State of Labor Commissioner Mark Butler today announced that a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held for the Georgia Department of Labor’s (GDOL) Cave Spring Rehabilitation Center (CSRC) on Friday, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 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 ...
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...
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...
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. ...
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.