This Tuesday, April 7th is the date of the special election runoff for U.S. House of Representatives, District 14. Congressional candidates include Clay Fuller and Shawn Harris. The winner in that race will go on to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene, who resigned from Congress earlier this year. State Senate District 53 i...

Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College: The 2026 Spring Plant Sale at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), an annual tradition in Rome, will be held April 13-16. The sale will begin on Monday, April 13, at 8 a.m. and end at 4 p.m. The sale will continue Tuesday, April 14, through Thursday, ...

Media release from Georgia Highlands College: Georgia Highlands College (GHC) recently welcomed high-achieving high school seniors and their families to campus for the college's first President's Scholars Day, an elevated academic experience designed to connect prospective students with the college's programs, opportun...

Media release from Berry College: The Berry College Theatre Company presents "Songs for a New World" at Sisters Theatre April 8 - 12. Jason Robert Brown's "Songs for a New World" is a favorite among musical theatre practitioners. This production guides the audience through a series of significant mo...

April is observed annually as National Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Family Resource Center is partnering with other human service agencies to promote child abuse prevention in Rome and Floyd County throughout this month. Tina Bartleson, FRC Executive Director, says that this year's theme for CAP Month locally is &...

Media release from the Georgia Department of Labor: The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that Georgia's unemployment rate for January 2026 was 3.5%, holding steady from a revised 3.5% in December. January's unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage point lower than the national unemployment rate. Georgia's...

Media release from Rome, GA City Schools: Four Elm Street fourth graders recently placed among the best in the state at the Georgia Student Technology Competition. Dylan Ramirez Cornejo and Anthony Simon Hernandez placed second in the state for programming. The students wanted to use code to help create an image. They ...

Media release from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources: If you could only choose one source for fishing information for the lake or river you plan to visit, we have a suggestion: the Georgia Fishing Forecasts. Georgia Department of Natural Resources' Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) fisheries biologists and te...

Members of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds arrived in Rome, GA on Tuesday afternoon ahead of their appearance in the Spring edition of the Wings Over North Georgia air show this weekend. This marks the fourth WONG appearance for the Thunderbirds, but the first time that they have been able to land at Rome's Ru...

Media release from Floyd County, GA: Damage to the belltower of the Floyd County's Historic Courthouse will require that the structure will be stabilized to see if it can be saved for future generations, and that's going to take some time and patience from everyone in the community. "It may take some time, but we ...