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A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.(AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
A child is pulled from the rubble of the Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., and passed along to rescuers Monday, May 20, 2013. A tornado as much as a mile (1.6 kilometers) wide with winds up to 200 mph (320 kph) roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school.(AP Photo Sue Ogrocki)
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Huge tornado hits Oklahoma City suburb, kills 51
May 20, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods and destroying an elementary school with a direct blow as children and teachers huddled against winds up to 200 mph. At least 51 people were killed, and officials said the death toll was expected to r...
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Floyd County Jail report for Monday, May 20, 8 p.m.
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The Floyd County Sheriff's Office releases its jail intake report twice daily -- at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. In this report: Males: 12 Females: 3 Total: 15 Oldest: 74 Youngest: 18 Average: 33
Rome McDonald's franchises fall somewhere in the middle on the 'Quarter Pounder Index'
by Alan Riquelmy, Staff Writer
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Think all Quarter Pounders with cheese are the same? You’d be McWrong. The McDonald’s burger varies in price depending where you go. The “Quarter Pounder Index,” a creation of NerdWallet.com , ran...
GNTC nursing program reaccredited
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Georgia Northwestern Technical College Associate Degree Nursing program has been granted continued accreditation by the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission. Accreditation will co...
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The Gordon Lee Trojans' golf team made some more school history on Monday.
Mon May 20 22:00:00 UTC 2013
The Gordon Lee Trojans took back home a trophy from Folkston on Monday, just not the biggest one.
Mon May 20 21:37:00 UTC 2013
DALTON - Just how dominant were the Marist War Eagles at the Class 4A boys' state golf tournament on Monday?
Mon May 20 21:18:00 UTC 2013
Game One of the Class AA Semifinals is underway as the Pepperell Dragons host the Westminster Wildcats. 
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Update: The Pepperell baseball today will host Westminster today at 4 p.m. in the first game of their best-of-three Class AA semifinal series.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s policies are working
by Charles R. Shiflett, Rome
May 17, 2013 | 38 38 comments | 10 10 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...
Silver Creek woman using bare hands to build house with rocks
by The Associated Press
May 17, 2013 | 25 25 comments | 19 19 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...
Officers arrest 16 people during River Jam
by Jeremy Stewart, staff writer
May 20, 2013 | 19 19 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Spectators at the sixth annual Rome River Jam music festival at Ridge Ferry Park kept Rome police busy Saturday. Reports from the Rome Police Department indicate that officers working detail at the...
Coomer: U.S. 411 a ‘national flashpoint’
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
May 16, 2013 | 4 4 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...
UPDATE: Deal orders return of Bibles to rooms at parks
by AP, Staff reports
May 15, 2013 | 15 15 comments | 10 10 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 | 36 36 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...
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 | 8 8 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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