Category Archives: Local News
ANNA K. DAVIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RECOGNIZED AS CSI PROGRESS SCHOOL
Media release from the Rome, GA City Schools:The Georgia Department of Education has recognized Anna K. Davie Elementary School as a Comprehensive and Support and Improvement (CSI) school that has sho...
Jan 16, 2025
ADVENT HEALTH REDMOND ANNOUNCES NEW HEART AND VASCULAR INSTITUTE
Media release from AdventHealth Redmond:This week, AdventHealth Redmond announced construction on a 40,000 square-foot medical office building that will be home to the AdventHealth Redmond Heart and V...
Jan 15, 2025
WORLD’S FOLK ART CHURCH AT HOWARD FINSTER’S PARADISE GARDEN TO RE-OPEN IN LATE JUNE
A section of Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden in Summerville, GA that has been closed for more than a quarter of a century will re-open to the public this Summer.Tina Cox, Executive Director of ...
Jan 15, 2025
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCES STATE ART COLLECTION TOUR
Media release from the Georgia Department of Economic Development:The Georgia Department of Economic Development team specialized in supporting arts and culture, Georgia Council for the Arts, today an...
Jan 15, 2025
GNTC AWARDS FIRST LATIN AMERICAN ASSOCIATION-MOHAWK SCHOLARSHIPS
Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College:Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GTNC) announces the first recipients of a new scholarship, which is funded by the Latin American Assoc...
Jan 15, 2025
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD PROVIDES NARCAN TO AREA SCHOOL SYSTEMS
Media release from Atrium Health Floyd:Atrium Health Floyd recently provided Narcan to its school partners at Chattooga County Schools, Darlington Schools, Floyd County Schools, Rome City Schools and ...
Jan 15, 2025
GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S 2025 SESSION IS UNDERWAY
The 2025 session of the Georgia General Assembly officially got underway on Monday at the State Capitol in Atlanta.There will be a major focus on Georgia’s budget during this session, asserts St...
Jan 13, 2025
GOVERNOR KEMP ANNOUNCES LEGISLATION PACKAGE AIMED AT STRENGTHENING K-12 EDUCATION
Media release from the Office of Governor Brian Kemp:On Monday, Governor Brian P. Kemp, joined by Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, Speaker Jon Burns, and members of the Georgia General Assembly, announ...
Jan 13, 2025
CHIEFTAINS MUSEUM/MAJOR RIDGE HOME TO HOST FIRST-EVER ‘TODDLER TIME’ ON FRIDAY
Attention, parents of toddlers! Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home, 501 Riverside Parkway in Rome, will host its first-ever Toddler Time this Friday, January 17th at 10:30 am.Cameron Abney, Interim Di...
Jan 13, 2025
NEW ECHOTA STATE HISTORIC SITE TO HOST ‘CAST IRON COOKWARE 101’ ON JANUARY 25TH
Announcement from New Echota State Historic Site:New Echota-Cherokee Capital State Historic will host "Cast Iron Cookware 101" on January 25, 2 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Visitors will learn how to care f...
Jan 13, 2025
