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Harbin's Davis says health care costs will 'bankrupt this country'
Harbin Clinic President and CEO Dr. Ken Davis told Rome business leaders that, with respect to future health care re-form, it’s not going to make much of a difference who is elected President of th...
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Right to Grow Act would allow chickens in cities
Rome and Floyd County residents could be allowed to keep chickens after all under state legislation scheduled for a committee hearing today. Both the city and county commissions resoundingly reje...
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Cedartown attorney loses license; former client shares story
Cedartown attorney Miles Gammage voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law last month but his criminal case is continuing. According to documents filed at the Georgia Supreme Court on Ja...
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Protect yourself, your family from tornadoes - sirens this morning are part of a drill
With recent, seemingly sporadic tornadoes twisting through North Georgia, causing damage and sometimes tragedy, Floyd County Emergency Management Director Scotty Hancock encourages North Georgia re...
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More sunny skies today - high near 59 with lows dipping down to 31
Today's forecast calls for partly sunny skies with a high near 59 and a low around 31, according to the National Weather Service. Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 53. North wind between 5 and...
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GNTC honors student and instructor during Seven Hills Rotary meeting
Roger Haikal, a business management student at Georgia Northwestern Technical College , has gone from dishwasher to award winner after he was announced as the 2012 Georgia Occupational Award for...
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Tyra Thompson of Southeast Elementary concentrates on spelling the word  upholstery  as John Knauss of West End Elementary looks on during the Rome City Schools Spelling Bee at the central office, February 7, 2012. (Brittany Hannah/RN-T) West End student wins bee with ‘chandelier’
After cautiously spelling out the word “chandelier,” John Knauss from West End Elementary jumped into the air and yelled out a cheer when moderator Robert Young nodded and announced that he was thi...
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What's Happening Today
The Music Lovers’ Club of Rome will meet today at 10 a.m. in the Coosa Room of the Rome-Floyd County Library, 205 Riverside Parkway. Scholarship recipient Amy Platt, a student from Berry College,...
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Cancer Navigators hosts open house, start fundraiser
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Cancer Navigators kicks off its Cast Off Against Cancer benefit and hosts an open house Tuesday at their new office on West 10th Street.
Houser trial witness: Roach found in aunt’s ear
by Kim Sloan, staff writer
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A witness in the federal trial of former nursing home owner George Houser testified Tuesday, Feb. 7, to seeing ants at his Brunswick facility while visiting an aunt and that a roach was found in he...
Berry's student newspaper The Campus Carrier claims 8 awards
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The Berry College student newspaper, Campus Carrier , claimed a total of eight awards for journalism excellence in this year’s Georgia College Press Association Better Newspaper Contest. The new...
Shorter's student newspaper wins GCPA award
by Shorter University reports
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Shorter University's student-produced newspaper, The Periscope, has earned a first-place award from the Georgia College Press Association (GCPA). The award, presented at the annual GCPA Institute ...
GHC’s student newspaper wins 17 awards
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The Six Mile Post , Georgia Highlands College’s student newspaper, brought home 17 awards from the Georgia College Press Association’s Press Institute in Athens, held Feb. 3 and 4. The paper won...
Thunderstorms can offer many hazards
by Lauren Jones, staff writer
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Floyd County EMA Director Scotty Hancock said families should take the necessary precautions to protect themselves from the strong winds, lightning, tornados, hail and flash floods that thunderstor...
First day back for injured Coosa High student
by Brittany Hannah, staff writer
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It was the first day back at school for Coosa junior Ben Masters on Monday, Feb. 6, after a car wreck left him with spinal injuries last August. “It was a good feeling to come back,” Ben said. ...
The sunny, warm streak continue for the rest of the week
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It's going to be sunny again, with a high near 60 and down to 37 tonight, according to the National Weather Service . Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. North wind between 5 and 10 m...
Some members of Obama's party are voicing opposition to the new rule that religious schools and hospitals provide contraceptive coverage for employees, while others are defending administration.
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