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September 16th, 2024 – 2:10 PM City of Rome Press Release – The City of Rome is informing the public that the track at Barron Stadium will be temporarily closed beginning today for necessary repairs. This closure is due to a water leak discovered beneath the surface of the track. City maintenance crews and consultants…… read more
September 16th, 2024 – 12:45 PM Floyd County Press Release – The Floyd County Tax Commissioner has announced that the 2024 property tax bills for Rome/Floyd County have been mailed out to residents. Here are a few facts regarding Floyd County property taxes: 1. The due date is November 15th. 2. Floyd County always mails…… read more
Monday, September 16, 2024–10:00 a.m. -News Release- Great Place To Work® and Fortune have selected Coosa Valley Credit Union for the 2024 Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance™ List. This is Coosa Valley Credit Union’s 2nd time being named to this prestigious list, and this year is the only Georgia financial institution in the small or medium category to…… read more
Monday, September 16, 2024–9:55 a.m. -AAA South- Georgia’s gas price average plunges at the pumps compared to a week ago. Georgians are paying an average of $2.97 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. Monday’s state average is 9 cents less than a week ago, 27 cents less than a month ago, and 47 cents less than last year. It costs drivers…… read more
Monday, September 16, 2024–9:47 a.m. -News Release- YellaWood, a trusted manufacturer of pressure-treated lumber, proudly announced Marshall Plants as the winner of its inaugural Five-Star Hero Contest. The contest awards one winner and their nominator a VIP experience at the YellaWood 500 this October. Plants was selected as the winning Five-Star Hero based on his extraordinary…… read more
Sunday, September 15, 2024–6:45 p.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- A request for a beer, wine, and liquor pouring license for Peachy Pub at 325 Broad Street will be back before the Rome Alcohol Control Commission Monday night. The application was discussed during the ACC’s June meeting. However, the ACC was not satisfied with the applicant’s…… read more
Sunday, September 15, 2024–6:37 p.m. -News Release- Brooks Mathis, a native of Rome, has been appointed chairman of the 2024-2025 Heart of the Community Foundation Board of Governors. Brooks is the Business Development Officer for LGE Community Credit Union. He is a graduate of Leadership Rome and now serves on the advisory committee for the…… read more
Sunday, September 15, 2024–6:35 p.m. -News Release- The Horticulture program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will hold a Fall Mum Sale Monday, Sept. 16, through Thursday, Sept. 19, outside of Building L, located across from GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome. The sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through…… read more
Sunday, September 15, 2024–6:25 p.m. -News Release- Former death row inmate Anthony Hinton, who is featured in the book “Just Mercy,” will speak at the Berry College Chapel at 6 p.m. on Sept. 16. Hinton is the keynote speaker at Berry’s Solidarity Week and the Conson Wilson Lecture series. He spent one of the longest…… read more
Sunday, September 15, 2024–6:20 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Man charged with aggravated assault A 37-year-old West Rome man has been arrested on a felony warrant charging him with aggravated assault. According to the warrant: Zachary Ralph Burke Sr. attacked another man with a blunt object, believed to be a baseball bat. The victim was…… read more