(Habitat for Humanity – Coosa Valley media release): Habitat for Humanity – Coosa Valley will host their second annual Drive One FORE Habitat golf tournament in celebration of World Habitat Day on Monday, October 4th. The tournament will be held at Stonebridge Golf Club and registration is open and sponsor opportunities are still available to…… read more »
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CORONAVIRUS, VACCINE UPDATE; ROME CITY/FLOYD COUNTY COMMISSIONS TO HOLD JOINT MEETING ON COVID-19 TODAY
A total of 6,771 new cases of coronavirus and 126 more virus-related deaths were reported in Georgia on Wednesday by this state’s Department of Public Health. According to the latest update by the DPH issued just before 3 pm, there have been 1,097,709 confirmed cases of COVID-19 statewide since the beginning of this pandemic. The…… read more »
SUPERINTENDENT PENS LETTER TO FLOYD COUNTY FAMILIES AHEAD OF FOUR-DAY WEEKEND
(From the Floyd County Schools): Good afternoon Floyd County families, In response to Governor Brian Kemp’s request that state offices take administrative leave on September 3rd, Floyd County Schools will be closed to all students and staff through Labor Day, Monday, September 6th. We will be taking extra cleaning measures during this four-day weekend. In…… read more »
ROME MIDDLE SCHOOL MOVES INTO PHASE TWO OF ROME CITY SCHOOLS’ COVID-19 PLAN
(Rome City Schools media release): Due to one percent of the students/faculty testing positive for COVID-19 during a seven-day period, Rome Middle School will move into phase two of the Rome City Schools system’s COVID-19 three-phase plan. During phase two, all faculty, staff and students on this campus will follow the following protocol: Phase Two:…… read more »
CHIEFTAINS MUSEUM/MAJOR RIDGE HOME BBQ TO GO SALE IS UNDERWAY!
(Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home media release): Back by popular demand, Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home will host the second annual BBQ To Go Sale in September 2021. The Chieftains BBQ to Go Sale will once again feature smoked baby back pork ribs and whole hens for sale to raise money for this National Historic Landmark in…… read more »
GEORGIA’S ROME OFFICE OF TOURISM TO OFFER MORE TOURS THIS WEEKEND, ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO LOCALS AND VISITORS
The Georgia’s Rome Office of Tourism will offer opportunities for locals and visitors to learn area history via tours during this first weekend of September. Options include the Rolling on the River Tour aboard the Sulzbacher Roman Holiday, the Rome Clocktower Tour, and a Downtown History Tour, enthuses Kristi Kent, Director of Communications, who indicates…… read more »
13-YEAR-OLD IN FLOYD COUNTY DIES OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE DUE TO COVID-19; PLUS, STATEWIDE UPDATE FROM GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Floyd County’s Coroner Gene Proctor has confirmed that a 13-year-old boy died on Tuesday of respiratory failure due to COVID-19. He was discovered not breathing in the early morning hours by his father, who rushed him to the hospital. The boy, who was a student at Coosa High School, was pronounced dead at 5:55 am.…… read more »
NEW COVID-19 TEST SITE OPENS IN FLOYD COUNTY
(Media release from the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Northwest Health District): A free drive-up COVID-19 test site at the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds, 1400 Martin Luther King Jr., Blvd., SE, in Rome opens Wednesday, September 1, and becomes the third such site now available in Northwest Georgia. Hours of operation are 9 A.M. to 6…… read more »
FINAL FIRST FRIDAY CONCERT OF 2021 SET FOR THIS FRIDAY
The final First Friday concert of 2021 is scheduled for this Friday, September 3rd at 7 pm on the Town Green in downtown Rome. Kindred Fire, a local duo consisting of musicians Austen Earp and Haley Morgan, will perform. Megan Otwell, the Director of Public Relations for Rome’s Downtown Development Authority, states that many people…… read more »
ROME AND FLOYD COUNTY GETS WATERLOGGED ON TUESDAY
Rome and Floyd County was waterlogged on Tuesday as the remnants of Ida moved through the area. The National Weather Service has reported a total of 4.29 inches of rain from Monday evening until early this morning over at the Russell Regional Airport; the vast majority fell on Tuesday. The Flash Flood Watch that had…… read more »