WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – A deadly dispute took place early in the morning on Friday, Nov. 24, resulting in one man dead. William Holmes, 43, of Whitfield County was arrested after one man was found dead at a residence at 531 Patton Street. Allegedly, Holmes was at the scene initially to escort a woman receiving […]

WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – A senior football player at Northwest Whitfield High School has been arrested for assault after he hit another student across the face with a gun. William Caid Combs, 17-year-olds, is now facing aggravated assault charges after an altercation took place off school property on Oct. 1. According to reports, Combs was accompanied […]

WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – Five former employees at the Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center in Dalton have been indicted after Alexis Sluder died in custody in August 2022. Sluder was an Ellijay resident who had been transferred to the detention center. She was there less than 24 hours before she died due to an […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King is asking the public to help identify the culprit behind a fire at Cove Baptist Fellowship Church in Whitfield County. At approximately 11:30 PM on August 9th, investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Office were requested by the Whitfield County Fire Department to respond […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that Farmers Insurance has rescinded tens of thousands of nonrenewal notices to Georgia consumers initially scheduled to go into effect in August. “It was brought to our attention this week that Farmers Insurance had alerted their customers that they would be non-renewing […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Dalton Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify two people who used stolen credit cards to make a fraudulent purchase in Dalton and Fort Oglethorpe and attempted several others. The victim’s cards and other belongings were stolen from their vehicles while parked at the Dalton Golf and Country […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Dalton Police Department arrested 29-year old Marcus Antroune Freeman Tuesday afternoon on charges resulting from a shooting behind the Kroger shopping center on West Walnut Avenue. Freeman, of 4177 Brown Bridge Road in Whitfield County, was charged with aggravated assault and reckless conduct. Nobody was hurt in the incident. The incident […]

PRESS RELEASE – The Dalton Police Department arrested 62-year old Terry Charles on charges related to the abuse and abandonment of animals. Terry turned himself in this morning on warrants for his arrest. On June 13th, Charles went to the Humane Society of Northwest Georgia’s headquarters on Veterans Drive and left three kittens in the […]

GEORGIA – A severe thunderstorm, that traveled across north Georgia counties Sunday night, left extensive damage and thousands without power going into this week. Georgia Power stated that they are continuously working to restore power to their customers. “Our crews remain in the field working to address widespread damage from Sunday night’s storms, have already […]

PRESS RELEASE – Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced that Ronald Langley Jr., 55, of Dalton, has been charged with insurance fraud and obstruction after staging a slip and fall accident. “In May of 2022, Mr. Langley alleged to Kroger employees that he slipped on a product spill while shopping,” said Commissioner King. […]

DALTON, GA– The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Dalton, GA, that occurred on Monday, May 1, around 5:00 a.m. and resulted in one woman was shot, and one Dalton Police Department officer injured. According to the Dalton Police Department, Dalton Police Department officers were dispatched to the Hamilton Medical Center’s Emergency Department […]

DALTON, Ga. –  A Dalton couple have been arrested after attempting to shoplift from the Dollar General store on Feb. 17. Around 1:30 p.m., on Feb. 17, Dalton Police Department dispatched an officer to the Dollar General on 511 North Glenwood Ave for a reported ‘shoplifting in progress’. When Officer Johnson arrived, the store manager […]

WHITFIELD COUNTY, Ga. – The Whitfield County 911 Center is excited to announce the launch of Prepared Live in the dispatch center. Developed by Prepared, the software enables the 911 dispatch center to livestream, receive multimedia, and locations from mobile callers in real-time. This addition to the technology suite will significantly improve the ability to […]

PRESS RELEASE – The GBI is investigating an aggravated assault on Dalton Police Department officers. Eron Naseem Buggs, age 23, was wanted by the U.S. Marshals Service for murder warrants from St. Mary’s County, Maryland and armed robbery warrants from Coweta County, Georgia. On Friday, February 24, 2023, Buggs was at 815 Shugart Road in Dalton, […]

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