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Area Arrests
• Nathan Daniel Franklin, 33, 140 Campbell Road, Tunnel Hill, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office with simple battery and terroristic threats and acts.
• Matthew Milton Griffin, 18, 6430 Bonny Manor, Chattanooga, was charged Monday by the Murray County Sheriff’s Office with entering an auto (13 counts) and theft by taking.
• Jimmy Lance Roland, 21, 421 Stewart Road, Jasper, was charged Monday by the Dalton Police Department with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.
• Juan Antonio Terrones-Garcia, 26, 110 Wooten Drive, Dalton, was charged Monday by the Dalton Police Department with sale of or intent to sell marijuana and driving without a license.
• Telina Elizabeth Wasserman, 36, 5367 Old Federal Road, Chatsworth, was charged Monday by the Dalton Police Department with possession of tools for the commission of a crime and possession of methamphetamine.
• Valente Antonio Garcia, 25, 630 Fourth Ave., No. 7, Dalton, was charged Tuesday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI and driving without a valid license.
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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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