The Paradise Garden Foundation invites all Northwest Georgia residents to Finster Fest 2025, set for this Saturday and Sunday, September 20th and 21st at Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden in Summerville, GA. Hours are 10 am to 5 pm both days. Davia Weatherill, Executive Director of the Paradise Garden Foundation, enthuses that the event will feature…… read more »
Media release from the Chiaha Arts Guild: The Chiaha Arts Guild is now accepting applications for its 2025 Arts Education Grant. The grant program has provided more than $30,000 to support visual and performing arts education in Rome and Floyd County since its formal launch in 2010.K–12 schools and nonprofit organizations in Floyd County are…… read more »
Media release from AdventHealth: Throughout the month of October, the AdventHealth cancer care teams are challenging our community once again to light porches pink across Northwest Georgia to spread awareness of breast cancer. The “Light Your Porch Pink” movement shines a light on breast cancer, which affects one in eight women and is easily treatable…… read more »
Media release from Atrium Health Floyd: Atrium Health Floyd PresidentKurt Stuenkel has received the University System of Georgia Regents Hall of Fame Alumni and Distinguished Friends Award in recognition of his support of Georgia Highlands College. A strong advocate for education and workforce development, Stuenkel has played a pivotal role in forging Atrium Health Floyd’s…… read more »
Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College: Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has received a donation of 32 student manuals for its Commercial Truck Driving – Class A program. J. J. Keller & Associates Inc. recently notified the GNTC Foundation that it would make a one-time donation of 32 copies of its “Entry-Level Driver Training…… read more »
Media release from AAA – The Auto Club Group: The Georgia gas price average is trending downward, offering drivers a modest reprieve. Georgians now pay an average price of $2.89 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, which can change overnight. Monday’s state average is 2 cents lower than it was a week ago, 3 cents lower than it…… read more »
Media release from Atrium Health Floyd: When students in our community returned to school this month, 44 Atrium Health Floyd school nurses joined them on campuses across the area, and one Cedartown mom is particularly grateful. With just two weeks to go in the school year last year, Kayla Shaw received a call from McCaela…… read more »
Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College:The Foundation at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) has announced the first recipients of the new Octaviano and Bertha Perez Scholarship.Jesus Arellano and Jackson Woodard—both students in Construction Management at GNTC’s Gordon County Campus in Calhoun—received the scholarship for the fall 2025 semester.The scholarship was established by Octavio Perez in gratitude to…… read more »
Media release from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources: Gov. Brian Kemp recently signed a proclamation officially recognizing Sat. Sept. 27, 2025, as National Hunting and Fishing Day in Georgia. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD) is hosting 11 special events to celebrate, so select an event and plan to join…… read more »
The Floyd County Sheriff’s Office and other local law enforcement agencies continue to warn the public to be on alert for scams. Sheriff Dave Roberson says to beware whenever you receive an email or text that appears suspicious, as it just may be a scammer attempting to obtain your personal information. Older individuals tend to…… read more »