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Walker County’s “Most Wanted”: Charles Franklin Wheeler
Charles Fanklin Wheeler is wanted on a Superior Court bench warrant for terroristic threats, simple battery, cruelty to children third-degree and disorderly conduct. Description: White male, 47 yea...
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Saturday, May 18 - Monday, May 20, 2013; Mark your calendar
Saturday, May 18 CHURCH · Open House at Camp Discovery will be held Saturday, May 18, from 1-3 p.m. Camp Discovery is a Christian Day for children ages 5-12 and is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6p.m. M...
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Crime Stoppers: Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office
· Between 8 a.m. on May 3 and 2 p.m. on May 9, an entering auto crime occurred at Budget Sales at 4193 U.S. 41 in Ringgold, resulting in the theft of more than $500 worth of tools and electronics. ...
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Fort Oglethorpe council votes down billboard advertisement
Fort Oglethorpe mayor Lynn Long exercised his right to vote in a tie during the council's May 13 meeting. The matter requiring a tie vote was the placement of a billboard along Interstate 75, adver...
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Cliff and Arlene Kluge
Ringgold couple could have Coca-Cola recipe
A Ringgold couple has garnered national attention over the past few days after they stumbled across what they believe to be legitimate documents linked to the historic and long-coveted Coca-Cola re...
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Fort Oglethorpe council to vote on city charter committee members
It appears not all the nominations for Fort Oglethorpe mayor Lynn Long’s charter study committee will make the final cut. The mayor, after the state legislature decided to review the city’s charter...
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Friday, May 17 - Sunday, May 19; Mark your weekend calendar
Friday, May 17 CHURCH · Welcome Hill Baptist Church in Ringgold will have a revival from Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sund...
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Former gym teacher’s background check "clean"
by Rachel Brown, Dalton Daily Citizen News
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
A gym instructor arrested Friday for sending inappropriate texts and photos to a 15-year-old former student had a background check before he was hired which came back clean, said Creative Arts Guil...
The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office report: May 3-9, 2013
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The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office, during May 3-9, answered 1,315 calls, including 48 that were booked on a total of 103 counts. The violations included both misdemeanor and felony charges and we...
Fort Oglethorpe Police Department report: May 3-9, 2013
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Arrests Nicholas Braden, 25, of 103 Barnhardt Circle Apt. 17, Fort Oglethorpe, was arrested on May 3 on charges of felony obstruction and possession of Schedule II drugs (two counts). Steven Sanche...
Nearly $2,000 in property stolen from Rossville storage unit
by Adam Cook
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
A Fort Oglethorpe man recently returned to his storage unit to find that it had been burglarized, with nearly $2,000 worth of his belongings stolen. According to the Fort Oglethorpe Police Departme...
Ringgold moving forward with groundwater exploration
by Adam Cook
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Ringgold is planning ahead for its water needs by moving forward with the initial phase of groundwater exploration following a unanimous vote during its meeting on Monday, May 13. The council appro...
Georgia’s unemployment rate declines to 8.2 percent in April
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Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined to 8.2 percent in April. The rate was down two-tenths of a percentage point from 8.4 percent in March and nine-tenths of a percentage point ...
LaFayette man fell asleep at wheel, police say
by Matt Ledger
May 16, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
An accident involving a single vehicle is suspected to have been caused by the driver falling asleep at the wheel. According to the LaFayette Police Department: Jared Lee Marsh, 19, of Darwin Lane,...