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Area Arrests for Feb. 3
• Jesse Allen Crump, 19, 75 Bodie Road, Talking Rock, was charged Sunday by the Chatsworth Police Department with possession of a drug-related object.
• Joel Delgado Ortiz, 36, 116 Rosedale Drive, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with speeding and DUI.
• Myieka Yalonde McQueen, 24, 137 Clubhouse Drive, Kennesaw, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI, failure to drive within a single lane and hit and run.
• Stephanie Michelle Plott, 34, 1528 Margaret Circle, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI.
• James Carlton Fowler, 38, 151 Center Hill Road, Chatsworth, was charged Monday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of methamphetamine, simple battery and possession of tools for the commission of a crime.
• Hope Nicole Mays, 20, 254 Red Cut Road, Chatsworth, was charged Monday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with possession of methamphetamine and possession of tools for the commission of a crime.
• Joshua Christian Patterson, 24, 2146 Williams Drive, Chatsworth, was charged Monday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with possession of methamphetamine, driving while license suspended or revoked and illegal turn.
• Nathaniel Alan Pearson, 34, 1626 Lagenia Court, Dalton, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI, laying drags, failure to drive within a single lane, driving while license withdrawn and open container in vehicle.
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Gordon Morehouse to be Toast of the Town
The Family Support Council has named local certified public accountant Gordon C. Morehouse its 2010 Toast of the Town honoree. The celebration will be June 17 at 6 p.m. at The Farm in Rocky Face.
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Area arrests for March 22
Recent arrests from the Whitfield and Murray County jail reports.
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Dalton State College hosts climate change lecture
A University of Georgia Professor of Ecology will talk about the “Effects of Global Climate Change on Georgia” on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Goodroe Auditorium of Memorial Hall.
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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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