Cohutta News

Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond says people figure he has the toughest job in Georgia, but he disagrees.

A* Derick Joseph Pharr, 29, 1698 Burnt Oak Drive, Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Dalton Police Department with disorderly conduct, cruelty to children in the third degree, battery and DUI.

The performance of small groups of students often gives an undeserved black eye to schools and students that are otherwise making the grade, according to Ringgold High School Principal Sharon Vaughn.

We opened the door and I gasped with amazement at what I saw. The wall facing me was a huge window that went from top to bottom of the room and from side to side and I could see through the window to the valley and see all of the yellow and red-russet colors of the trees that were at the peak of their journey.

A* Brian Carey Camp, 18, 220 Locust St., Chatsworth, was charged Monday by the Chatsworth Police Department with burglary.

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A* Richard Lee Dillon, 51, 2701 S. Dixie Highway, Dalton, was charged Friday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI and failure to yield.

Members of the Dalton Modern Woodmen of America camp will sponsor a fundraiser on Nov.

Editor's note: For candidate profiles or a story on the freeport referendum, search our archives under "search our site." Some candidates in Tuesday's local municipal elections said on Monday they planned a little last-minute campaigning, but most said they will rest.

Crystal Springs has bought Calhoun, Ga.-based Cohutta Water for an undisclosed amount to grow its home and office bottled water delivery services in metro Atlanta, metro Nashville and other parts of Georgia and Tennessee.

With no national, state or county races on the ballot, most of the action in Tuesday's elections in Murray and Whitfield counties will take place in the area's smaller cities.

Staff Photo by John Rawlston A crew from Georgia's Department of Natural Resources walks into a spring on Tuesday at Badger Farms near Varnell to collect coldwater darters and brownback salamanders.

Don Henderson says Cohutta has "the best of both worlds." "We are sitting up here 15 or 20 minutes away from Cleveland , Chattanooga and Dalton.

Serving in the Army and the Georgia National Guard has allowed Cohutta's Wesley Mahan to see a lot of the world, he said.

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

* Johnny Lee Jeffery Mills, 36, 4881 Cleveland Highway, Cohutta, was charged Tuesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with being a fugitive from justice .

For 38 years, Jim Boring encouraged the Prater's Mill Foundation in its efforts to preserve the historic mill and organize the annual country fair there.

Mary Kanavan is glad Dalton State College is installing new security lighting in the residential housing area that used to be Wood Valley Apartments.

Heavy rains over the weekend in the Cohutta Mountains, preceded by a week of heavy rain across North Georgia, have caused damage to some roads and recreation facilities on the Conasauga Ranger District.

Several roads in Whitfield and Murray counties are closed or nearly impassable, 911 operators said at 2 p.m. on Saturday.