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In this 2013 file photo, Officers salute as they lay a wreath during the Peace Officers Memorial Day Service in Rome. (Alan Riquelmy/RN-T.com)
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FORSYTH, Ga. -- The first black policeman killed while protecting the Athens public 50 years ago will finally get his name on the wall honoring fallen officers.
Donald Moon was one of a dozen officers from across the state receiving recognition Monday at the Public Safety Training Center where the wall graces a courtyard.
Seven of the officers...
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While statewide gains on the high school graduation rate were modest from 2011 to 2012, most Rome and Floyd County schools saw bigger gains, according to figures provided Tuesday by the Georgia Dep...
This contributed photo shows a bridge that crosses over Burwell Creek near Ridge Ferry Park.
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The Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority has closed a portion of the Ridge Ferry Park trail way system due to flooding. The portion of the trail closed is located behind Chieftain’s Museum and...
Aerial view of the proposed Tennis Center of Georgia and the Armuchee Connector (contributed)
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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 ...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s policies are working
May 17, 2013 | 46 | 10 |
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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...
Officers arrest 16 people during River Jam
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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...
Silver Creek woman using bare hands to build house with rocks
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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...
Coomer: U.S. 411 a ‘national flashpoint’
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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...
Police believe robbers live near their target; Big H on Main Street has been robbed for second time in two months
May 19, 2013 | 9 | 3 |
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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...
Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks
May 20, 2013 | 9 | 5 |
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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...
Tourist chief proposes SPLOST projects to Exchange Club
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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.
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