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Arrests for May 27
• Jamie Andres, 22, 37 Fourth Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated assault and battery.
• Raymond Wilson Cantrell Jr., 20, 983 Beaverdale Road, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, expired tag, driving without a license and a seat belt violation.
• Jacinto Chahal, 22, 314 McBrien Road, Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated assault and battery.
• Jose Luis Contreras, 22, 602 Morningside Drive, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with first degree forgery, giving false information or a false name, driving without a license, driving with a suspended tag and no insurance.
• Andres Defelipe, 19, 2015 Bennett Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated assault and battery.
• Nicolas Ramirez Escobar, 224, 314 McBryan Road, Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated assault and battery.
• Felipe Francisco Marcos, 18, 2016 Bennett Ave., Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated assault and battery.
• Travis Scott Mathews, 35, 200 Weaver Spur, Chatsworth, was charged Sunday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with driving with a suspended or revoked license, speeding, DUI, open container of alcohol in the vehicle and habitual violator.
• Gabriel Meza, 35, 812 Park St., Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with possession of tools for the commission of a crime, failure to appear, open container of alcohol in the vehicle and driving with a withdrawn license.
• Jamie Lynn O’Kelley, 22, 3577 Highway 337, Lafayette, was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI.
• Jerri Rennee Duck, 42, Eton, was charged Monday by the Chatsworth Police Department with DUI, hit and run and failure to drive within a single lane.
• Arturo Gonzalez, 27, 142 North Orchard, Lot 13, Ellijay, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI, failure to drive within a single lane and driving without a license.
• Kimberly Wayne Griffin, 551, 156 Bethel Church Road, Dalton, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI.
• Douglas Wayne Moon, 66, 2012 Tunnel Hill-Varnell Road, Tunnel Hill, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with terroristic threats and acts.
• Anthony Dewayne Ovbey, 28, 249 Blackfoot Drive, Crandall, was charged Monday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with illegal possession of prescription drugs and failure to keep drugs in the original container.
• Cassie Lynn Smith, 22, 1806 Shadow Lane, Apartment 2, Dalton, was charged Monday by the Dalton Police Department with failure to drive within a single lane, DUI and failure to yield.
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Derby time
Owen Halman, 8, of Dalton, lines up his car “Fire Bullet” before a race during the Boy and Cub Scouts grand championship Pinewood Derby Saturday at First Presbyterian Church.
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Helpin’ and paintin’
With his bracket busted and interest in the men’s college basketball tournament waning, Pierce Montgomery spent Saturday re-painting the Dalton home of a Vietnam veteran who couldn’t do the work himself.
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DSC officials explain possible cuts
Dalton State College officials know the state budget cuts they planned for almost a month ago won’t be as deep as expected. What they don’t know is exactly which of the proposed cuts they’ll have to implement.
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Higher education funding is at center of debate
More than 4,000 students, including several at Dalton State College, have banded together to push back against proposed state cuts to higher education funding.
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Local officials view possible cuts at college with concern
Dalton State College plays a big part in plans by local leaders to grow and diversify the area’s economy, so they are viewing proposed cuts to the college with some concern.
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Young couple awaits Habitat for Humanity home
Luis Sanchez knows how the Gutierrez family feels as they watch their house being built by the Dalton-Whitfield Habitat For Humanity.
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Superintendent decision coming Monday night
The Richland 2 school board in Columbia, S.C., has chosen a superintendent — Whitfield County Schools superintendent Katie Brochu was one of three finalists — but won’t publicly say who it is until Monday, according to The State newspaper.
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Area arrests for March 21
Recent arrests from the Whitfield and Murray County jail reports.
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Marilyn Helms: Companies vary on correcting products, services
In the first half of my column on my Dalton State College quality management systems class quality “problems” project, I discussed the situations that companies did not resolve.
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“Do You Remember?” cast announced
Members of Dalton Dance Company will perform in Dalton Arts Project’s “Do You Remember?” spring concert — a look back at the music they grew up with as well as the music enjoyed by previous generations of teenagers (now parents and grandparents).
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