Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel announced her intent to resign from the department on Jan. 30. According to a county spokeswoman, CEO JaNice Van Ness “immediately appointed Deputy ...

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel announced her intent to resign from the department on Jan. 30. According to a county spokeswoman, CEO JaNice Van Ness “immediately ...

Fire Chief Marian McDaniel and Rockdale County were criticized when a shelter-in-place was restored hours after they lifted ...

Rockdale County — the majority-Black community where Conyers is located — contains more than 600 industrial facilities, according to an Environmental Protection Agency database. ADVERTISEMENT ...

ROCKDALE COUNTY, Ga. — Rockdale County Fire Chief Marian McDaniel announced her intent to resign from the department on Jan. 30. According to a county spokeswoman, CEO JaNice Van Ness ...

ATLANTA — Rockdale County’s fire chief has announced her resignation, four months after a fire at a BioLab facility sent up a chemical cloud and led to the evacuation of 17,000 people.

County officials say McDaniel's resignation was unrelated to the massive fire in Conyers, which prompted temporary shelter-in-place for thousands of residents.

Chief Marian McDaniel, the first Black woman to lead Rockdale County Fire Rescue, announced her resignation on Feb. 3. Deputy Chief of Operations James Robinson has been appointed as Interim Fire ...