Murray County
Murray Red Cross hosting cleanup day
A “Cleanup and Beautification Day” will be hosted by the Murray County Chapter of the American Red Cross on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the office on 211 W. Fort St. in Chatsworth. Volunteers are needed to help plant roses, spread mulch and clean and restock emergency response vehicles.
“This community service event will be a great day to learn about the Red Cross and make new friends,” said program coordinator Helen Costner.
For more information call Costner at (706) 695-7605 or register at the Web site www.volunteernwga.org/volunteer.
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Property owner charged following cockfight raid
The property owner of the barn in southern Murray County where police raided a suspected cockfight on Saturday was arrested on Wednesday after flying the coop during the raid, authorities said.
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Chatsworth grandmother pleads guilty to embezzling more than $1 million
Just after beginning work at a Whitfield County insurance company in 2002, a Chatsworth woman began skimming from the books to pay off credit card bills and expensive trips.
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Murray teen to compete for Boys & Girls Clubs’ ‘Youth of the Year’
Courtney Bauer is a true example of an extraordinary young woman. At age 16, she has been selected to compete against other Boys & Girls Club members for the Georgia Youth of the Year title and a $1,000 scholarship from the Reader’s Digest Foundation.
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Published authors
Coker hosts student book signing.
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Alleged molester given bond
Christopher Drake, 33, of 45 Johnson Road, was charged Monday by the sheriff’s office with aggravated sexual battery, sexual battery against a child under 16 (two counts) and child molestation (three counts).
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Chatsworth man arrested on multiple theft warrants in Rome
A Murray County man was arrested Monday and charged with multiple counts of theft after police said he illegally used a store credit card to procure gift cards for his own use.
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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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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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More arrests possible from cockfighting raid
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.
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