Rocky Face News

It was a normally chaotic evening in David Crawford's Rocky Face home about four years ago when his daughters, then 3 and 7, inspired him.

A* Jeston Mario Brafford, 23, no address given, was charged Saturday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and fugitive from justice.

A Dalton man has been accused of sexual crimes against a child after he spent the night at the child's home in Rocky Face, authorities say.

Carlock Farms in Rocky Face will receive $17,263 for poultry house upgrades as part of renewable energy or energy efficiency projects funded through USDA Rural Development.

The Whitfield County Address Project is entering its final phase as 2,500 to 3,000 city of Dalton residents were notified of their new addresses in a mail-out this week.

Here is the arrest report for the Fort Oglethorpe Police Department for Oct. 2-8, 2009.

1, Dalton, was charged Tuesday by the Dalton Police Department with DUI and failure to stop for a stop sign.

Sections of several roads are closed now in Whitfield County due to flooding. Claude Craig, deputy director of county emergency management services, said there have not been any major accidents so far in the drenched county.

* Adan Lara-Estrada, 25, 439 11th Ave., Dalton, was charged Saturday by the Dalton Police Department with aggravated stalking.

* Johnathan Neal Satterfield, 22, 8 Dove Drive, Chatsworth, was charged Sunday by the Chatsworth Police Department with DUI.

At 11 o'clock tonight, either one or more Mega Millions players will be fabulously wealthy, or the jackpot for the multi-state lottery will continue to climb toward record territory.

* Elizabeth Elaine Spicer, 41, 1919 E. Old Topside Road, Louisville, Tenn., was charged Tuesday by the Chatsworth Police Department with DUI, expired tag, removing or affixing license plate to conceal, open container in vehicle and tail lights required.

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

Mike Babb spent 17 years as a volunteer firefighter and says there were many times he responded to a call and had trouble finding an address.

The combined student population for the four church-operated schools in Whitfield County is almost equal to half the population of Dalton's Roan Elementary School .

* Ida Michele Blackwell, 31, 3937 Tibbs Bridge Road, Dalton, was charged Tuesday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with terroristic threats and acts.

Jeff Stice, pianist for the Triumphant Quartet, will be in concert at Tunnel Hill United Methodist Church Aug.

When Jimmy Sneed was released from Hamilton Medical Center in 2003 following a 39-day stay for a tracheotomy, the trip home to Rocky Face was anything but easy.

* Diego Pascual-Nicolas, 20, 318 Spencer St., Apt. 3, Dalton, was charged Sunday by the Whitfield County Sheriff's Office with possession of false identification documents, driving without a license and following too closely.

Local artist Geneva Green recently traded in her paintbrush to write an article about her childhood for a living history anthology called a oeBrush Brooms and Straw Ticks.a In June 2002, Geneva Green was named Artist of the Month in The Catoosa County News.