Category Archives: Local News
GHC LAUNCHES HANDS-ON PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN PROGRAM TO MEET RISING LOCAL HEALTHCARE NEEDS
Media release from Georgia Highlands College:Georgia Highlands College (GHC), through its Center for Continuing and Professional Education (CCPE), is excited to announce the launch of its new Patient ...
Cripple Creek Jul 28, 2025
AAA: GEORGIA’S GAS PRICE AVERAGE INCHED UP BY A PENNY OVER THE PAST WEEK
Media release from AAA - The Auto Club Group:The Georgia gas price average is a penny pricier this week, proof that even small climbs matter. Monday’s state average is 1...
Cripple Creek Jul 27, 2025
ROME CITY COMMISSION TO MEET MONDAY EVENING
Rome City Commissioners will meet on Monday evening at 6:30 pm at City Hall (or the City Auditorium) on Broad Street. A caucus will be held at 5 pm in the Sam King Room. Check out the agenda at www.ro...
Cripple Creek Jul 27, 2025
FROM CLASSROOMS TO CAMERA: CCA TRANSFORMS INTO FILM SET FOR LIFETIME MOVIE
Media release from Floyd County, GA Schools:The cameras are rolling once again at Floyd County Schools College & Career Academy (CCA) last week, as the Lifetime network returned to Rome to film th...
Cripple Creek Jul 27, 2025
GNTC HONORS ELECTRICAL LINEWORKER PROGRAM GRADUATES FOR SUMMER 2025
Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College:Ten students graduated on Wednesday, July 23, from Georgia Northwestern Technical College's (GNTC) Electrical Lineworker program during a cere...
Cripple Creek Jul 27, 2025
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD PRESIDENT KURT STUENKEL WINS PRESTIGIOUS GEORGIA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION W. DANIEL BARKER LEADERSHIP AWARD
Media release from the Georgia Hospital Association:The Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) has presented its prestigious W. Daniel Barker Leadership Award to Kurt Stuenkel, president of Atrium Health ...
Cripple Creek Jul 27, 2025
TCSG COLLEGE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACHIEVE FULL STATE CERTIFICATION IN HISTORIC FIRST FOR U.S. HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
Media release from the Technical College System of Georgia:The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) on Wednesday announced that its college police departments-serving 88 campuses across 22 colle...
Cripple Creek Jul 24, 2025
GOVERNOR KEMP: TCSG, USG SIGN FIRST ARTICULATION AGREEMENT SINCE PASSAGE OF TOP STATE FOR TALENT ACT
Media release from the Office of Governor Brian Kemp:Governor Brian Kemp on Wednesday announced that the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) and the University System of Georgia (USG) signed an...
Cripple Creek Jul 24, 2025
ROME-FLOYD COUNTY COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH LOOKS FORWARD TO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR
A new school year is rapidly approaching. Jennifer Jolly, Executive Director of the Rome-Floyd County Commission on Children and Youth, offers some encouragement to local teachers and students - rest ...
Cripple Creek Jul 23, 2025
LEADER OF MULTI-STATE FENTANYL AND METHAMPHETAMINE TRAFFICKING RING SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON
Media release from the United States Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Georgia:Wilfort Foster, III, 41, of El Monte, California, was sentenced to 28 years in federal prison after pleading ...
Cripple Creek Jul 23, 2025



