Whitfield County News Archives

A Fort Oglethorpe man was arrested on Thursday for having marijuana on the campus of Phoenix High School in Dalton.

Gayle Gazaway puts the focus on professionalism and customer service in her job as Whitfield County Magistrate Court Clerk.

A Dalton man has been accused of sexual crimes against a child after he spent the night at the child's home in Rocky Face, authorities say.

The manager of a nursing home accused of stealing drugs from residents pleaded guilty in Whitfield County Superior Court on Tuesday and will undergo a pre-sentence investigation, officials said.

The Haunted Egg Hunt scheduled for tonight at Edwards Park in Whitfield County has been rescheduled for Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. because of the weather.

The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners did not raise your 2009 property taxes, but your bill still may go up.

A man who failed to register as a sex offender pleaded guilty in Whitfield County Superior Court on Friday and received a two-year prison sentence plus banishment from the Whitfield-Murray judicial circuit.

A Gordon County man has been arrested for allegedly aiding a juvenile runaway. On the morning of Tuesday, Oct.

The community is invited on Monday to celebrate the grand opening of Cedar Ridge Elementary.

Donna Hogan wants to see business growth come to Eton, but doesn't want the burg to lose its "small town feel." "Eton is growing tremendously," said Hogan, who is challenging two-term councilman Steve Shaw for the Post 2 seat in the Nov.

DALTON, Ga. The newspaper in Dalton doesn't want its readers to lose touch just because they're out of work and can't afford to subscribe.

An illegal alien fugitive from California had been on the run from U.S. marshals for 19 years on felony charges before he arrived at the Whitfield County Jail - where the proverbial long arm of the law finally stopped him cold, authorities said.

Submitted by WDEF on October 19, 2009 - 12:21pm. Whitfield County News By Mitch Talley Whitfield County Director of Communications Do you want to help make a Miracle happen in Whitfield County? Then the county Parks & Recreation Department is interested in talking to you.

A* Erwin Dewayne Bonds, 29, 319 Claude St., Dalton, was charged Friday by the Dalton Police Department with possession of tools for the commission of a crime , possession of cocaine, obstruction of an officer, conspiracy to commit a felony and being a party to a crime.

To fund its $45.1 million budget in 2010, Whitfield County commissioners will spend $7.1 million in county reserves, the second straight year commissioners have been unable or unwilling to balance their budget without tapping reserves.

For a few moments, Dalton shook. The community was shaken much longer. A year ago today - Oct.

Federal agents arrested Christopher Rubush, 35, of Roswell, and accused him of attempting to solicit a minor child for sex.

* Christina Lyn Walker, 34, 4385 Highway 52 Lot C, Chatsworth, was charged Wednesday by the Murray County Sheriff's Office with burglary.

The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners will continue into 2010 the deficit spending it began this year.

Emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle wreck that occurred around 8 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Tilton Road and Old Dixie Highway in the south end of Whitfield County.

It's been almost a year since Whitfield County held a groundbreaking for a park on Landfill Road in Westside.

A Dalton woman was charged with DUI after a vehicle that was reported stolen caught fire on the North Bypass near the intersection with Reed Road, blocking rush hour traffic for well over an hour on Tuesday, officials said.

A Dalton man was arrested Tuesday for raping a girl who was spending the night with his younger sister, authorities said.

Whitfield County, Ga. school board members accepted Southeast High School Principal Alan Long's resignation - effective immediately - at their regular meeting Monday night.

Assistant chief Danny Roach with the Whitfield County Fire Department gave Lt. Terry Warnix a compliment of the highest order at the Vocational Service Award luncheon of the Dalton Rotary Club on Tuesday.

A former assistant principal at Southeast High School is filling in at the school as principal after Alan Long resigned on Monday.

The principal of the second largest school in the Whitfield County system resigned Monday following an investigation, but school officials declined to say why.

With a closed environment and new detainees coming in continually from the outside world, jails and prisons are rife for the spread of influenza, or the flu, authorities say.

Whitfield County 4-H club members couldn't have picked a better day to clean up McClellan Creek, says county agriculture and natural resources agent Brenda Jackson Saturday.

A bridge will soon be built at a washed-out road in south Whitfield County. Commissioners on Monday awarded a $68,330 contract to Simpson Bridge Co.

Three students in Whitfield County Schools have been named as "commended students" in the 2010 National Merit Scholarship Program.

A Dalton man riding a motorcycle was killed after his bike collided with a car on Airport Road Wednesday evening.

Purple is the color and October is the month to promote awareness of domestic violence.

After accounting for retests administered during the summer, all of Whitfield County Schools and the school district made adequate yearly progress according to the final report released Thursday.

A 7-year-old girl from Whitfield County died Wednesday morning from H1N1 flu, officials said.