Category Archives: Local News

(Media release from Georgia Highlands College):Recent Georgia Highlands College (GHC) graduate Kristina Von Nordeck is growing her career in healthcare, having spent the last five years in pediatrics ...

(Media release from the Paradise Garden Foundation):Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden hosts its annual two-day art festival, Finster Fest, on September 23 & 24 in Summerville, Georgia in hist...

(Media release from the Georgia Department of Labor):Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson has announced that Rome recorded an unemployment rate of 3.4 percent in July, down three-tenths of a perc...

Here’s a reminder that Scrap Tire Amnesty Days are slated for this weekend at the GE Plant, located at 1389 Redmond Circle in Rome. Hours are 2 pm until 7 pm on Friday and 7 am until 2 pm on Sat...

(Announcement from Floyd County Public Works):Floyd County Public Works has closed Sand Springs Road for an emergency repair. The repair is for an emergency cross drain replacement and is effective im...

(Media release from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety):State and local law enforcement officers remind everyone to never make the mistake of driving after drinking because those who d...

(Media release from Rome Little Theatre):Rome Little Theatre's production of Newsies, Jr will run for a second and final weekend this Friday evening through Sunday afternoon at the DeSoto Theater.Disn...

Less than two weeks remain until the 55th annual Knights of Columbus Labor Day Barbecue. The event is set for Monday, September 4th from 10 am until 2 pm (or until food runs out) at the Rome Civic Cen...

The Rome Police Department’s 2023 Citizens Police Academy will begin on Monday, September 18th. Sessions in the eight-week program will be held on Monday nights from 6 pm until 9 pm through Nove...

(Media release from the Georgia Senate Press Office):Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Safety, Senator John Albers (R - Roswell), and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Science and Technolog...