In this May 16, 2013, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama’s watch and robs Republicans of a central argument against Democrats. Boehner said in a May 23 new conference asserting that “jobs continue to be our No. 1 priority” before he quickly moved to “the IRS scandal” and other alleged administration improprieties. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Alleged misbehavior by the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on President Barack Obama's watch, robbing Republicans of a central argument against Democrats.
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When Thomas Osborne accepts his diploma and turns his tassel, becoming an alumnus of Pepperell High School on Saturday, it will be just another turning point in the long, harrowing road tha...
A Cedartown woman wanted on a probation violation is now facing additional drug charges after police found cocaine on her when she was arrested, according to Floyd County Jail reports.
According to...
Greater Rome Sports Bulletin Board RUNNIN’ LADY WOLVES YOUTH BASKETBALL CAMP — The Runnin’ Lady Wolves youth basketball camp will take place at the Rome High main gym Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to noon for girls in first t...
Fans of the Ridgeland Panthers football team got plenty to see during Thursday night's annual Black and Silver spring game at Bowers and Painter Field.
Calhoun senior Lacey Mullinax (seated, center) signs a cheerleading scholarship with Gardner-Webb (Boiling Springs, N.C.) on Monday. Mullinax will be a football, basketball and competition cheerleader
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...
The task of forming a list of possible projects to be funded by a 1-cent special purpose, local option sales tax begins this week. Members of the Rome-Floyd SPLOST Citizens Advisory Committee will ...
Jade Wells stood at the front of the lunch line Wednesday, serving food to students and alumni of the Floyd County Education Center at its farewell luncheon. Wells, 16, graduated last week from th...
Rome and Floyd County schools all recorded graduation rates for 2012 above the state average, and most saw an increase from 2011, according to figures provided Tuesday by the Georgia Department o...
ATLANTA — A majority of Georgians oppose allowing students who have concealed-weapons permits to carry guns on college campuses, according to a survey released Tuesday. The poll also shows half th...
ATLANTA (AP) — A national atheist group said Monday that it will donate its literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles the...
The task of narrowing down more than 40 project requests estimated at almost $180 million belongs now to the SPLOST Citizens Advisory Committee.
Meeting at the Emergency Operations Center, the 12-...