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Area Arrests
• Skylar Keith Caldwell, 20, 502 Saxon Drive, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
• Joseph Michael Dixon, 40, 180 Shady Lane, Orange City, Fla., was charged Sunday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with fugitive from justice (failure to register as a sex offender).
• Terry Lee Painter, 29, 17 Brookwalk Drive, Chatsworth, was charged Sunday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with DUI.
• Pedro Antonio Vasquez, 32, 438 Lafayette Road, No. 11, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with driving without a license, DUI and simple battery (family violence).
• Jackie Randall Ely, 70, 4774 Lakeside Drive, Blairsville, was charged Monday by the Eton Police Department with DUI.
• Tomi Virginia Swanson, 17, 1009 Cargle Drive, Dalton, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
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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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