Category Archives: Local News

Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College:The 2025 Spring Plant Sale at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC), an annual tradition in Rome, will be held April 7-11.The sale wil...

Media release from AdventHealth Redmond:AdventHealth Redmond is hosting the AngioScreen bus on Monday, March 31 from 8 am to 3 pm. The AngioScreen bus will be parked in front of the main entrance of A...

The Georgia gas price average rose at the pumps compared to a week ago. Georgians now pay an average price of $2.94 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change over...

Early voting in the April 15th runoff to fill a vacancy on Post 4 of the Floyd County Commission will be offered Monday, April 7th through Friday, April 11th from 8 am to 5 pm daily at the Floyd Count...

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...

Media release from Rome, GA City Schools:The Marketing and Healthcare Science Programs at Rome High School recently received industry certification and recertification, respectively, from the Georgia ...

Photo release from Atrium Health Floyd:Gregory E. Harris DO, FACOI, an oncologist with Harbin Clinic, served as Doctor of the Day Tuesday for the Georgia General Assembly. The Medical Association of G...

Announcement from New Echota State Historic SiteNew Echota-Cherokee Capital State Historic Site will be hosting 'First Saturday Hike' on April 5th, 2025, 10am-11:30 am. Visitors will join our ranger f...

There will be a runoff to fill the vacancy on Post 4 of the Floyd County Commission. David Thornton and Chip Hood were the top vote recipients in Tuesday’s Special Election and will proceed to t...

The beginning of Spring 2025 will be busy for the Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home, located at 501 Riverside Parkway in Rome.The museum’s lecture series on women in Cherokee history will conti...