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SWAT arrests man in dad's 'foul play 1 death
By Kelly Whitmire
DCN Regional Staff
Forsyth County Sheriff’s
Office officials have confirmed
a man was arrested on
Thursday, Sept. 22 in connec
tion with a “foul play” death in
Florida.
According to officials with
the Sheriff’s Office, Tyler
Davis was arrested by the
SWAT team in Forsyth County
on Thursday and is being held
for another jurisdiction. Davis
was arrested without incident,
officials said.
FCSO officials said the arrest
occurred in the Woodberry
subdivision in north Forsyth
and the SWAT team was used
due to the nature of the crime.
The Dawson County Sheriff’s
Office responded in a mutual
aid capacity with personnel
and a K9, said Sheriff Jeff
Johnson.
According to information
from the Bay County Florida
Sheriff’s Office, deputies
responded to a 911 call at
about 8 a.m. on Thursday and
found Julian Clifton Davis Jr.,
the suspect’s father, deceased
with a gunshot wound.
Officials said “evidence indi
cated Davis was a victim of
foul play and the gunshot was
not self-inflicted” in Panama
City Beach and a homicide
investigation was launched.
The release also said a sus
pect had been identified and
was likely heading to Georgia.
“A person of interest has
been identified,” the release
said. “Investigators believe the
person has fled the state. There
is no danger to the community
from this suspect. Investigators
are enroute to Georgia and are
working with authorities in that
state.”
DCN will update this article
when more information
becomes available.
This story was originally
published in the Forsyth
County News, a sister publica
tion of DCN.
2022 Homecoming royalty
King, queen
crowned under
the big lights
By Rio White
riowhite@dawsonnews.com
Two new individuals were
crowned as Dawson County
High School homecoming
royalty during the halftime
ceremony in last Friday’s
football game at Tiger
Stadium.
Seniors Trinity Cruse and
Macy Clark were named
homecoming king and queen
and were presented their
crowns by 2021 king and
queen Braedon Hubbard and
Blake Smith.
The son of Justin and
Jaclyn Cruse, Trinity is a
member of the DCHS soccer
team, National Honor
Society, Beta Club, an officer
for the Key Club and treasur
er for the Future Business
Leaders of America chapter.
Cruse plans to continue his
educational path with the
hopes of attending the
University of Georgia on a
Pre-Med track, working
toward the medical field.
The daughter of Andy and
Charity Clark, Macy is the
active president of FBLA,
vice president of NHS and
will be traveling to Europe
next summer as part of the
International Club.
Clark plans to attend col
lege to work toward a degree
in health promotion to
become a hospital adminis
trator.
Senior Class:
• Trinity Cruse and
Macy Clark
• Hunter Phillips and
Lauren Kurtz
• John Henry Frix and
Zoey Cruz
• Kade Moledor and
Avery Beaty
Photos by Rio White Dawson County News
Senior homecoming king and queen Trinity Cruse and Macy Clark pose after
being crowned by 2021 king and queen Braedon Hubbard and Blake Smith.
With all four grade levels
represented at the ceremony,
the following list includes all
who made it on the court.
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Kade Moledor and Avery Beaty.
Hunter Phillips and Lauren Kurtz.
John Henry Frix and Zoey Cruz.
Dawsonville
Chick-fil-A
celebrates 20th
anniversary
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Last Tuesday, the Dawsonville Chick-
fil-A celebrated 20 years of serving the
local community.
Chick-fil-A patrons and community
members celebrated by taking photos with
the big blow-up cow outside of the restau
rant, eating in the dining room decorated
with balloons and streamers and purchas
ing commemorative anniversary t-shirts.
According to restaurant operator Tony
Kellar, he and his wife Gwen first opened
the location back in 2002 when they decid
ed to make a move back to Georgia from
where they lived at the time in Charlotte,
NC.
“We’re both from Georgia and we just
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Mobile classroom
teaches students
importance of Ag
By Erica Jones
ejones@dawsonnews.com
Last week, the Georgia Ag Experience
mobile classroom visited Dawson County,
teaching students in the school system all
about the importance of agriculture in
Georgia and the potential jobs that the agri
culture field offers.
According to Virginia Eulwood, a state
educator with the Georgia Loundation for
Agriculture, the Georgia Ag Experience is
a program put on by the Georgia
Foundation for Agriculture, a nonprofit
organization that was founded by the Farm
Bureau. The Georgia Ag Experience
mobile classroom travels throughout all of
Georgia, teaching about agriculture to stu
dents in public and private schools across
the state.
“Kids in Dawson County (this week) are
learning that Georgia’s number one busi
ness is agriculture. The State of Georgia
makes more money in agriculture than any
thing else, and what that means for kids is
that when they get older there’s going to be
more jobs in agriculture,” Fulwood said.
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of sex crimes.
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