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A Trenton man has been arrested for child molestation, indecent exposure and enticing a child for incidents in Whitfield County, and is being extradited to Whitfield County from Huntsville, Ala.

Weather permitting, crews will be repairing the I-75 bridge over Scruggs Road in Catoosa County tonight from 6 p.m. to 4 a.m.

All Whitfield County Schools will be on a two-hour delay Wednesday due to possible wintry weather. Breakfast will still be served.

The Whitfield County Board of Commissioners met with leaders from the county's cities on Tuesday to discuss their allotment from a proposed Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST).

Hamilton Health Care System officials have something planned for Applewood Drive, but they are mum about exactly what it is.

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Three more people have been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of Dixie's Food Mart at 2101 S. Dixie Highway on Nov. 29. The owner of the store said $25,000 in cash was taken. None of the money has been recovered.

The SPLOST advisory committee delivered recommendations for roughly $44 million in Whitfield County projects Monday night to the county's Board of Commissioners, who aren't inclined toward wholesale changes.

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ATLANTA — A special election will be held for House District 171 after state Rep. Jay Powell, R-Camilla, died last month.

After students in Dalton Public Schools and members of the community offered their entrepreneurial plans in the city's PitchDIA contest earlier this fall, Dalton State College students took their turn at selling business ideas on Wednesday to a panel of judges in Barry Slaymaker's entreprene…

Miguel Gonzalez, a teacher at the Dalton Public Schools Newcomer Academy, has been recognized for mentoring others in the education field as the Northwest Georgia 2019 Mentor Teacher of the Year, an award presented by Georgia's P-20 Collaborative.

Whitfield County residents may find out Tuesday what projects would be funded by a Special Purpose Local Options Sales Tax (SPLOST) that the county Board of Commissioners plans to place on the May 2020 general primary ballot.

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For members of Northwest Whitfield High School's drama department, this year's one-act play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," has truly been a dream, as the production earned the school its highest-ever finish (runner-up) at the state finals and Northwest's first region title in more than 50 years.

Dalton residents will have their first opportunity to see the city's proposed 2020 budget on Monday.

Tariffs imposed on solar power products two years ago have benefited the Greater Dalton area, local officials told the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Thursday.

With a new building now open on the Whitfield Murray Campus of Georgia Northwestern Technical College, the GNTC Police Department led a lockdown drill for students and staff on Tuesday.

While Georgia is embattled with voting rights and voter suppression arguments, the state’s U.S. representatives stayed with their parties in a crucial vote Friday to restore voter protections.

Individuals may one day be appointed to fill out terms on the Whitfield Board of Education by the school board members, rather than by the members of a grand jury.

While the holiday season is a time of bounty for many, it's also an opportunity to consider the less fortunate, and Dalton High School donated thousands of canned goods on Friday to the 35th annual WRCB Channel 3 Share Your Christmas food drive for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank.

It began with a book.

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Tom Graves, a Republican from Ranger who has been a member of Congress since 2010, said Thursday he won't seek reelection in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020.

ATLANTA — The Secretary of State’s office has launched an education campaign to help voters learn the ins and outs of the state’s new voting system.

A mandatory mediation session in the negotiation of a new Service Delivery Strategy (SDS) Agreement for the governments in Whitfield County has been set for Jan. 7. The session will be at the Dalton Convention Center.

The Dalton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two people who are suspected in multiple entering auto cases that happened on Nov. 3 in Dalton.

The Dalton Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two women who scammed an elderly man out of $1,500. The women told the man they needed money to collect a lottery prize.

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Today, U.S. Rep. Tom Graves, R-Ranger, announced in a letter to 14th District constituents (including Whitfield and Murray counties) that he will not seek reelection in 2020:

The Dalton post office will offer Sunday hours (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) for holiday package pickup only in December before Christmas Day.

A Dalton man was charged Tuesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with armed robbery for the robbery of Dixie's Food Mart at 2101 S. Dixie Highway on Friday at about 10:35 a.m. An incident report indicated "three masked subjects" were involved, one of whom had a handgun. The owner of…

Theater patrons are invited to jump aboard "The Christmas Express" at the Dalton Little Theatre for a trip into the heart of hope that's inherent in the holiday season.

A Tunnel Hill woman has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to false imprisonment, possession of meth, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of contraband by an inmate in two cases in Whitfield County Superior Court, according to District Attorne…

ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp has appointed businesswoman Kelly Loeffler to fill Johnny Isakson’s unexpired U.S. Senate term.

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An extensive project to repair and upgrade the Chattanooga Avenue bridge over Mill Creek was completed in November approximately three weeks ahead of schedule. The work on the bridge took nearly two months and addressed a number of issues.

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ATLANTA — On the U.S. Senate floor in Washington on Tuesday, Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson said his goodbyes to fellow politicians — both Republican and Democrat — with a promise.

Members of the Dalton City Council say they expect to vote later this month on a rezoning request that a developer says is needed to bring Olive Garden to West Walnut Avenue.

A Coahulla Creek High School student was airlifted to Erlanger hospital in Chattanooga Tuesday morning after a two-vehicle wreck near the school but suffered no major injuries, according to her father.

Ollie's Discount Outlet should be opening early next year.

A second man has been arrested in connection with a hit and run in Whitfield County in November that left a Calhoun man dead.

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Murray County Sole Commissioner Greg Hogan will hold a public meeting on Tuesday at 9 a.m. in the county annex. The public is encouraged to attend.

The chairman of a citizens advisory committee making recommendations for projects that could be funded by a proposed 2020 Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) thanked officials with the City of Dalton on Monday for coming up with a good list of projects to be funded.

Dalton could have a new John Davis Recreation Center by the summer of 2021.

Fresh off a year that included the opening of their 12th station and the arrival of two new fire engines, Whitfield County firefighters received recognition for their efforts during 2019 at the 42nd Annual Firefighter's Appreciation Banquet on Nov. 5 at the Dalton Golf & Country Club.