Catoosa County News

Armuchee High School graduate Alexandria Moore was awarded North Georgia EMC's 2011-2012 Howard Baker Memorial Scholarship for Floyd County.

Fiddlers, guitarists, mandolinists, bands and cloggers from states across the south descended on Ringgold, Ga.

In 2008, the Brainerd High School Alumni Association established a scholarship fund to provide financial assistance to deserving graduating Brainerd High School Seniors.

All Georgia Lottery profits go to pay for specific educational programs, including Georgia's HOPE Scholarship Program and Georgia's Pre-K Program.

Here is the Catoosa County arrest report for May 18-24. Sheriff Phil Summers said officers and detectives answered 1,171 calls.

On Monday, May 14, members of the Chattanooga Marine Corps League presented the city of Ringgold and mayor Joe Barger with a plaque celebrating the city's work in honoring the area's deceased veterans.

Hutcheson Federal Credit Union officials have asked the Fort Oglethorpe City Council to consider moving two aging sewer lines that run under the credit union's future site on Forrest Road.

Several stolen items were seized during the investigation of the burglaries linked to Richard Keen.

Here is the Catoosa County Sheriff's arrest report for May 11-17. According to Sheriff Phil Summers, officers and detectives answered 1,537 calls.

With his hands and feet shackled, James Benson sat calmly, his eyes darting around the courtroom as his jaw opened and closed.

Hundreds of commemorative flags line the streets of Ringgold as part of the city's annual Festival of Flags.

Lawyers are still talking about a Catoosa County truck wreck case that resolved in January in an unusual way: the plaintiff and defendant agreed to try the case in front of a panel of three arbitrators in Atlanta instead of a jury in Ringgold.

State Senator Jeff Mullis and State Representative Jay Neal will be holding an open office day along with representatives from the offices of US Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss.

Boynton Elementary fourth-grader Melissa Simmons sings "This Land is Your Land" for U.S. Sen.

Ringgold Police Department welcomed a new member last week, as long-time law enforcement officer Chad Cardin was appointed the agency's new captain.

A Between 6:25 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Wednesday, May 9, a forced-entry residential burglary occurred on Post Oak Road in Ringgold resulting in the theft of $550 worth of merchandise from the home.

Alicia Eliza Miguel pleaded guilty on Thursday to vehicular homicide by intoxication and was given a 10-year prison sentence.

Here is the Catoosa County Sheriff's arrest report for May 4-10. According to Sheriff Phil Summers, officers and detectives answered 1,255 calls.

RINGGOLD, Ga. -- Fourteen-year-olds Riley Tucker and Elissa Chandler have more to worry about than average eighth-grade girls.

Master Sgt. Robert Macon of Nashville, Tenn., and Staff Sgt. Ray Gray of Sevierville, Tenn., place a memorial wreath at the 6th Cavalry WWII monument.