Crandall News

Yvonne King says she's grateful she had not left for work when her house trailer in Crandall caught fire Wednesday morning.

A* Bill Cody Bivens, 26, 1696 Peden Road, Crandall, was charged Saturday by the Georgia State Patrol with DUI and speeding.

A* Teresa Renee Anderson, 42, 215 Liberty Church Road, Crandall, was charged Friday by the Georgia State Patrol with failure to maintain lane and DUI.

A* Scottie Lee Adkins, 30, 2610 Highway 52 Alternate, Chatsworth, was charged Thursday by the Murray County Sheriff's Office with probation violation and possession of less than an ounce of marijuana.

A Crandall man was arrested on Wednesday for starting a fire on property he was leasing.

David Loughridge's homestead and farm has been in his family since just after the Civil War.

Steve Shaw believes he has helped contribute to Eton's growth in his eight years on the City Council - helping bring in sewer, a new shopping center and other businesses - but he thinks there is more to do.

A Murray County Fire Department firefighter has been suspended without pay for allegedly driving under the influence .

A* Corey Drew Cochran, 28, 216 Briar Ridge Road, Calhoun, was charged Wednesday by the Murray County Sheriff's Office with theft by taking.

The Whitfield-Murray Historical Society received notification last week that the Pleasant Valley Historic District in Murray County had been named to the National Register of Historic Places.

* Gregory Brooks Harmon, 28, 109 Pleasant Hill Drive, Dalton, was charged Monday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with battery , terroristic threats and acts and cruelty to children.

* Paulette Hazel Wilbanks, 53, 85 Leonard Bridge Road, Chatsworth, was charged Tuesday by the Murray County Sheriff's Office with the additional charges of sale of hydrocodone, sale of propoxyphene and sale of alprazolam from her Sept.

A Chatsworth man was airlifted to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga Thursday morning after a two-car wreck in Murray County.

Rodney Plumley was getting the student residence area of Global Youth Ministry - formerly the Cohutta Lodge and Restaurant property - ready for a batch of young people who were going to move in today for the start of classes on Thursday.

* James Robert Brown, 48, 3087 Sydney Way, Dalton, was charged Wednesday by the Dalton Police Department with failure to maintain lane, improper lane usage and DUI.

* Anthony Dale Kelley, 23, 1667 Sugar Creek Road, Crandall, was charged Thursday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with failure to maintain lane, DUI, too fast for conditions and improper passing.

* Gregory Lamar Wallace, 35, 6004 Wellworth Ave., East Ridge, Tenn., was charged Thursday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with burglary.

* Larry Eugene Pangle, 59, 2801 S. Hamilton St., Dalton, was charged Friday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with theft by receiving stolen property.

Begun in the 1840s, Hall's Chapel served northern Murray County as both a church and school for well over a century.

Begun in the 1840s, Hall's Chapel served northern Murray County as both a church and school for well over a century.