Murray County News

Clara Towns had worked 22 years in the carpet industry before being laid off in May.

Tony Duckett says his son was punished at North Murray High School for defending himself from a bully.

A* Daer Almondova, 25, 110 W. Crawford St. No. 23, Dalton, was charged Friday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with failure to appear .

The Murray County school system is expected to receive approximately $1.6 million in insurance money for the former high school known as the Old Rock Building that was destroyed by fire in September.

Two Chatsworth men have been indicted on separate sex-related charges by a Murray County grand jury and will face arraignment in Superior Court on Dec.

Seth Adams stands in a hallway at North Murray High School, headbanging to his music, hands on the strings of his electric guitar.

The Marine Corps League, in conjunction with U.S. military veterans and the Dalton Motorcycle Club, is sponsoring a Toys for Tots Ride for motorcycles on Saturday, Dec.

A* Barbara Ann Lemme, 41, 401 Kingston Highway 293, Cartersville, was charged Saturday by the Murray County Sheriff's Office with DUI , open container of alcohol and driving with an expired tag.

Flu cases seem to have tapered off in Whitfield and Murray counties, according to local officials.

The Chatsworth Police Department is investigating the suicide of a Murray County High School student whose parents say he took his life because he was distraught over being bullied at school.

Connie Pulliam was afraid there was some kind of problem when she was called into the principala TMs office on Wednesday.

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

Can you imagine being taught how to read, write and do math at age 3 - by your 5-year-old brother? That may sound unusual and even amazing, but to Hannah Wildes, that was merely her starting point.

Whitfield and Dalton school officials say they have good news despite tax notices going out later than in previous years.

When Phillip Hite was released from prison in February, he was on "12 or 14" cancer drugs to treat his lymphoma.

Russ Bridges doesn't want to see the charred remains of the Rock Building demolished.

Murray County Democrats will host their annual Thanksgiving dinner/meeting on Thursday, Nov.

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.

A* Jeston Mario Brafford, 23, no address given, was charged Saturday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and fugitive from justice.

Margaret Adams said she found out when first elected to the Chatsworth City Council in 1973 that council members do some good things, but people also "got mad at you." "For example," she recalled, "if we had listened to some people we still wouldn't have a parks and recreation program going." The Post 1 seat was a two-year term when Adams was first ...