SAFETY TIPS: Track registered sex offenders in your community. Click Offender Watch Crime Mapping: See what crimes have been reported in your neighborhood. Crime Mapping Rome Police Department’s anonymous crime tip line. 706-236-5000. Click for details. Bartow County Sheriff’s Office partners with The Wanted Channel to provide an outlet to post wanted persons: Bartow’s most wanted… Read more
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Rockmart jumps to no. 1 in the AA rankings after its big win over Cedartown while Rome’s loss to Marietta triggers drop to no. 6 in 5A. According to the AJC: 5A: Rome slips from no. 2 to no.… Read more
MORNING REPORT Politics: After 12 years serving City of Rome, Commissioner Evie McNiece says she chose not to run for re-election to “spend more time with family and friends”. Politics Campaign 2019 begins: Six candidates in Ward 1, five in Ward 3. Jim Bojo final candidate to qualify for Ward 1. Voter registration next; what else… Read more
After 12 years on the Rome City Commission and serving as the first female mayor of Rome, incumbent Evie McNiece did not qualify this week to run for re-election in Ward Three. Earlier this year, there was much speculation as to whether McNiece would see a new term in Ward Three or move to Ward One,… Read more
How the Nov. 5 elections shape up for the Rome City Commission: Qualifying has closed. What to know: Ward 1: Incumbents Bill Irmscher, Milton Slack and Sundai Stevenson are seeking new terms. Challengers include Jim Bojo, Mark Cochran and Charles Love. Ward 3: Incumbents Bill Collins and Craig McDaniel are seeking new terms. Incumbent Evie McNiece did… Read more
The Spice Street Grill at 108 E. Church Street in Rockmart will be closing its doors on September 1 after just one year in business. From Spice Street Grill: The time has come to sadly announce, we will be closing the restaurant on September 1st. It was a blessing to serve our community for the… Read more
Today: Rome Braves host Columbia. Sunday is Family Fun Day with the $50 Family Fun Day Package (over $100 value) includes 4 tickets, 4 hamburgers OR hot dogs, 4 sodas, 4 popcorns, 4 hats + free Kid Zone inflatable wristbands. Game at 2 p.m. Current Atlanta Braves star Austin Riley is scheduled to rehab with… Read more
Monday: Rome City Commission will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall. On the agenda will be public hearing on six property requests including two annexation, one special use permit for used car sales/service center on Shorter Avenue, and three rezoning requests. Agenda Monday-Thursday: The Foundry will be closing for four days the last week… Read more
Media release: Reinhardt University and Cartersville Medical Center will hold an Educational Pathway signing on Tuesday, August 27 at 10:00 a.m. at Cartersville Medical Center, 960 Joe Frank Harris Pkwy. SE, Cartersville. The Educational Pathway is an opportunity for Cartersville Medical Center employees to participate in any of Reinhardt’s undergraduate, online programs at a discounted… Read more
OUTLOOK A 40% rain chance today and tonight, high near 80. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s today and Monday before rebounding to the low 90s. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across much of north and central Georgia into next week, mainly in the afternoons and evenings. A few storms… Read more
Facebook Live video of the post-game fireworks from Hometown Headlines. Photo gallery by Mills Fitzner. Read more
Truett’s Chick-fil-A Sports Mount Berry Mall, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Riverside Parkway, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. The Rome Cross Country team hosted the 28th Annual Ridge Ferry Invitational on Saturday. About 50 schools and some 2,100 runners participated in seven different races. The event also include the Wolf Cub one-mile third through sixth grade students who… Read more
The Season Events has opened an office in Cartersville at 103 Mockingbird Lane in Suite C. The catering company, founded by Holly Lynch, is sharing office space with Bonnie Mullinax Realty is open on Thursdays only (and by appointment for now). Already, they’re offering their Meals to Go from both the Rome and Cartersville locations… Read more
Media release: The Georgia Department of Public Health is currently investigating possible cases of severe respiratory illness in individuals who reported vaping. Symptoms, which worsen over time, include cough, shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Multiple states have reported similar cases requiring hospitalization and patients being placed on ventilators. There are… Read more
OUTLOOK About a third of an inch of rain expected Saturday afternoon, evening. More due Sunday. Temperatures will drop to the low to mid 80s Sunday and Monday before rebounding to the low 90s. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected across much of north and central Georgia into next week, mainly in the afternoons… Read more
