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Category Archives: Floyd County

Arrest reports for January 3

Arrest reports for January 3

Friday, January 3, 2025–11:35 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Man charged with items prohibited for possession by an inmate A Covington, Georgia man is accused of attempting to bring contraband into the Floyd County Prison in January of 2023. According to an arrest warrant: 43-year-old Kenneth Marshall Gibbs concealed two vape canisters, four syringes, one…read more

Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges to Speak at Berry College

Civil Rights Icon Ruby Bridges to Speak at Berry College

Friday, January 3, 2025–11:30 a.m. -Berry College News Release- Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges, one of the first Black students to integrate an all-white elementary school in 1960, will speak at Berry College on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Though Bridges’ experience in school was harrowing due to blatant racism and the targeting of her family,…read more

Man accused of attempting to rob store a second time

Man accused of attempting to rob store a second time

Friday, January 3, 2025–11:10 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Charges have now been filed in an attempted armed robbery at a store in West Rome on December 30, and the suspect is the same man who police said robbed the store of $2,500 at gunpoint on December 20. According to Floyd County Jail records: 25-year-old…read more

[Photos] Cave Spring Polar Plunge raises $4,200 for preservation efforts

[Photos] Cave Spring Polar Plunge raises $4,200 for preservation efforts

Friday, January 3, 2025–8:17 a.m. -Photos by Steven Eckhoff courtesy of the Rome News Tribune- This story is possible because of a news-sharing agreement with the Rome News-Tribune. More information can be found at northwestgeorgianews.com Over 100 people in the Cave Spring Polar Plunge celebrated the first day of 2025 by jumping into the frigid water…read more

Kindermusik of Berry College named International Top Program in Early Childhood Music Education

Kindermusik of Berry College named International Top Program in Early Childhood Music Education

Thursday, January 2, 2025–7:00 p.m. -News Release- Kindermusik of Berry College has been named a Top Program by Kindermusik International, the world’s leading provider of music-based education for infants, toddlers and young children.    Kathryn Nobles, a Berry adjunct instructor of music, is a Kindermusik accredited educator and the owner of Berry’s Kindermusik program. The…read more

Murray County files PFAS lawsuit

Murray County files PFAS lawsuit

Thursday, January 2, 2025–6:55 p.m. -Staff reports- Another lawsuit has been filed, seeking to recoup the cost of cleaning up PFAS chemicals. Murray County is suing a number of chemical companies and carpet manufacturers over the so-called “forever chemicals” that have been used to make carpet stain resistant. In November, Calhoun-based Mohawk Industries filed suit…read more

Arrest reports for January 2

Arrest reports for January 2

Thursday, January 17–12:17 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Report: Man pointed gun at woman A Silver Creek man has been arrested on felony warrants charging him with aggravated assault and 1st-degree burglary. According to the warrants: 21-year-old Demarius Tyrese Hodges pointed a Smith & Wesson handgun at the victim and racked it. He also left…read more

Man reports being shot with an air rifle

Man reports being shot with an air rifle

Thursday, January 2, 2025–12:13 a.m. -Rome Police Department report- Police responded to a fight call on Texas Avenue in West Rome just after midnight Thursday. According to the incident report: A man told police his neighbor came out of his residence with a BB gun-style air rifle and shot him with it. The man told…read more