Rocky Face News

Emergency workers look at where a section of a train carrying lumber and cotton seed derailed Sunday evening near Old Chattanooga Road in Rocky Face.

A Rocky Face man is charged with 55 counts of child exploitation for possessing photogrpahs of child pornography, law enforcement officials said.

The cause of a fatal wreck on Ga. Highway 201 Tuesday morning was still undetermined Wednesday afternoon because the report was not yet finished, said an operator with the Georgia State Patrol.

The cause of a train derailment on Sunday in Rocky Face had not been determined as of Monday afternoon, a CSX spokesman said.

A developing story this evening out of Whitfield County where a train has derailed.

No one was injured when a train derailed Sunday evening in Rocky Face, said an operator with the Whitfield County 911.

* William Timothy Bonds, 42, 2040 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Dalton, was charged Tuesday by the Dalton Police Department with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, use of a communication facility in committing a felony, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of tools for the commission of crime.

* Rockie Lee Turnquist, 39, 4702 Chamblee-Tucker Road, Tucker, was charged Friday by the Murray County Sheriff's Office with sale of marijuana.

A Dalton man who hit a black bear late Saturday night on I-75 with his truck said he was told by a Georgia State Patrol trooper he could keep the bear.

* Eric Alan Cunningham, 38, 1741 Mount Vernon Road, Rocky Face, was charge Sunday by the Georgia State Patrol with DUI and a headlight violation.

Blvd., Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with failure to maintain lane, driving while license withdrawn, DUI and probation violation .

* Valentino Duane Macon, 25, 601 Cockburn St., Dalton, was charged Friday by the Dalton Police Department with possession of crack cocaine, manufacturing crack cocaine and obstruction of an officer.

A pregnant woman due to deliver her child today was involved in the second of back-to-back wrecks on Thursday at a tricky intersection in Rocky Face but was not injured, a Whitfield 911 operator said.

For Regina Wheeler, deputy director of the Cartersville-Bartow County Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Dixie Highway 90-mile Yard Sale will be an opportunity to travel off the beaten path.

A local company and a subcontractor have been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following separate work-related accidents that killed two people.

Whitfield County government recently celebrated National County Government Week with an emphasis on the county's "green government" efforts.

* Joel Ramirez Gonzalez, 28, 151 Francis Drive, Chatsworth, was charged Friday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with battery and possession of cocaine.

A feud between cousins led to the killing of a dog in Rocky Face almost two months ago, officials said.

The Conasauga Ranger District of the Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests is beginning an analysis of its equestrian trails to determine if the current system of horse trails is adequate to meet public demand.

* Heather Lashae Goble, 19, 87 Acorn Drive, Chatsworth, was charged Friday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with first degree forgery.