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Flash flood warning issued for Floyd County until 4:45 p.m.
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The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Floyd County until 4:45 p.m. today. With thunderstorms moving through the area providing heavy rain, rainfall amounts of around two inches have occurred around the Armuchee Creek area since 9 a.m. this morning. A flood watch is in effect through this evening for all of Northwest...
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Flash flood warning issued for Floyd County until 4:45 p.m.
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The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Floyd County until 4:45 p.m. today. With thunderstorms moving through the area providing heavy rain, rainfall amounts of around tw...
Sunday's weather: Storms through the afternoon then clearing
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The rain will come in today and stay at least until 2 p.m. with a high near 82, according to the National Weather Service . Showers and thunderstorms will be accompanied by gusts as high as 15 ...
Police believe robbers live near their target; Big H on Main Street has been robbed for second time in two months
by Kim S. Jarrett, staff writer
May 19, 2013 | 2 2 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Police believe two men who have held up the same convenience store twice in two months live in the neighborhood and someone knows who they are. “If they are not permanent residents, they are stay...
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Jockey Gary Stevens (right) celebrates aboard Oxbow after winning the 138th Preakness Stakes. (AP)
Horse Racing: No Triple Crown for Orb; Oxbow wins Preakness Stakes
BALTIMORE — Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race. Kentuck...
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Gordon Central High senior Deisy Najarro (seated, center) signed a soccer scholarship on Monday with Tennessee Temple (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
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For the Pepperell baseball team, it’s almost go time.
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CARROLLTON - With a state title on the line, two very evenly matched teams battled for almost the entire length of regulation on Saturday at West Georgia’s University Stadium.
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The Gordon Lee Trojans have not lost back-to-back games this season, and that trend continued on Saturday in Folkston.
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Moving to a new town or a new school can be very challenging for teenagers.
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Silver Creek woman using bare hands to build house with rocks
by The Associated Press
May 17, 2013 | 26 26 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
SILVER CREEK — A woman is using her bare hands to build a house in the woods by stacking large rocks on top of each other, one rock at a time. After a posting on the Rome Georgia Yard Sale Faceboo...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s policies are working
by Charles R. Shiflett, Rome
May 17, 2013 | 18 18 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Obama’s policies are working President Obama has been elected twice by the American people. That included winning the Jewish vote. The Obama Administration has the best Middle Eastern foreign poli...
UPDATE: Deal orders return of Bibles to rooms at parks
by AP, Staff reports
May 15, 2013 | 17 17 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Gov. Nathan Deal today instructed the state Department of Natural Resources to return Bibles to cabins and lodge rooms at state parks. Out of an abundance of caution to avoid potential litigation, ...
Traffic is expected to be tied up in some areas Thursday during filming for Dreamworks’ new movie “Need for Speed”
by Staff reports
May 15, 2013 | 13 13 comments | 33 33 recommendations | email to a friend
Rome will become the backdrop for a movie this week as a Dreamworks motion picture, “Need for Speed,” begins filming here Thursday. The work, which runs through Sunday, will lead to some road c...
Coomer: U.S. 411 a ‘national flashpoint’
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
May 16, 2013 | 9 9 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The debate over the U.S. 411 Connector to Interstate 75 has become a “national flashpoint issue,” according to state Rep. Christian Coomer, R-Cartersville. Coomer and the other Floyd County delega...
Tourist chief proposes SPLOST projects to Exchange Club
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
May 18, 2013 | 7 7 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
The tourism industry brought more than $117.2 million dollars into Floyd County in 2011, according to Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Lisa Smith. And her wish li...
Update: Berry College issues statement about Tennessee lawsuit
by AP, staff reports
May 15, 2013 | 6 6 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
Berry College is suing Tennessee’s higher education commission in a dispute over billboard advertising. Berry College says in the federal lawsuit that the Tennessee agency has threatened to su...
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