Today’s first headlines: Business: Development with 325 residences proposed off Ga. 53 on West Hermitage near Pepsi plant turn. That’s 3,300 homes and town homes in play right now. 7 more die in Northwest Georgia from COVID since Tuesday. 362 new cases in 24 hours. 176 virus patients in Rome hospitals Wednesday, down 4. Campus… Read more
The housing boom in Floyd County is far from over. The latest entry comes before the Rome Floyd Planning Commission on Feb. 3 and involves 325 residences off Ga. 53 about a half-mile east on West Hermitage. Hermitage Partners LLC and 7 Lights Development are behind the project which is close to Ball Corp. as well… Read more
WEDNESDAY SUMMARY Seven more regional deaths posted Wednesday. 4 in Bartow, 2 in Gordon, 1 in Chattooga. 362 new reports in 24 hours including 148 including Floyd and 103 in Bartow. Atrium Health Floyd reports 67% of the 104 people hospitalized for COVID are unvaccinated (basically 70 patients). Expanded numbers below. 13,913 new cases in… Read more
FROM TUESDAY Floyd County: Alto Park Elementary and Armuchee Elementary under mask requirements this week, All Rome City Schools remain under a mask requirement until further notice. Latest chart below. Bartow County Schools: Adairsville Elementary out of yellow phase; Clear Creek, Cloverleaf remain in yellow. CAMPUS REPORTS: Weekday reports Rome City Schools. 13 cases on Jan. 21;… Read more
Media release: Rome recorded an unemployment rate of 2.3 percent, up three-tenths of a percent over the month. A year ago, the rate was 5.2 percent. Despite this, Rome saw highs in labor force, number of employed, and jobs in the month of December. Bartow County recorded an unemployment rate of 2.2 percent, up three-tenths of a… Read more
Liam Marshall, a graduating senior at Model High School, has been named one of more than 5,000 candidates in the 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selected from nearly 3.6 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2022. This is the third consecutive year Model High School has… Read more
Fourteen Rome City Schools students gathered at the College and Career Academy to participate in the annual school-wide Spelling Bee. There were two contestants representing each of the six RCS elementary schools as well as Rome Middle School. A panel of three judges assisted moderator Scott Crabbe and caller Ruth Cipolla. Tod Wheeler, Stephanie… Read more
OUTLOOK The good news: Mostly sunny through Sunday. The bad news: We’re in for a cold weekend. It will be 19 on Saturday morning followed by a high of 37. FORECAST Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 55. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Calm wind.… Read more
Truett’s Chick-fli-A, 264 Shorter Ave., 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Self-serve, drive-through, curbside, Door Dash. Mount Berry Mall, 7 a.m. curbside breakfast; 9 a.m. inside; open until 8:30 p.m. Shipping Container, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. All Monday-Saturday. SPORTS BUZZ Game postponed: The Georgia Highlands’ mens and women’s basketball teams are on a good run this season but now this.… Read more
Mr. Robert Howard Jackson, age 81, of Silver Creek, GA, passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2021, at his residence. Mr. Jackson was born on February 12, 1940 in Adairsville, GA, son of the late Lindsey Howard Jackson and the late Mary Christian Stephens Jackson. He was also preceded in death by a sister and… Read more
FLOYD El Zarape, 90. Jerusalem Grill, 85. City Creamery, 90. BARTOW No reports. GORDON No reports. POLK No reports. CHATTOOGA No reports. Read more
About this page: Updates from the Floyd County Jail three times a day: 4 and 8 a.m., and 8 p.m 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. Plainville man faces drug, weapons, animal cruelty charges: From Sheriff Mitch Ralston: On Tuesday… Read more
Media release: The GBI is investigating an officer-involved shooting in Polk County. The Aragon Police Department asked the GBI to conduct an independent investigation on Tuesday, Jan. 25. Derick Rock, age 30, of Aragon, has died. No officers were injured. Preliminary information indicates that at about 6 p.m., an Aragon Police Department officer… Read more
From a media release: Major changes — specifically in compensation — are coming to Rome City Schools employees. Tuesday evening, Rome City Schools Superintendent Louis Byars and the RCS Board of Education outlined the changes. There was a change in all salary schedules planned for the 2022-2023 school year. They include: Salary increases for all system… Read more
