Category Archives: Local News

(Media release from the Office of Georgia’s Attorney General Chris Carr):Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the State of Georgia, along with 39 other states, has joined a $391...

(Media release from AAA - The Auto Club Group): Georgia gas price average ticks upward but is still one of  the cheapest in the United States. Georgia drivers are now paying an average ...

Rome’s Office of Downtown Development invites locals to head downtown each Thursday throughout the month of December for holiday shopping and fun as part of Rome for the Holidays.Megan Otwell, M...

The Rome City Commission will meet in regular session on Monday evening at City Hall (City Auditorium) on Broad Street. They will gather in a caucus session at 5 pm in the Sam King Room; it will be fo...

(Media release from Georgia Highlands College):Betty Coffman was one of the very first nursing graduates from 1973. Earlier this month, she stood to tell her story during a nursing reception at H...

(Media release from the Chief Vann House Historic Site):Christmas is here, and with it, Candlelight Tours at the Chief Vann House. See the historical house decked with boughs, bows, greenery, and deco...

(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...

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...

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...

(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 ...