Category Archives: Local News
THE SEASON OF LEAF-PEEPING IS NOW UPON US!
The season of leaf-peeping is now upon us. Kim Hatcher, the Public Affairs Coordinator for Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites, asserts that peak Fall color usually occurs around late October to ea...
Nov 01, 2021
TUESDAY IS ELECTION DAY
Election Day is this Tuesday. Local polls will be open from 7 am to 7 pm for the municipal general election. Voters in the City of Rome will determine the fate of three posts in Ward Two of the City C...
Nov 01, 2021
COMPASSIONATE ADVOCATE BECOMES LIFELINE FOR PATIENT’S SPOUSE
(Media release from Floyd Public Relations):Katie Wathen trained to be a nurse. She understands that visitation policies in place for COVID-19 patients are critical to public health, but when the pati...
Nov 01, 2021
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 1,263,757 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported across the state since the b...
Nov 01, 2021
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR: ROME RECORDED ALL-TIME LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SEPTEMBER
(Georgia Department of Labor media release):Georgia Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said Thursday that Rome recorded an all-time low unemployment rate of 2.4 percent, down five-tenths of a percent over...
Oct 28, 2021
FLOYD IS NOW ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD
(Media release from Atrium Health Floyd):Floyd is now officially Atrium Health Floyd. Today marks the introduction of a new brand resulting from the strategic combination of the Floyd health system an...
Oct 28, 2021
HARBIN CLINIC VASCULAR SURGEON DR. JOHN KIRKLAND RECEIVES EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD
(Harbin Clinic media release):Dr. John Kirkland, a Vascular Surgeon with Harbin Clinic, recently received the 2021 Excellence in Community Service Award from the Society for Vascular Surgery. Over the...
Oct 28, 2021
ELDERLY WOMAN KILLED IN ROME FIRE
(Media release from Georgia’s Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire):Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced today that Sung Park, 90, was killed in a Floyd C...
Oct 28, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, VACCINE UPDATE FROM GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
A total of 1,522 new cases of coronavirus and 93 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 ...
Oct 28, 2021
ATLANTA BRAVES DROP GAME TWO OF 2021 WORLD SERIES TO HOUSTON ASTROS, BEST-OF-SEVEN SET NOW EVEN AT 1-1
The Atlanta Braves fell to the Houston Astros 7-2 in Game Two of the 2021 World Series on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park in Houston, TX; that allowed the Astros to even the series at 1-1.Max Frie...
Oct 28, 2021
