A 12-year-old boy has died from injuries from an automobile crash around 7:09 a.m. Wednesday on Cleveland Highway near the entrance to Edwards Park and North Whitfield Middle School, according to Whitfield County Coroner Greg Bates.

After peaking last month, the number of student cases of COVID-19 in Whitfield County Schools has decreased recently, a drop that coincides with the school system instituting a mask mandate in late August, with opt-outs.

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Those who live in Whitfield County or who work in Whitfield County and live elsewhere have an opportunity to voice their opinions on what the community is doing right and where it needs to improve.

Living in a tepee in the mountains of Pennsylvania three decades ago, Ruthie Rule realized she wanted to spend her life working with youth, especially those facing challenges.

Steve Dorman, president of Georgia College, has awarded degrees to the graduating class of August 2021. Local students were:

• Dalton Anglican Fellowship is working toward establishing an orthodox and evangelical fellowship of like-minded Anglicans or other Christians interested in the Anglican way. This is a group committed to the authority of Scripture and worship according to the Book of Common Prayer. The grou…

Though admittedly "shy" by nature, Hallie Harrison "always wanted to give a speech at graduation," and she got her wish at Northwest Whitfield High School's class of 2021 commencement in May.

Josh Brackett said the first thing he noticed about his future wife Leigh Anne was her smile.

Hamilton Medical Center on Wednesday had 57 COVID patients (48 unvaccinated; 84%); 14 of those were in the intensive care unit (ICU) (12 unvaccinated; 86%); and 13 were on ventilators (11 unvaccinated; 85%), according to information posted on the hospital's website.

A $1,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons responsible for the vandalism and theft of American flags and POW flags displayed near the Whitfield County Courthouse on Saturday, Sept. 11.

After being canceled last year because of COVID-19, the Greater Dalton Chamber of Commerce Business Expo will return on Wednesday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

To aid front-line team members, National Guard members have volunteered to assist AdventHealth Murray and AdventHealth Gordon in non-clinical roles during the current surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the first Friends of the Library Book Sale on Saturday since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, patrons were grateful for the sale's return.

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A lawsuit brought by a woman who said she was touched on her backside twice by then-Varnell police sergeant Patrick John Hayes, whom she knew, on July 5, 2018, outside a convenience store has been settled with the city and Hayes, according to the woman's attorney. City officials confirmed th…

Dalton Public Schools' School Nutrition Department served more meals this summer than last but is contending with staffing shortages this school year.

CHATSWORTH — After skipping last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Model Train Expo returned to the Chatsworth Depot on Saturday to the delight of train and rail enthusiasts.

A former jailer for the Murray County Sheriff’s Office was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison followed by 10 years on probation for the crimes of sexual contact with an inmate and violation of oath of office.

The Dalton Board of Education approved a pay increase for substitutes Monday, as well as a stipend for teachers using planning time to cover other classrooms and seven days of paid COVID-19 leave.

Nine flags are still missing from the Avenue of Flags along King Street and the Whitfield County Courthouse lawn, according to one of the organizers of the flag display.

The Community Foundation of Northwest Georgia will host a free cybersecurity summit for churches and nonprofits on Thursday, Sept. 23, from 9 a.m. to noon.

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ATLANTA — The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday it has opened a statewide civil investigation into conditions of the confinement of prisoners held in Georgia’s state prisons.

Inmates in the Whitfield County jail who have COVID-19 now have access to a potentially life-saving treatment.

Dalton First United Methodist Church presents the 24th annual L.N. "Smiley" Gregg Memorial Benefit Concert Sunday at 6 p.m. in the church sanctuary.

From those who make floorcovering to those who make the machines that make floorcovering, FloorTek has attracted companies from across the world to the Dalton Convention Center.

Southern governors — in the nation’s least vaccinated states — are vowing to fight President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) is proud to announce its partnership with Shaw Industries through the company’s recent sponsorship of the Automation Engineering Technology lab on the Whitfield Murray Campus in Dalton.

Dr. Adela Castro says her job is very rewarding.

As the winds swirled and the rains emptied out of the heavens, Whitfield County native Beverly Hensley Foret had a firsthand look from her bedroom window at the devastation being inflicted by Hurricane Ida on her current hometown of Luling, Louisiana, about 30 miles west of New Orleans on Hi…

CHATSWORTH — Murray County Sole Commissioner Greg Hogan and the congregation of First Baptist Church of Chatsworth have entered into a one-year agreement that allows the Superior Courts of Murray County to utilize the church’s facility as a jury assembly area on the Mondays of Superior Court…

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During the COVID-19 pandemic virtual services have become a necessity, and funds from a federal grant were used by Dalton State College to deliver high-quality tutoring to students remotely.

The deadline to sign up for training for Family Support Council's Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program for Whitfield and Murray counties has been extended to Tuesday, Sept. 23.

The Dalton Arts Project will host its "Nutcracker" fundraising kickoff event, the Nutcracker Tea and Sweets, on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Dance Theatre of Dalton studios, 411 N. Park Drive. Mothers, daughters, grandmothers and others are invited to this afternoon of fun, food, fashion a…

Hamilton Medical Center on Monday had 65 COVID patients (52 unvaccinated; 80%); 15 of those were in the intensive care unit (ICU) (14 unvaccinated; 93%); and 12 were on ventilators (11 unvaccinated; 92%), according to information posted on the hospital's website.

With the COVID-19 pandemic causing many women to leave the workforce to care for their children, the Dalton Little Theatre will premiere "A Doll's House, Part 2" this Friday.

The L’Abri Symphony Orchestra has had a long history in Dalton, with its beginnings in 1992 at the Kinsey Drive Baptist Church as part of the L’Abri Academy of Fine Arts.

Dalton native Rick Zeisig will head up the Chattanooga Traffic Network as the new director. Zeisig will also have a weekend show on Big FM 106.9 Chattanooga’s Greatest Hits Station each Saturday from 2 to 7 p.m.

Constitution Week is the commemoration of America’s most important document.

The Dalton Lions Club is having its annual $10,000 Giveaway/Steak Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 20.

The DEO Clinic had its inaugural Hope, Health, Healing run/walk Saturday, and it's "fundraisers like this that keep the clinic going," said the doctor who helped start the clinic in 2005.

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Stunned. Angry. Disgusted.

ATLANTA — Texas became the latest state, alongside Georgia and Alabama, to impose new, and more restrictive, voting laws ahead of what is expected to be an intense 2022 election cycle in a fight for party control.

You’d never know from looking at the outside, but the 1961 portion of the Whitfield County Courthouse is in the middle of a massive $6 million renovation on the inside.

In addition to the free COVID-19 testing provided by MAKO Medical at drive-thru sites in Canton, Dalton and Ellijay, the service is now expanding to three new sites in North Georgia that will operate one day a week. These added COVID testing sites are in Blue Ridge, Chatsworth and Jasper.