Connie Belue, a registered nurse in Endoscopy at Hamilton Medical Center (HMC), recently received the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The DAISY Award recognizes exemplary nursing excellence, and is the highest honor a nurse can receive at HMC.
During the eighth annual Whitfield Education Foundation Celebrity Spelling Bee, Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) Vice President of Economic Development Stephanie Scearce placed ninth out of 19 participants, which included community members from the greater Dalton area.
Today is Saturday, Oct. 24, the 298th day of 2020. There are 68 days left in the year.
The Visual Arts Department of the Creative Arts Guild is excited to resume the popular Live Model - Open Studio class. It meets each second Saturday of the month and starts this weekend for adult artists ages 18 and above who wish to improve their skills in figure drawing.
Helen Kincaid has been a foster parent to more than 400 children over the past quarter century, and even though she turned 84 earlier this month, she has no plans to stop sharing her love with them.
• Anyone interested in a basic homiletics class is invited to join classes at Antioch Baptist Church. The church will study some basics of "the art and science of preaching." Attendees will learn how to design and to develop sermon outlines and sermons. This series of classes is for all who …
The Hits and Oldies Show presents The Elvis and Soul Music Show featuring Matt Cordell and Dre Hilton from The Soul of Motown Show at the Creative Arts Guild on Sunday, Sept. 13. The show starts at 5 p.m. Doors will open at 4:30. Tickets are $25. Only 80 people will be seated because of the …
• Anyone interested in a basic homiletics class is invited to join classes at Antioch Baptist Church. The church will study some basics of "the art and science of preaching." Attendees will learn how to design and to develop sermon outlines and sermons. This series of classes is for all who …
With the relocation of Chatsworth's Black Bear Festival away from the downtown area to the old recreation center, members of the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society announce they will not open the historic properties for the festival this year.
The Creative Arts Guild and Ballet Dalton recently presented a dance concert on the Guild’s open-air Spigel Pavilion. The Guild Dance Ensemble, Intermediate 3’s, Intermediate 4’s, Capoeira and hip-hop classes all performed.
• On Sunday, Sept. 20, Hopewell Baptist Church celebrates Pastor Windell and first lady Cynthia Smith's 15th anniversary. Due to the events going on around us, we are unable to gather together at the church house. However, we wanted to invite you to help us celebrate their anniversary. They …
A "Half Price/Best Offer" flea market is set for Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Old Spring Place Methodist Church, a property of the Whitfield-Murray Historical Society. All proceeds will go to the continued preservation of the old church, built in 1875. It is the oldest bu…
The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority is pleased to announce the 11th Annual America Recycles Day Billboard Contest for sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders attending public or private schools participating in the Target Recycling at School program in Whitfield County.
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The Dalton Elks Lodge awarded $15,000 in total scholarships in July to 12 area students who graduated from local area high schools in 2020. Each student was awarded $1,250.
Zoom with the Creative Arts Guild to this adult cooking class at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
The 23rd annual Spring Place Community Festival will be Saturday at the Old Spring Place Methodist Church just off Ga. Highway 225 South.
Class registration for fall/winter/spring classes (Aug. 10, 2020, to May 14, 2021) is underway this week at the Creative Arts Guild.
Brian Wright has been named president of the Dalton Civitan Club. Wright is an attorney at the Cowan Law Firm in Dalton.
• Bethel A.M.E. Church Bible study and prayer service is on a conference line. Dial (775) 799-9148 and you will be connected directly with church family members.
The 23rd annual Spring Place Community Festival is set for Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Old Spring Place Methodist Church.
The Anna Shaw Children's Institute, 1201 Burleyson Road, will host a training program, given by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, for individuals to become special education advocates. The training, Volunteer Advocacy Project, will be offered in-person at the institute or through Zoom.
Nearly 240 students will be receive degrees from Piedmont College following the summer 2020 semester.
The Creative Arts Guild has come up with a new spin on its traditional Low Country Boil event.
Emily Morgan Allen of Southeast Whitfield High School has been selected to receive a Student of Integrity scholarship from the Better Business Bureau for 2020.
A total of 16,470 students enrolled during the 2020 spring semester at The University of Alabama were named to the Dean's List with an academic record of 3.5 or above or the President's List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A's). The Dean's and President's lists recognize full-time underg…
Helping citizens exercise their privilege to vote amid the pandemic required extra attention this year. One of the ways was through expansion of absentee ballots.
Georgia Northwestern Technical College's 2020 Spring and Summer Commencement Ceremony will now be held at the Floyd County Campus as a drive-thru ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m.
Spring Place, home of the first Christian mission to the Cherokees and then the first county seat for Murray County, is one of the most historic communities in our area. Today, it's designated a Georgia Historic Township and is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. And it …
To commemorate the longevity of the Sprig and Dig Garden Club, members decided to donate two planting benches and a gift certificate from Fiddleheads to the Anna Shaw Children’s Institute. The club is celebrating 50 years this year.
With 18 residents starting their internal medicine residency program on July 1, Hamilton Health Care System has added academic institution to its résumé.
Kennesaw State University recently welcomed its newest class of graduates. Nearly 3,400 students earned bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees for the spring 2020 semester. Area graduates include:
Stonewall "Stoney" Ponders of Ponders Funeral Homes and Crematory recently completed 41 contact hours of specialized embalming and reconstructive training as part of Fountain National Academy's "Advanced Post Mortem Reconstructive Surgery" seminar.
The U.S. Office of the First Lady has announced an art opportunity for students in grades 3-12 titled Building the Movement: America’s Youth Celebrate 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage. Submissions will culminate in an exhibit honoring the centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th a…
Katherine Grace Anderson of Rocky Face has been named to the President's List at Clemson University for the spring 2020 semester.
The Whitfield-Murray Historical Society is sponsoring a silent auction for a golf cart ending Friday, July 10, at 4 p.m. The silent auction is for a 2002 Club Car Golf Cart model DS electric IQ48-volt system. Email your bids and questions to director@whitfieldmurray.org or you may mail in or…
The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia has donated $29,200 this year to date to the Chattanooga Area Food Bank to support its work to fight hunger in Northwest Georgia. The gift will provide three mobile pantries in Whitfield County and additional hunger relief in Catoosa, Chattooga, …
Textile Rubber & Chemical Co. in Dalton has awarded this year's Joseph E. Willard Scholarship to Barrett Barbre. He is a recent graduate of Coahulla Creek High School and plans to attend Kennesaw State University where he will major in engineering.
Textile Rubber & Chemical Co. in Dalton has awarded this year's Ray N. Taylor Memorial Scholarship to Kinleigh Stancill. She is a recent graduate of Northwest Whitfield High School and plans to attend Reinhardt University in Waleska majoring in business with an emphasis on journalism and…
Peyton Gable of Dalton was named to the College of Charleston's spring 2020 President's List. To qualify for the President's List (highly distinguished), students must earn a GPA of 3.8 or higher and complete a minimum of 14 semester hours.
Need some healthy activities to help offset all that screen time the kids are getting these days? The Creative Arts Guild has reopened and is offering summer day camps for ages 5 through 14.
The Dalton Arts Project recently awarded the Sharon Merritt Senior Scholarship to Emily Allen. This $500 scholarship is given to a senior dancer of the Dalton Dance Company who has shown exceptional commitment and generosity in her dance career.
The Creative Arts Guild reports that its first two weeks after reopening have been successful.
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Raymond Young, age 63, of Chatsworth Georgia passed Thursday January 14, 2021. Arrangements have been entrusted to independently owned and operated Dalton Funeral Home, 620 S. Glenwood Ave. Dalton, GA 30721; 706-529-5371
Ronald Young, age 63, of Chatsworth Georgia passed Thursday January 14, 2021. Arrangements have been entrusted to independently owned and operated Dalton Funeral Home, 620 S. Glenwood Ave. Dalton, GA 30721; 706-529-5371
Pamela Gay Malone, 61, of Dalton, passed away at Hamilton Medical Center on January 14, 2021. She is preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Peggy Harris, and by her daughter, Teresa Heredia. Pamela is survived by her children, Cherri (Nick) Turner, Bobby Heredia, Steven Heredia, and Des…
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