U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday, May 23, 2013. The United States and Israel are raising hopes for a restart of the Middle East peace process after more than four years of hardly any talks. (AP Photo/Jim Young, Pool)
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.
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The Northside Swim Center, located on Kingston Avenue, is set to open this Memorial Day weekend for the summer swimming season.
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The Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority announced in a press release this afternoon the Town Green fountain is being shut down tonight for cleaning.
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James Edmondson, who won his third Col...
Rockmart High School senior Devon Goings signed a letter of intent on Wednesday, May 22 inside the media center to wrestle in college for the University of the Cumberlands.
Sonoraville senior Madison Fowler (seated, second from left) signed a scholarship on Monday to be a manager for the track and field program at Brenau University (Gainesville, Ga.).
Sonoraville senior Josh Nicholson (seated, second from right) signed a track and field and cross country scholarship on Friday with Brewton-Parker (Mount Vernon, Ga.).
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 ...
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And her wish li...
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“If they are not permanent residents, they are stay...