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Area arrests for Oct. 4
• Ricky Eugene Allen, 45, 142 Southern Road, Chatsworth, was charged Friday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with theft by deception and financial transaction card fraud.
• Heather Leighann Beavers, 35, 507 Stone St., Dalton, was charged Friday by the Georgia State Patrol with DUI.
• Tarina Marie Burke, 1741 Loving Road, Morganton, was charged Friday by the Georgia State Patrol with giving false information or false name, driving while license is suspended or revoked, speeding, DUI and endangerment of child under 14 (DUI).
• Tommy Quinton Harshaw, 31, 103 Barnhart Circle, Fort Oglethorpe, was charged Friday by the Tunnel Hill Police Department with possession and use of a drug-related object, possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana, open container violation and public drunkenness.
• James Douglas Rice, 37, 2590 Highway 52 South, Chatsworth, was charged Friday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with aggravated stalking, burglary and criminal trespass.
• Brian Paul Brewer, 42, 1602 Shiloh Road, Mantachie, Miss., was charged Saturday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with open container violation, DUI, failure to maintain lane and driving while license is suspended or revoked.
• Letecia Marie Olvera, 23, 1600 Waring Road No. 9, Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI and improper turn.
• Alex Blake Roper, 17, 344 Mary Sue Drive, Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with theft by taking, possession of methamphetamine and possession of a Schedule 4 drug.
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Bandy Heritage Center presents lecture on Georgia author Flannery O’Connor
As part of its “2009-2010: Celebrating Georgia’s Women Authors” lecture series, the Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia will present “Flannery O’Connor in the 21st Century” on Thursday.
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Bethel resigns council seat
The Dalton City Council voted 3-0 to accept Bethel’s resignation and to call for a special election on July 20.
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Cockfighting raid a multi-agency crackdown
More than 10 law enforcement agencies built a case for 14 months before taking down a cockfighting operation in southern Murray County on Saturday, authorities said.
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Students protest state budget cuts
About 20 Dalton State College students joined the ranks of hundreds of college students around Georgia on Monday in a budget protest rally at the state Capitol.
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Fugitive involved in local armed robbery
An armed robbery in north Dalton in mid-January led to two arrests in Massachusetts last week, authorities said.
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Springplace bypass gets green light
But the project to relieve traffic congestion at the Highway 52 Alternate and Highway 225 intersection has been scaled back — from a four-lane connector to a two-lane thoroughfare — between Ga. Highway 225 south of Springplace to U.S. Highway 76 west of Central.
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Chatsworth man charged with child sex offenses
A Chatsworth man has been charged with several child sex offenses in Whitfield County.
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DHS band headed to Savannah for St. Patrick’s Day Parade
The band of about 90 students will leave Dalton Tuesday around 4 p.m., then be ready to march at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday.
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Sewer projects moving ahead
Projects that will extend sewer to the north end of Whitfield County are moving along smoothly, Dalton Utilities president and CEO Don Cope said Monday.
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Pennington creates blog to call attention to the importance of manufacturing
America needs to get back to making things, says Dalton Mayor David Pennington.
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