Category Archives: Local News
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH ENCOURAGES FLU VACCINATION BEFORE BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON
(Media release from the Georgia Department of Public Health):The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) is urging Georgians to get vaccinated against flu right now. Flu activity is already widespre...
Nov 14, 2022
GEORGIA’S MIDTERM GENERAL ELECTION IS ON THE BOOKS
Georgia’s midterm general election is on the books. The results from Floyd County and across the state are updated on the Secretary of State’s website at www.sos.ga.gov.Governor Brian Kemp...
Nov 08, 2022
ROME CHRISTMAS PARADE SET FOR NOVEMBER 29TH, ENTER BY NOVEMBER 15TH TO AVOID A LATE FEE
The 2022 Rome Christmas Parade is less than three weeks away. The parade will traverse Broad Street in downtown Rome on Tuesday, November 29th at 6:30 pm (with a rain date of Thursday, December 1st).T...
Nov 08, 2022
CITY OF SUMMERVILLE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE SET FOR DECEMBER 2ND, TO BE FOLLOWED BY VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS ON DECEMBER 3RD AND 4TH
(Media release from the City of Summerville Main Street):The City of Summerville is gearing up for the 2022 Christmas Parade, to be held this Friday, December 2, at 7:00 p.m. This year's parade theme ...
Nov 08, 2022
FIRST STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE’S ELECTRICAL LINEWORKER PROGRAM
(Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College):Leaders from Georgia Power joined with officials from Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) and state and local representatives Mond...
Nov 08, 2022
GEMA/HS NAMES FORMER CIA SENIOR OFFICER AS NEW CHIEF OF INTELLIGENCE
(Media release from the Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency):The Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency welcomed former Central Intelligence Agency senior offi...
Nov 08, 2022
ELECTION DAY HAS ARRIVED
It’s Election Day! Polls will be open from 7 am to 7 pm in Floyd County for the mid-term general election to those who did not already cast ballots during the early voting period.Georgia voters ...
Nov 08, 2022
SEXUAL ASSAULT CENTER OF NWGA EXPRESSES GRATITUDE FOR THE PUBLIC’S SUPPORT THROUGHOUT 2022, SEEKS YEAR-END DONATIONS
As we enter a season of thankfulness, the Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia expresses its gratitude towards the people of Rome/Floyd County for supporting the center and other non-profits com...
Nov 07, 2022
FLOYD COUNTY COMMISSION TO MEET TUESDAY
The Floyd County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday at the county’s Administration Building on East 4th Avenue in downtown Rome. Caucus will be held at 4 pm in the Caucus Room (Suite 204);...
Nov 07, 2022
DARLINGTON ALUMNI, CURRENT TRUSTEE NAMED TO GEORGIA TREND’S 2022 LIST OF 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADERS
(Media release from Darlington School):Darlington alumni Thomas G. Cousins (’48), John Izard Jr. (’77) and Larry K. Williams Jr. (’82), and Darlington trustee Gretchen Corb...
Nov 07, 2022
