Dalton News

This is our fourth article in a series about the operations of Dalton Utilities.

Three people who stole a debit card from an elderly Dalton woman and used it to run up more than $1,100 in purchases are being sought by the Dalton Police Department.

New data shows that cities in area counties along I-75 were once again the fastest growing from 2007 to 2008.

Albany officials say a 14-year-old girl has been arrested and charged with murder in the stabbing death of a 12-year-old boy.

If you don't see Essie Ritchey burning up the lanes at Galaxy Bowling, where the 84-year-old still likes to spend her time, you might remember her as the "shoe lady." Ritchey spent 38 years at Hackney Shoes and Repair in Dalton, helping customers, taking care of office duties and fixing countless pairs of shoes.

The eyes of other members of the North Georgia Regional Development Center are now on Whitfield County.

A Dalton man who robbed a woman of her bank deposit bag Monday afternoon in Chatsworth was apprehended soon after by officers with the Chatsworth Police Department and Murray County Sheriff's Office, officials said.

* Jose Alberto Archila-Gomez, 24, Sugar Valley Road, Calhoun, was charged Friday by the Dalton Police Department with trafficking cocaine and trafficking methamphetamine.

* Randall Dewayne Wingfield, 46, 4061 Loftis St., Chattanooga, Tenn., was charged Sunday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI, failure to maintain lane, following too closely and open container of alcohol.

Safe Kids Dalton recently received a $3,000 grant and 140 car seats from UPS. Original reports were that the grant was for $50,000. Another organization got the larger donation.

Kim Yates, secretary for Catoosa County Superior Court Judge Ralph Van Pelt, has been charged with theft.

The Georgia Department of Transportation will temporarily close one eastbond lane on Walnut Avenue/State Route 52 eastbound in Dalton Thursday, June 25 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., to accommodate work by Whitfield County on paving Rosedale Drive.

Kimberly Green was a bit let down when she wasn't an instant winner of a $10 gift certificate in an Internet contest.

* Rockie Lee Turnquist, 39, 4702 Chamblee-Tucker Road, Tucker, was charged Friday by the Murray County Sheriff's Office with sale of marijuana.

The Dalton Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying two men who used stolen checks at the Shugart Road Wal-Mart. A man reported that he lost his checkbook in the parking lot of the Shugart Road Wal-Mart in early May, and later reported to the Dalton Police Department that checks from his account had been written in several ...

Thieves broke-in to five stores at Walnut Square Mall overnight in Dalton, Ga., stealing cash according to police.

A 73-year-old Chickamauga man was arrested and charged with sexual exploitation of a child on Tuesday evening, June 16, at his residence at 228 Vittetoe Road.

A Gwinnett County woman is awaiting a court date after authorities accused her of trying to perform an exorcism on her son.

A recent rash of thefts from automobiles has the Gordon County Sheriff's Office cautioning residents to lock their vehicles.

Larry McGlade was optimistic a baseball autographed by legend Pete Rose would fetch a decent price at The Great American Treasure Hunt Roadshow in Dalton on Wednesday.