Category Archives: Local News
HARBOR HOUSE – THE NORTHWEST GEORGIA CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER TO BENEFIT FROM RAFFLE OF $5,000
How would you like to win $5,000? Then purchase a ticket (or tickets) now on sale for a raffle to benefit Harbor House – The Northwest Georgia Child Advocacy Center.Joe Costolnick, Executive Dir...
Feb 21, 2022
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY – COOSA VALLEY CELEBRATES THE GROUNDBREAKING OF 58TH HOME
Habitat for Humanity - Coosa Valley celebrated the groundbreaking of their 58th home on Sunday. The home at 1400 Gordon Avenue will be inhabited by Macy Bowers and family.Habitat is currently acceptin...
Feb 21, 2022
FLOYD COUNTY COMMISSION TO MEET TUESDAY
The Floyd County Board of Commissioners is slated to meet this Tuesday at the county’s Administration Building on East 4th Avenue in downtown Rome. Caucus will take place at 4 pm in the Caucus R...
Feb 21, 2022
PRICE OPTS OUT OF RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION IN THE SPRING
(Media release from Juvenile Court Judge C. Gregory Price):Judge C. Gregory Price, the Chief Presiding Juvenile Court Judge for the Rome Judicial Circuit announced today that he will not seek re-elect...
Feb 21, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, VACCINE UPDATE FROM GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
According to the latest update from the Georgia Department of Public Health this past Friday afternoon, a total of 1,902,211 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported across the state since the b...
Feb 21, 2022
NORTHWEST GEORGIA HOUSING AUTHORITY SEEKS NEW EMPLOYEES, LAUDS DEVELOPMENT
Are you looking for a job? Positions are now available with the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority, indicates Hannah Phillips, Executive Assistant. The organization seeks mechanics, teachers, and mor...
Feb 17, 2022
TWO MODEL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PRESENT AT THE 2022 GEORGIA JUNIOR SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES SYMPOSIUM
(Media release from Floyd County Schools):Luke Naddy and Elizabeth Yancey, seniors at Model High School, are two of the 45 students selected from across Georgia to present at the 2022 Georgia Junior S...
Feb 17, 2022
ROME HIGH SCHOOL’S CLASS OF ’22 HAS TWO VALEDICTORIANS
(Media release from Rome City Schools):Never before, in the known history of Rome High School, have two students tied for the title of Valedictorian, until now. On Friday Feb. 11, against the resplend...
Feb 17, 2022
KEMP ANNOUNCES RECORD-BREAKING JOB CREATION FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN FIRST HALF OF FY2022
(Media release from the Office of Governor Brian Kemp):Governor Brian P. Kemp, in conjunction with the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), announced on Wednesday that economic developm...
Feb 17, 2022
COVID-19 DAILY STATUS REPORT, VACCINE DASHBOARD UPDATE FROM GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
A total of 1,948 new cases of coronavirus and 108 more virus-related deaths were reported in Georgia on Wednesday by the state’s Department of Public Health.According to the latest update by the...
Feb 17, 2022
