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. In context: Less than two weeks after Jim Bishop’s surprise exit as general manager of the Rome Braves, another minor league executive in the Atlanta system is stepping up to replace him. Longtime Danville (Va.) Braves general manager David Cross… Read more
Media release: Because of phone lines being down at the courthouse/judicial center, for Monday, Dec. 9, Jurors 1-110 will need to report as instructed on your summons to the jury assembly room #308, located on the 3rd floor of the new courthouse, Tribune Street between the Historic Courthouse and The Forum. Jurors should… Read more
Editor’s notes: Hometown Headlines does not identify reported victims of sexual crimes. In this case, however, the reported victim has presented herself by name at a press conference. Also, we are not linking you to the original story as it features inappropriate advertising, especially given the nature of this case. A summary follows. From siliconvalley.com: Twenty… Read more
Morning Report Dining: Del Taco in West Rome to open Wednesday, Dec. 18. Business: RaceTrac opens Adairsville store, the second new spot in Bartow County this year. New Cartersville site recently part of filming by marketing department. Aftermath of Tom Graves‘ announcement he won’t seek new House term. What’s next for him and who’s going to… Read more
With final prep work under way, Del Taco returns to West Rome on Dec. 18 with hours of 10 a.m. until 1 a.m. Billy Jensen, operating partner with JETZ Foods LLC, says the former Burger King location at 2114 Shorter Ave. is just about ready. Previous reports show the company was hiring as many as 60 people to… Read more
THE LATEST The AJC has some interesting chatter on the Graves’ announcement aftermath. Speculation that Tom Graves might run for the U.S. Senate seat Johnny Isakson leaves Dec. 31; Kelly Loeffler takes office Jan. 1 but will have to run in November for the final two years of Isakson’s term. Who might run for the… Read more
RaceTrac continues to expand in Northwest Georgia with the latest opening in Bartow County, the second new location there this year. The store at 7812 Ga. 140 in Adairsville opened on Tuesday at 6 a.m. At one point, an early 2020 opening was forecast. “This location, as with all of our new stores,… Read more
Cartersville native Robert Benham is retiring from the Georgia Supreme Court as of March 1. That means Gov. Brian Kemp will appoint a replacement before Benham’s term ends on Dec. 31, 2020. Benham, age 73, has served on the court for nearly half his life. Media release: Justice Robert Benham announced today that he will… Read more
Hardy Realty’s open house gallery: Your first look at three homes in Rome and Kingston, price from $123,900 to $180,000. Open Houses 1-3 p.m. 2 Mitchell Circle, Rome. $149,900. 2 Bedroom 2 Bath. 216 Elliott Drive, Rome. $123,900. 3 Bedroom 2 Bath. Open House 3:30-5 p.m. 34 Golden Way, Kingston. $180,000. 3 Bedroom 2… Read more
-Listen by clicking the above arrow or even easier, click here. No Just the Rant today. A very busy newsday this Friday including: Dining: Del Taco in West Rome to open Wednesday, Dec. 18. Business: RaceTrac opens Adairsville store, the second new spot in Bartow County this year. New Cartersville site recently part of filming… Read more
–Or listen to the audio edition of this rant by clicking here. Former state Sen. David Shafer’s participation trophy after getting whipped in the 2018 state Republican Primary by Geoff “Hardball” Duncan was the chairmanship of the Georgia GOP. A mostly obscure position that primarily mixes fund-raising and leading party pep rallies, Shafer and his… Read more
First photos from Thursday’s Cartersville Exchange Club Christmas Parade courtesy of CPD: The Exchange Club has been organizing the Christmas Parade for the last 29 years. The parade once again was led by members of The Exchange Club called the “Bucket Brigade.” Club members ask spectators to donate a $1 or whatever change they have to… Read more
Five Georgia airports, including Cartersville, are expected to be recipients of U.S. Department of Transportation Airport Improvement Program grants, according to an announcement by Secretary Elaine L. Chao. The grants are part of a total $485 million in airport infrastructure grants to be awarded to 108 airports across the nation. Among them is Cartersville Airport, which… Read more
OUTLOOK About a quarter inch of rain today and this evening; clearing and cooler Saturday and most of Sunday. FORECAST Friday: A chance of rain between 9am and 1pm, then showers likely after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 55. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New… 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. COLLEGE FOOTBALL THIS SATURDAY: SEC Championship: Georgia vs. LSU, Saturday at 4 p.m. at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta. TV: CBS. ACC Championship: Clemson vs. Virginia, Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Charlotte. TV: ABC Other conference championships (courtesy CNN): Tonight: Utah vs.… Read more
Mrs. Goldie Dean Stevens Lumpkin, age 79, of Carrollton, formerly of Rome, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at The Oaks of Carrollton. Mrs. Lumpkin was born in Floyd County, Georgia on July 29, 1940, daughter of the late Denford Porter Stevens and the late Jewell Graham Stevens. She was also preceded in death… Read more
