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Area Arrests for March 15
• Timothy Ray Vanmeter, 46, 556 Shields Road, Crandall, was charged on March 9 by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with aggravated assault family violence.
• Aubrey Blake Williams, 17, 651 Cherokee Drive, Chatsworth, was charged Friday by the Chatsworth Police Department with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
• Jacob Anthony Buttram, 26, 1055 Erwin Church Hill Road, Calhoun, was charged Friday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with computer pornography child exploitation, criminal attempt aggravated child molestation, possession of methamphetamines, and possession of methamphetamine crossing the jail guard line.
• Brandon Omar Weaver, 22, 1100 Foster St., Dalton, was charged Friday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with parole violation and giving false information.
• Johnny Blair Caldwell, 39, 2449 North Briar Circle, Chattanooga, was charged Saturday by the Dalton Police Department with possession of marijuana and driving while license was withdrawn.
• Tamara Lashun Passley, 31, 219 Landon Court Apt. 12B, Calhoun, was charged Saturday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with forgery in the first degree.
• Jeffrey Scott Bigham, 43, 421 Hooven Ave., Hamilton, Ohio, was charged Saturday by the Georgia State Patrol with driving a truck in the left lane of a multi-lane highway, DUI and expired tag.
• Rigoberto Lemus Posada, 31, 401 Water St., Dalton was charged Saturday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI, failure to yield right of way, failure to drive within a single lane, and driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
• Larry Craig Reece, 29, 1775 Lower Kings Bridge Road, Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI and failure to drive within a single lane.
• Lisa Louise Taylor, 39, 203 Shady Drive, Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI.
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Dalton man excels at sculpting figures from fantasy to sports
Ten years ago, Kevin Sexton took up sculpting.
The result? Well, there really wasn’t any.
“I started on three sculptures and didn’t finish any of the three,” said Sexton, a Dalton resident. “I was that horrible at it.” -
Property owner charged following cockfight raid
The property owner of the barn in southern Murray County where police raided a suspected cockfight on Saturday was arrested on Wednesday after flying the coop during the raid, authorities said.
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Teachers draw suspension after helping student
An attempt to steer one sixth-grader away from gangs has cost two North Whitfield Middle School teachers a 10-day suspension without pay.
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Chatsworth grandmother pleads guilty to embezzling more than $1 million
Just after beginning work at a Whitfield County insurance company in 2002, a Chatsworth woman began skimming from the books to pay off credit card bills and expensive trips.
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Pleasant Grove hosts fundraiser golf game
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Hilda Nell Cline Greeson
Hilda Nell Cline Greeson, 60, of 2295 Utility Road, Rocky Face, died Thursday morning, March 18, 2010, at her residence.
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Fond memories of dance a decade later
Do you remember what you were hoping for as the new millennium dawned, or planning for as the new century began — without a Y2K disaster? Can you recall any of the songs playing on the radio in the year 2000?
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‘Into the Woods’ opens on the ACT stage
Many of your favorite fairy tale characters come to musical life in Artistic Civic Theatre’s production of the “Into the Woods,” which continues this weekend at the ACT Playhouse in Dalton.
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Register your Relay For Life team today
The 2010 American Cancer Society Relay For Life of Whitfield County is right around the corner. You can register your team today by visiting the event Web site at http://events.cancer.org/rflwhitfield or by calling the local American Cancer Society office at (706) 278-1960.
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New Hope Middle awarded recycling cart
Recycling Ben, mascot for the Target Recycling program, presented the seventh-grade class at New Hope Middle School an award for having the highest recycling rate during the second quarter of the 2009-2010 school year.
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