The Daily Citizen, Dalton, GA Local Sports

Dalton High School to address GHSA appeal panel Friday

2011-10-27T15:42:19-04:00

Dalton High School received notification today that a panel of four executive board members of the Georgia High School Association will hear the school’s appeal on Friday. The school administration will request that four forfeited games assessed as a penalty for playing an ineligible player be restored. Dalton’s football record dropped from 6-2 to 2-6 after GHSA’s ruling.

Dalton High decision due 'in a few days'

2011-10-22T06:13:35-04:00

Georgia High School Association Executive Director Ralph Swearngin said a final decision on the eligibility of a football player at Dalton High School will be reached “in a few days.”

Merger commission will first look at public safety agencies

2011-06-30T07:26:00-04:00

Members of the Dalton-Whitfield merger commission agreed Wednesday to start their study of the possibility of merging city and county governments by focusing on the two fire departments.

Public invited to Guild’s sculpture garden

2010-10-20T03:43:00-04:00

Tribute to Coach “O”

2010-09-25T22:23:44-04:00

By the hundreds, the Roadrunners, their friends and their families returned to “Death Valley, GA 30720.” They returned Saturday evening to honor the man who turned them into winners and spawned some of the greatest moments in Dalton sporting history.

Friends, colleagues to salute Sonna Calandrino

2010-08-06T23:32:47-04:00

Friends believed Sonna Calandrino belonged in the floorcovering industry.

Intersection of Mount Carmel Road gets four-way stop

2010-07-06T02:19:00-04:00

Dantzler to sign with Georgia

2010-06-20T16:17:55-04:00

Watts Dantzler, Dalton High’s 6-foot-8-inch offensive tackle and two-time Daily Citizen All-Area Football Team selection, said Sunday he will sign with the University of Georgia in February, ending a years-long recruiting process that included nearly 30 scholarship offers from colleges across the country.

More arrests possible from cockfighting raid

2010-03-14T21:45:03-04:00

More than 60 people have been arrested in connection with a cockfighting raid in southern Murray County Saturday morning and more may be arrested, Sheriff Howard Ensley said on Sunday.

Southwest Dekalb downs Northwest Whitfield

2010-03-12T16:27:32-05:00

Southwest Dekalb defeated Northwest Whitfield 65-45 in the Class 4A girls state championship at the Arena in Gwinnett.