders probably took place between midnight and 5 a.m., Capt. Rick Swiney with the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office said on Tuesday.

Olympic hopeful’s horses killed in wreck

2012-05-30T07:45:38-04:00

A Dalton man who has been training in hopes of making the U.S. Olympic Eventing equestrian team said he was “in a tailspin” after three horses he has been working with died from a Friday morning wreck in Spring Place.

‘We are D’ sign mystery solved

2012-05-30T07:43:43-04:00

When dozens of “We are D” signs mysteriously went missing several weeks ago, several of the victims who had the Dalton Public Schools school spirit emblems taken from their lawns reported the thefts to police.

Investigation clears Dalton Middle erasures questions

2012-05-30T07:42:19-04:00

There is “no evidence that improper action or influence” occurred on the Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) at Dalton Middle School in 2011, according to a statement the school system released Tuesday after an investigation.

Chambliss, Graves say Congress must act to avoid big tax increase

2012-05-30T07:39:46-04:00

The largest tax increase in American history will take place if Congress doesn’t act this year, says U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga.

Remembering once a year not enough

2012-05-29T07:19:55-04:00

For many of us, the Memorial Day holiday means a long weekend relaxing with family and friends.
But we should never forget the real reason for Memorial Day, says former American Legion Georgia Commander Charlie Tucker.

Couple looks to raspberries to salvage season

2012-05-29T07:14:30-04:00

Last year a little girl got “lost” in the berry-pickin’ patch belonging to Rick and Sherry Williams.

Camp AIM to hold 20th reunion

2012-05-29T07:11:45-04:00

For 20 years, Camp AIM has provided therapeutic and recreational activities to children in Whitfield and Murray counties who have suffered from sexual abuse.

Stem cell treatment regrows Whitfield man’s foot

2012-05-28T06:52:28-04:00

By the time Dr. Spencer Misner had carved away the dead and diseased flesh from Bobby Rice’s right foot last year, little remained other than bones and tendons.