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ELECTION RESULTS
(For national election stories, check under 'Daily Updates")
CHATSWORTH (final, unofficial)
Post 1, City Council:
Margaret Adams (i) 41
Celeste Martin 226
Michael Ray 56
Freeport referendums: Alll three pass
COHUTTA (final, unofficial)
Mayor:
Don Henderson (i) 65
Wesley Mahan 30
Write-ins 11
ETON (final, unofficial)
Post 2, City Council:
Donna Hogan 28
Steve Shaw (i) 46
VARNELL (final, unofficial)
Mayor:
Bill Morgan 112
Dan Peeples (i) 219
Post 1, City Council:
James Caldwell 188
Laura Hammontree 51
Carlus Mosier (i) 74
Post 2, City Council:
Brent Newsome 217
Harveyleen Rollins 103
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Brochu: ‘They came to me and recruited me’
Whitfield County Schools Superintendent Katie Brochu didn’t apply to become superintendent of a South Carolina school district — she was recruited there, she said.
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Murray high schools reach field use agreement
John Raley is not happy North Murray High School is being charged $200 per baseball game to play at Appalachian Community Bank Stadium, Murray County High School’s home field.
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Dalton native earns Seabee honor
Cynthia Pendley said she and her family were “shocked” when her brother, David Akins, came home and told them he had enlisted in the Navy at age 19.
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Name not released by Whitfield school system
The Whitfield County Board of Education is scheduled to hold a public hearing Thursday under the Georgia Fair Dismissal Act.
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Residents wary of scams
Dalton Police cited two men on Wednesday for trying to sell magazine subscriptions for troops deployed overseas without a city license.
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Dawn seeks to change guilty plea
A personal care home manager who was sentenced to prison for stealing drugs from senior residents has asked for a hearing to change his plea to not guilty.
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Stephens says voters are concerned about future
Voters are very concerned “and even a little bit scared” about where the United States is going as a country, says former Georgia Senate Majority Leader Bill Stephens.
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DPD looks for “hot” wheels
The Dalton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating and identifying a thief who stole a set of Ballistic-brand wheels worth $3,000 from the bed of the owner’s truck on March 3.
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Habitat groundbreaking Saturday
The groundbreaking ceremony will take place at 1791 Carter Drive on Saturday at 9 a.m. to launch the building of a home for the Edgar Gutierrez family. The George R. Johnson Foundation is sponsor for the building of this house.
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Chamber to host census presentation
The Dalton-Whitfield Chamber of Commerce will host a “Wake Up … Whitfield” breakfast on Tuesday at the Dalton Golf and Country Club.
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