Today’s first headlines: Xtreme runoff: 2 races on Floyd ballot on Tuesday couldn’t be more different, from longevity (30 months vs. 6 months) to money ($4.5 million to under $250,000) to tone. As Saint Mary’s Catholic School celebrates 75 years amid a pandemic, the resolve of those who opened the school just days after… Read more
>Below: Q&A with Floyd sheriff’s candidates The two races on the Floyd County Republican runoff ballot on Tuesday couldn’t be more different. In January 2018, Sheriff Tim Burkhalter joined us on our radio edition to announce he wouldn’t seek a fifth term. That immediately started the race to be the community’s next sheriff and it… Read more
By Natalie Simms nsimmshh@att.net As students return to Saint Mary’s Catholic School in Rome this Wednesday, they will be marking the 75th year the private school has been educating students from across Northwest Georgia. Born from the mission and vision of parishioners from Saint Mary’s Catholic Church and staffed by Dominican nuns, Saint Mary’s opened on… Read more
Monday: Morning update from the Rome hospitals shows 60 patients with coronavirus, five others awaiting test results. From LakePoint Station: “Due to a possible exposure and out of abundance of caution, we have decided to CLOSE through Wednesday to perform additional deep cleanings and to gather more information. Our goal is to keep our LakePoint… Read more
THE LATEST: Rome City Schools release a revised COVID-19 Decision and Communication Matrix. If changes are made, check the RCS Facebook page for a message from Superintendent Louis Byars for changes detailing school procedures. SCHOOL SYSTEMS, COLLEGES: Floyd County: As of Friday afternoon, the school system had 12 employees out monitoring symptoms and seven out after testing positive for… Read more
Monday: Rome City Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. The caucus will be at 5 p.m. in the Sam King Room. Agenda On the agenda will be a first reading for rezoning request for property located at 1705 Shorter Ave. from Heavy-Commercial to Community-Commercial to allow for the construction of a new convenience store. Property owner JoAnne… Read more
OUTLOOK FORECAST Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 99. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon. Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low… Read more
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Truett’s Chick-fli-A, 264 Shorter Ave., 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Drive-through and Door Dash. Mount Berry Mall, 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. (curbside, carryout, Door Dash). Shipping Container, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. All Monday-Saturday. SPORTS HEADLINES The fall of fall football? From ESPN — Commissioners of the Power 5 conferences held an emergency meeting on Sunday, as there is… Read more
About this page: Updates from the Floyd County Jail three times a day. The latest each day from the Bartow County Jail. Reports from the Polk County Jail (weekdays). Updates from Cartersville Police. Plus: Safety, crime fighting tips. Floyd County Jail: 4 a.m. 8 a.m. 8 p.m. Polk County Jail: Monday Cartersville Police reports: Aug. 10:… Read more
That’s a major earthquake for this side of the country, a 5.1 in Sparta, N.C. It definitely was felt in parts of Georgia with one report on the National Weather Service’s Peachtree City Facebook page saying there was a little shaking in Cartersville as well. Read more
A new RaceWay convenience store, part of the RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc. brand, is coming to West Rome in 2021. It was just a year ago that the company canceled plans to build a RaceTrac convenience store at the corner of Shorter Avenue (GA 20) and Coker Drive but now those plans are back on the drawing… Read more
Enterprise Rent-A-Car has moved to its new location at 801 Shorter Avenue in Rome. It was previously located at 1212 Martha Berry Blvd., across from Sumo Restaurant. The new location gives Enterprise expanded office space as well as a larger parking area for its rental inventory. You can reach Enterprise at 706-290-1093. Business hours… Read more
The Rome City Commission will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. The caucus will be at 5 p.m. in the Sam King Room. Agenda On the agenda will be a first reading for rezoning request for property located at 1705 Shorter Avenue from Heavy-Commercial to Community-Commercial to allow for the construction of a… Read more