Whitfield County News

Jordan Scoggins' book includes this photo of his great-grandmother Ida Mae Rambo, Frances Scoggins, his great aunt and Fannie Elvira Peck, his great great grandmother.

A tenured Dalton State College professor who was charged with one count of child molestation last week had additional child sex charges related to other victims added on Wednesday, according to the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office.

Federal, state and local law enforcement have arrested three people and seized more than nine pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $400,000. The arrests were the result of a joint investigation by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation's ... (more)

The Dalton State professor now faces additional child sexual abuse charges. He was first charged Jan.

Whitfield County recently received a grant that enables them to keep the CERT program running.

Whitfield County Sheriff Scott Chitwood says three people have been arrested and officers have seized more than nine pounds of methamphetamine, with a street value in excess of $400,000 in his county.

Tired. That's a a word that Dalton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Brett Huske says he hears fairly often when showing potential clients around the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center.

A Dalton State College professor is charged with child molestation. Monte Salye, 58, is an associate professor of English and English as a second language at Dalton State.

Two Dalton men and a woman from Ranger were arrested and more than a pound of methamphetamine was seized Tuesday while detectives with the Whitfield County Sheriff's were conducting a meth trafficking investigation.

A commission studying the merger of the Dalton and Whitfield County governments could decide in two weeks whether to recommend a complete combining of the two governments, a partial merger or no merger at all.

A Chatsworth man was arrested for firing several shots at a Whitfield County house then driving to Murray County where he argued with his wife and threatened to use a gun.

America Gruner talks about voter districts during a meeting of the League of Women Voters on Tuesday.

Polk County's Billy Croker receives a plaque recognizing his service chairing the Northwest Georgia Regional Commission from Bartow Commissioner Clarence Brown.

Dalton editor's note: Eric Christopher Hefner is a 1990 graduate of Northwest Whitfield High School, according to the Whitfield County Schools Alumni Directory.

The old Whitfield County Health Department is just that - old. The aging building opened in 1958 near Hamilton Medical Center and now houses Whitfield County government departments and state agencies.