So what’s the movie? Nothing official but a lot of chatter concerns “Dr. Sleep,” a Stephen King sequel to “The Shining.” The sequel is shooting in the Atlanta area this week after wrapping up production in coastal Georgia. So far, no call for local extras that we’ve seen. From Adairsville Police: “Road closures and detours… Continue Reading
2018 Junior Miss Coosa Valley Fair 12-14 yrs Prettiest Eyes: Jordan Poe Prettiest Hair: Gracie Ruth Watson Prettiest Smile: Jordan Poe Most Photogenic: Gracie Ruth Watson 4th Runner-Up: Valeria Aguirre 3rd Runner-Up: Rachel Buttrum 2nd Runner-Up: Alyssa Miller 1st Runner-Up: Gracie Ruth Watson Winner: Jordan Poe 2018 Pre-Teen Miss Coosa Valley Fair 10-12 yrs… Continue Reading
Please check our companion page for results from all the Coosa Valley Fair judging. TODAY: 10 a.m.-midnight. 10 to 11 a.m. — Pre-opening special: Carload admitted for $10 (No trucks or vans) 10 a.m.-11 p.m. — Armbands $25-Unlimited Rides until closing. 10:00 a.m.- close — Wayne’s Train, trackless train ride, $3/ride 10 a.m.-10 p.m. —… Continue Reading
The Horticulture program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College is holding a small Fall Plant Sale at the greenhouses and Building L located across from GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome through Friday, Oct. 12. The sale hours are from 8 a.m. to noon on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. On Wednesdays, the sale takes… Continue Reading
Redmond Regional Medical Center announces that Dr. Chris Robinson, MD has joined Redmond’s Outpatient Wound and Hyperbarics Center as the new supervising physician. Robinson is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Southeastern Society… Continue Reading
WEDNESDAY UPDATES “RomeGaCares is finally back in Rome/ Floyd! These last few weeks have been extremely impactful. We want to thank you all for supporting our disaster relief efforts in Columbus County. We made some amazing friends and helped a lot of people who desperately needed it- they were so grateful! Way to go Rome/ Floyd and… Continue Reading
From Georgia DOT: Work could begin soon on resurfacing U.S. 41/Joe Frank Harris Parkway in the city of Cartersville. Georgia DOT recently awarded a contract to Northwest Georgia Paving Inc. of Calhoun, valued at $1.7 million, for a construction project to resurface a portion of the highway in Bartow County. The project includes 1.759… Continue Reading
One eagle-eyed resident spotted some extra curricular activity at State Mutual Stadium as well as a few signs indicating some new filming under way in Rome. Crews are due at the stadium off the Bypass and Armuchee Connector early today to get some footage for season three of “Brockmire.” The official notice: “Extras Casting Atlanta… Continue Reading
Temporary switch for Floyd’s Pink Day this Friday: For years, Floyd Medical Center’s Pink Day — part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month — has been based at Chick-fil-A Dwarf House on Shorter Avenue. As work continues to transform it into Truett’s Chick-fil-A, opening late fall, Floyd has followed customers to the Riverside Parkway “container” location.… Continue Reading
Doug’s Deli Downtown at 606 Broad St. is expanding their business hours and will now be open Monday-Friday until 5:30 p.m. to serve the early dinner crowd. The restaurant will continue to close at 3 p.m. on Saturday and be closed on Sundays. From Doug’s Deli Facebook: “It’s the moment you all have been waiting… Continue Reading
Redmond Regional Medical Center donated seven automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the Floyd County Government. Lisa Adrian, the hospital’s director of occupational health, presented the AED’s to County Manager Jamie McCord, Assistant County Manager, Gary Burkhalter and Sandi McCollum, Wellness Coordinator. Barbara Gibson, FNP, onsite clinical services manager of occupational health, noted that AED’s are an… Continue Reading
Rocks for Hope–Suicide Awareness Event set for this evening has been canceled because of the rainy forecast: Healing Hearts, the Floyd County Suicide Prevention Coalition, offers Rocks for Hope/Remembering and Stopping had planned several events this evening as part of awareness and prevention month. Restoration Rome Center for Foster, Adoption, and Family Services recently was named a… Continue Reading
Elvis Presley had a love of jelly doughnuts. But what was one of the late Burt Reynolds’ favorite indulgences? It also included jelly — pineapple jelly — and peanut butter (Jif, by the way). Burt’s only request during his stay at the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham during last year’s Rome International Film Festival was his… Continue Reading
The pumpkins arrive at Trinity United Methodist Church this Sunday afternoon — unloading only; no sales just yet. The pumpkin patch will quickly come together but first, there’s the offload of several thousand pumpkins of all sizes beginning at 12:30 p.m. (ETA). We’ll have additional updates on the actual pumpkin patch and sale… Continue Reading
By Natalie Simms nsimmshh@att.net Friends and family from around the globe came together Sunday to celebrate one special man, Rome’s own Vance Luke. He will turn 100 years old on Tuesday and his family, friends and fellow church members at First Presbyterian Church of Rome celebrated his life of service that still includes annual mission… Continue Reading
We could fill a website with the success former Model High phenom Tim Reynolds has had since his days in Rome to Berklee College of Music in Boston and beyond. And now comes word of another achievement. Here’s how Tim describes it on his Facebook page: “Always dreamed of doing this since I was… Continue Reading
The pedestrian bridge connecting Town Green to West Third Street was filled Sunday evening with those supporting One Community United’s annual One Table event. The five-course meal was designed to encourage one-on-one conversations with people from all parts of the community. Donors paid $100 for two tickets to the catered dinner. Attending were folks… Continue Reading