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Area Arrests for Oct. 8
• David Troy Beasley, 40, 110 Kid Drive, Dalton, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with two counts of burglary and giving false information or a false name.
• Monica Star Beasley, 45, 600 E. Gay St., Dalton, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with two counts of burglary.
• Edward Allen Cooper, 18, Dalton, was charged Monday by the Dalton Police Department with entering an automobile or other motor vehicle with the intent to commit a felony and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
• Sheila Marie Fowler, 42, 483 Brackett Bridge Road, Chatsworth, was charged Monday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute and possession of a firearm or knife while trying to commit crimes.
• Matthew Scott Sosebee, 27, 1025 Center Hill Church Road, Chatsworth, was charged Monday by the Georgia State Patrol with failure to drive within a single lane and DUI.
• Sophia Guadalupe Anglee, 47, 500 Brittany Place, Dalton, was charged Tuesday by the Dalton Police Department with first degree forgery, second degree forgery and identity theft.
• Thomas Arnathan Atkins, 35, 1409 Lillian Lane, Chattanooga, was charged Tuesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with criminal attempt at trafficking in cocaine, criminal attempt at possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute and use of a communication facility in committing a felony.
• Justin Ray Lecroy, 20, 376 Mary Avenue, Chatsworth, was charged Tuesday by the Murray County Sheriffs’ Office with entering an automobile and underage consumption of alcohol.
• Anthony Ray Mann, 19, 1418 Wendell St., Dalton, was charged Tuesday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated battery, obstruction of an officer, underage consumption of alcohol and probation violation.
• Fredy Perez, 19, no address listed, was charged Tuesday by the Dalton Police Department with driving with a withdrawn license, carrying a concealed weapon, no insurance, improper tag, driving with a suspended tag and second degree forgery.
• Wilmer Rivera, 17, 1792 Redbud Road, Calhoun, was charged Tuesday by the Dalton Police Department with possession of tools for the commission of a crime and drug possession.
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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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