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Area Arrests
• Corey Drew Cochran, 28, 216 Briar Ridge Road, Calhoun, was charged Wednesday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with theft by taking.
• Jenilee Ellis, 24, 133 Shadow Lane, Chatsworth, was charged Wednesday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with giving false information, theft by taking and driving on a suspended license.
• Mark Anthony Hibbs, 29, Cohutta Springs Trailer Park, Crandall, was charged Wednesday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with title pawn of vehicle violation.
• Valentino Duane Macon, 25, 1302 Underwood, No. 28, Dalton, was charged Wednesday by the Dalton Police Department with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, abandoning a controlled substance and obstruction.
• Hulen Anthony Smith, 26, 1458 New Hope Church Road, Tunnel Hill, was charged Wednesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with aggravated assault, terroristic threats and acts, cruelty to children and probation violation.
• Atulkumar Tailor, 41, 2222 Rocky Face Road, Dalton, was charged Wednesday by the Georgia State Patrol with DUI, driving on a suspended license and failure to maintain lane.
• Joshua David Daniels, 20, 458 Sunnyside Drive, Tunnel Hill, was charged Thursday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with DUI, no license on person, driving violation on a divided highway and failure to maintain lane.
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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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