(Media release from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety): State and local law enforcement officers in five states are warning speeding drivers to lift their right foot off the gas pedal or they could find themselves holding a ticket in their hands. The warning comes before the start of “Operation Southern Slow Down”, a multistate…… read more »
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FLOYD COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS ANNOUNCES CANTRELL ROAD REPAIRS AND CLOSURE
(Announcement from Floyd County Public Works): Floyd County Public Works will close Cantrell Road in the area of #131 on Tuesday July 18, 2023 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to replace a failed cross drain. The project is expected to take two days. Cantrell Road is a dead end road located off of Cunningham Road…… read more »
FLOYD COUNTY ELECTIONS BOARD TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY, PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED PRECINCT MODIFICATIONS SET FOR THIS THURSDAY EVENING
(Announcement from Floyd County, GA): The Floyd County Board of Elections will meet on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the Floyd County Election Center, 18 East 12th Street, Rome. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, please contact the Floyd County Elections & Voter Registration office at (706) 291-5167. Here’s a reminder that…… read more »
PAULDING COUNTY WOMAN SUBMITS FALSE CLAIMS UNDER DECEASED MOTHER’S POLICY
(Media release from the Office of Georgia’s Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire): Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that Ashlarene Wells, 32, of Dallas, has been charged with insurance fraud, forgery, and identity theft. In 2021, Ms. Wells submitted 13 unique claims under her own insurance policy and the policy…… read more »
REMINDER: THE NEXT ELECTRONICS RECYCLING EVENT IS SET FOR SATURDAY, SCRAP TIRE AMNESTY DAYS ARE COMING UP IN AUGUST
Here is a reminder that the Rome-Floyd Recycling Center will host another Electronics Collection Event on Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm at 412 Lavender Drive. Appointments are required and may be scheduled via the SignUpGenius link at www.floydcountyga.gov or by calling the center at (706) 291-5266. The electronic items that are typically collected…… read more »
GEORGIA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS TO DISTRIBUTE $3.5 MILLION IN COMPETITIVE STATE GRANTS
(Media release from the Georgia Council for the Arts): Georgia Council for the Arts, a strategic arm of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), on Monday announced that more than $3.5 million in competitive grant funding will be distributed to recipients across the state as part of its Bridge, Project, and Arts Education grants.…… read more »
GNTC PROPELS STUDENT TOWARD CAREER IN AVIATION
(Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College): A young pilot says, thanks to Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), he is working his way toward his lifelong dream of a career in aviation. Benson Milam, 18, said, weather permitting, he sometimes flies back and forth to his Aviation Maintenance Technology classes at GNTC’s Aviation Training Center…… read more »
CALHOUN NATIVE OBSERVES FLIGHT OPERATIONS ON FLIGHT DECK ABOARD USS RONALD REAGAN
(Photo release from the United States Navy Office of Community Outreach): SOUTH CHINA SEA (July 4, 2023) Aviation Structural Mechanic 3rd Class Reece Duke, from Calhoun, Georgia, attached to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, observes flight operations on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan…… read more »
SOS RAFFENSPERGER APPLAUDS GEORGIA’S TOP RANKING AS THE EARLY VOTING STATE
(Media release from the Georgia Secretary of State Press Office): Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is pleased to announce Georgia as a top state for Early Voting in the 2022 midterm elections. A recent study by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) places Georgia second in the nation for Early Voting. According to Election Administration and Voting Survey…… read more »
AAA: GEORGIA GAS PRICE AVERAGE ROSE SIX CENTS OVER THE PAST WEEK
(Media release from AAA – The Auto Club Group): Georgia gas price average increased at the pump compared to a week ago. Georgia drivers are now paying an average price of $3.26 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Monday’s state average is 6 cents more than a week ago, 1 cent less than a month ago, and 94 cents less…… read more »