Media release from AAA – The Auto Club Group: In four weeks, your driver’s license may not be an acceptable form of identification for boarding a domestic flight. That is unless your license is REAL ID compliant. Beginning May 7th, U.S. travelers will be required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable form of…… read more »
Media release from AAA: The Auto Club Group: The average gas price in Georgia increased at the pumps compared to a week ago. Georgians now pay an average price of $3.04 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, which can change overnight. Monday’s state average is 10 cents higher than it was a week ago, 12 cents higher than…… read more »
The Floyd County Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday at the county’s Administration Building on East 4th Avenue in downtown Rome. Caucus will be held at 4 pm in the Caucus Room (Suite 204); that will be followed by the meeting at 6 pm in the Community Room (Suite 206). Their agenda may be viewed…… read more »
Media release from Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation: Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation is excited to announce the return of the Backyard BBQ Bash sponsored by Coca-Cola, set to take place on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Ridge Ferry Park, located at 363 Riverside Parkway in Rome, Georgia. This highly anticipated spring…… read more »
Media release from Rome High School Theatre: Rome High School Theatre proudly presents Alice by Heart, a poignant and imaginative musical that explores grief, love, and resilience through the lens of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The production will run from April 17-19 at the Rome High School Performing Arts Center, with performances on Thursday at 7 p.m.,…… read more »
Media release from Darlington School: Commencement Weekend speakers will include Kevin Hunt, assistant athletic director, at Baccalaureate and Wendy Fitzwilliam, a business executive and entrepreneur, at Commencement. Both have children in the Class of 2025. Selected to speak by the senior class, Hunt has been a member of Darlington’s athletics faculty since 2007. He has served as assistant…… read more »
Local human service agencies and their supporters have joined together to observe National Child Abuse Prevention Month in April. Lauren Thacker, the Executive Director of Harbor House: The Northwest Georgia Child Advocacy Center, says that it is important for her agency to participate in this annual observance because it and Floyd County CASA (Court Appointed…… read more »
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 County Elections Office, located at 18 East 12th Street in Rome. Polls countywide will be open…… read more »
Media release from Rome, GA City Schools: More than 50 Rome High and Rome Middle School students stood on the large marble staircase in the middle of the Georgia State Capitol recently, posing for a picture with State Senator Chuck Hufstetler. The group had just finished learning about the processes in the state house of…… read more »
Media release from Atrium Health Floyd: Cancer Navigators’ annual Daisy Drop will take place on Sunday, April 27 at 3 p.m. This year, participants will meet at the Heritage Park Pavilion and walk to the Chief John Ross Memorial Bridge at the Town Green led by Sunshine Bitner, a cancer survivor and Cancer Navigators board…… read more »