Dalton News Archives

Ken Sanders, who has served as Vice President/Dean of Students for Toccoa Falls College since 1976, will retire from that position as of June 30th.

Marine Corps Cpl. Benjamin J. Jaeger, son of Silvia Wills of Dalton recently reported for duty at Marine Corps Logistics Command, Albany.

Jo Anne Shirley likens it to "a big load lifted off your heart." Last week, the Dalton resident received a phone call with news she had been waiting almost 36 years to hear, apparently definitive information ...

The intersection of Pentz Street and Morris Street could become a four-way stop as early as Thursday.

The Dalton Police Department is asking for the public's help in identifying a woman who cashed two stolen checks on or about July 13.

Northwest Georgia Society for Human Resource Management Chapter has teamed up with Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center, an agency of the United Way of Northwest Georgia, to help more than 150 children with ...

By Mark Millican markmillican@daltoncitizen.com With three straight years in the "needs improvement" category, administrators and faculty at Dalton Middle School believed a new approach was needed.

The Annual Dalton Little Theatre Awards Ceremony will be Saturday, Aug. 2, at 6 p.m. with a social hour at 7. The public is invited.

From Staff Reports The Georgia State Board of Used Motor Vehicle Dealers has accepted Voluntary Cease and Desist Orders from Al's Used Cars for unlicensed practice at three locations in Dalton.

By Mark Millican markmillican@daltoncitizen.com As of the end of December, there will no longer be an automotive technology program at Dalton State College.

DeKalb County CEO Vernon Jones and Jim Martin, a former chairman of the state House of Representatives' Judiciary and Ethics committees, will face off on Aug.

Joe Kinsey, a native of Dalton and a graduate of Dalton High School, has earned his LEED professional accreditation from the Green Building Certification Institute.

In a sea of competitors at the 2008 Georgia State Police and Fire Games in Gainesville, Douglas Kerns' biggest competitor was himself.

A Dalton man is jailed after he attempted to run over officers during a chase in Whitfield County Wednesday night.

Stephen Kennedy pounded a glass hummingbird feeder on a table to show just how solid it was.

Dalton Public Schools met adequate yearly progress guidelines issued by the state Department of Education under the No Child Left Behind law for the 2007-2008 school year, but the Whitfield and Murray County ...

Amanda Walker, with the Conasauga River Alliance, watches for her water sample to turn colors Friday while learning to test the water in McClellan Creek at Civitan Park as part of the state Environmental ...

Ivan Guerrero Rivero, who officials say has been deported twice already, apparently did not want to be caught again.

Changes may be coming to the Tunnel Hill historic park and two Whitfield County buildings.

Seven of eight schools in Dalton Public Schools met adequate yearly progress for 2007-2008 under the federal No Child Left Behind law, according to information released today by the state Department of ...

Nurses and lactation consultants from all over the southeast convened in Dalton to hear the latest in breastfeeding technology from expert Diane Wiessinger.

From trash to gas to cash. The Dalton-Whitfield Regional Solid Waste Management Authority unveiled its estimated $3.1 million landfill gas energy recovery facility on Thursday.

Submitted by the Dalton Police Department The Dalton Police Department is warning citizens to be wary of a scam reported to police.

While most of you were sleeping Wednesday morning, the earth was shaking. An earthquake with a magnitude of 2.1 was recorded about five miles southwest of Dalton at 5:03 a.m., said Jeffrey Putnam, director of ...

The Dalton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau will soon be under new management.

Fuel conservation efforts proved futile during June for Dalton fire officials. The fire department enacted several gas-saving measures last month which amounted to a savings of $500, Fire Chief Barry Gober told ...

From Staff Reports Dalton Utilities has received state permission to ease some of its outdoor water-use restrictions.

Submitted by the Dalton-Whitfield Chamber of Commerce Leadership, communications and economic development skills are the top traits desired of the next president and chief executive officer of the ...

A portion of East Morris Street from Glenwood Avenue to Henderson Street was evacuated Tuesday after volunteers at Harvest Outreach at 207 E. Morris St.

Sitting down for a home-cooked meal can be a tricky proposition for the Bailey family.

Submitted by Whitfield County government Whitfield County's discount card program is designed to help consumers cope with the high price of prescription drugs.

The Dalton, Georgia Fire Department is responding to a gas leak near Glenwood Ave and Morris Street.

The Dalton area may have gotten rain in recent weeks, but the drought is still taking a toll on the area, says Dalton Utilities president Don Cope.

Changes may be coming to the Tunnel Hill historic park and two Whitfield County buildings.

A 14-year-old male was airlifted to Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga Monday morning after he fell through the roof of the gym at Spring Place Elementary School.

Members of the Whitfield County Board of Commissioners made several decisions at their meeting Monday night.

Dalton City Council meets at 6 p.m. Monday at City Hall. Council members are expected to vote on a contract with the Georgia Department of Transportation to pave 3.37 miles of city streets.

Lauren Childress, left, 8, and Katie Patrick, 7, perform a jazz dance Friday at the Dance Theatre of Dalton as their week-long dance camp concludes with a jazz and ballet dance performance Friday afternoon.

It's no joke. "Batman: The Dark Knight" looks to be the biggest movie of the year.

A game of soccer ended abruptly Wednesday night when Whitfield County sheriff's deputies arrested 16 people gathered on the football field at Eastbrook Middle School.

The story Ernesto Hererra told police after the shooting death of his roommate did not make sense once police and prosecutors examined the evidence.

Whitfield County residents peeked into their future on Thursday. The county courthouse played host to a comprehensive plan update open house as officials with MACTEC, an engineering and consulting firm based in ...

The Dalton Board of Education will meet in regular session on Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the administrative services building, 100 S. Hamilton St.

Better results and better use of taxpayer dollars. Officials at three area agencies say that's what their efforts to work more closely could bring.

As an aspiring medical school student, Adam Smitherman could have spent the summer before his senior year at the University of Georgia interning at a hospital.

The trial of a man accused of killing another man during an argument in April 2007 continued in Whitfield County Superior Court on Wednesday.

A 54-year-old man was airlifted to Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga Wednesday afternoon after a van he was in ran off an embankment on Cleveland Highway in Varnell.

Sgt. Lee Amos with the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office knew there was something familiar about the black dog with the gray collar that was abandoned on Sane Road Monday morning.

Submitted by the Dalton Little Theatre Dalton Little Theatre will present the summer children and youth production of "Alice in Wonderland" based on the classic tale by Lewis Carroll July 17-20 and 24-27 at 7 ...

The acoustic trio Barefoot Nellie of Chattanooga will perform Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Pentz Street Station in Dalton.

The 17th annual North Georgia Bead, Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show and Sale will be Aug.

Submitted by First National Bank First Bank of Dalton recently named Cindy Cady a vice president and Jim Franklin an assistant vice president, said Scott Sellers, bank president and CEO.

Creative Arts Guild will welcome multi-instrumentalist Paul Byrum and his accompanist, guitarist Marty Parmer, on Thursday for its July Noon Arts Program.

Submitted by Whitfield County government Whitfield County will host a Comprehensive Plan Update Open House on July 17 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Whitfield County Courthouse in the lower atrium area.

Whether it's a Fourth of July event, county fairs or any radio spot he can find, Democrat Jeff Scott is blanketing north Georgia as he campaigns for the District 9 seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Whitfield County's next recreation department director will have the expanded duties of overseeing a growing park system as well as programs geared to all ages - not just children.

A 16-year-old who was struck by a tractor-trailer Wednesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 41 while riding a bicycle is improving, a spokeswoman at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga said Thursday.

Vacation Bible schools * First Church of the Nazarene - Each Sunday in July at 9:45 a.m. in the church gym.

Submitted by the city of Dalton and Whitfield County Sidewalk and curbside improvements began Wednesday on East Morris Street from Easterling Street to Fifth Avenue in Dalton .

Roger Crossen resigned under pressure Thursday, ending a 23-year association with the Whitfield County Recreation Department, the last 17 as director.

Local school system officials say they have received calls from parents concerned about a later start to the school year.

Ronald Fowler said he did everything he could to avoid the orange bicycle that crossed the path of his tractor-trailer Wednesday afternoon.

When the Wagon Train in Murray County started back in 1959, it was not the rough-and-rowdy festivity it evolved into during its mid-life years, says Susan Stanley.

Kay Williams, right, of Dalton, gives her ballot back to Shirley Hamrick, an administrative technician at the Whitfield County Board of Elections and Registrar's Office, on Tuesday during advanced voting.

Prebul Automotive Group has purchased the Pye Buick franchise in Dalton, Ga., and will combine it with Prebul's existing GMC, Pontiac, Cadillac dealership located on East Walnut Street.

At least 40 different languages are spoken in the Dalton area, and people from more than 80 different nations call the place home, according to the Latin American Community Alliance .

The Creative Arts Guild is celebrating Independence Day with a two new exhibits - the annual Flag Show celebrating the American flag in the Main Gallery and the visual humor of Don Stewart in Gallery 111.

Ms. Annie Louise Stephens Mashburn, 91, of Dalton, Georgia, went to be with the Lord on July 5, 2008 while at Hamilton Medical Center.

Claude Nix believes the primary issue in the July 15 Republican primary are the qualifications of the people running for Whitfield County Sheriff.

As an orthopedic surgeon and practitioner of sports medicine in Dalton, Conrad Easley has built up a lifetime good will in the Whitfield-Murray area.

Paul Tipton received nearly 11,000 votes when he ran against incumbent Sheriff Scott Chitwood in 2004.

J.R. Martinez will be spending Independence Day near Raleigh, N.C., this year. But the Dalton resident wouldn't have it any other way.

Charles Sprowl is the only one of the six black Dalton soldiers left to share his memories of D-Day from World War II.

Carol Brand, assistant professor of education at Dalton State College, has been named interim dean for the School of Education at the college.

In his work as a surveyor and as a former planner, Rick Pritchett says he talks to a lot of people and hears their concerns about where Murray County is headed.

Kay Leonard McCurdy has worked as a computer installer and troubleshooter in the Murray County school system, and also helped raise scholarship money for high school students.

The carpet industry has been "very good" to Whitfield County for years, providing scores of jobs to local workers and money to numerous philanthropic endeavors, said Karen Brewer Horne, a candidate for the ...

Mrs. Elizabeth Gertrude Henry, age 82, of Dalton, Georgia, departed this life Sunday morning, June 29, 2008 at Regency Park surrounded by her loving family.

Members of the First United Methodist Youth Group, from left, Callie Chappell, Emily Plaisted and Sayward Gregg, perform a song called "Song of Jubilation" Wednesday during a visit to the Dalton/Whitfield ...

Dalton ranks 115 among the 179 best small places for business and careers in the United States, according to Forbes magazine.

Since Bruce Kenemer has retired as director of the Dalton office of the Department of Juvenile Justice after 28 years, what's he going to do first? He's going to Gatlinburg! And play on his brand new Kubota ...

Gov. Sonny Perdue recently announced that Brandi Johnson of Dalton is among 29 college students and recent graduates chosen to participate in the governor's intern program for the summer and fall of 2008, and ...

Judy Bostic has lived in Eton all her life and served as a city council member here for more than three decades.

Whitfield County is one of just 15 of Georgia's 159 counties that doesn't have some sort of exemption on inventory taxes.

Mr. Jack Bradley Muse, 78, of Dalton, Ga., and formerly of Huntsville, Ala. departed this life early Sunday morning, June 29, 2008 at the Hamilton Medical Center.

The city of Dalton will move garbage collection for Friday, July 4, to Thursday next week because of the Independence Day holiday.

Water users turn on the faucet and expect clean, drinkable water to flow from it.

Carl William Hawkins knew that sheriff's deputies were looking for him on charges that he molested a Murray County High School student in May, according to Capt.