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Area Arrests
• Edward Kay Adkins, 50, 711 S. Hamilton St., Dalton, was charged Tuesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with probation violation and failure to register as a sex offender.
• David Michael Cox, 49, 886 Beaverdale Road, Crandall, was charged Tuesday by the Georgia State Patrol with driving while license suspended, failure to maintain lane and DUI.
• Demetrius Devon Austin, 18, 211 W. Tyler St., Apt. 411, Dalton, was charged Tuesday by the Dalton Police Department with possession of tools for the commission of a crime, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, possession of xanax and drugs in wrong container.
• Lori Louellen Davidson, 41, 110 Knight Circle, Milledgeville, was charged Tuesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with probation violation and theft by conversion.
• Jeffery Alan Parks, 42, 241 Mount Moriah Road, Chatsworth, was charged Tuesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with drugs in wrong container, possession of hydrocodone, possession of soma, possession of valium and criminal attempt to use counterfeit trademarks (two counts).
• Kristee Marie Williams, 20, 3258 Rauschenberg Road, Dalton, was charged Tuesday by the Dalton Police Department with possession of xanax, possession of tools for the commission of a crime, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and drugs in wrong container.
• Joshua John Fronek, 21, 9347 Village Lance, San Antonio, Texas, was charged Wednesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with pedestrian under the influence, driving without a license, hit and run, failure to maintain lane and DUI.
• Charles William Thompson, 25, 3130 Chattanooga Road, Lot A, Rocky Face, was charged Wednesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI, tail lights required, tag illumination required, driving without a license and open container in vehicle.
• Carl Daniel Westfall, 48, 605 Kelly St., Dalton, was charged Wednesday by the Dalton Police Department with obstruction of an officer, public indecency, false imprisonment, aggravated assault and battery.
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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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