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
Up on North Broad, an old strip center has “under contract” across the Hardy Realty for sale sign. Next door, there’s an almost-new Dollar General store, transplanted from a spot a bit closer to Broad Street. Keep an eye on that site as well. Across the highway and a turn down Watters Street gives way… Read more
The 2019 municipal elections get formal starting Monday as qualifying begins. We expect a few announcements in Rome over the weekend with regular updates starting Monday morning. Hometown Headlines welcomes candidate declarations but please keep in mind all will be limited to no more than 300 words. Our email address is druck@hometownheadlines.com Rome: Qualifying for… Read more
East Rome Walmart donates $1,500 to Y to help feed kids: From the YMCA: “We are grateful to East Rome Walmart Supercenter #5151 and manager Steve Roland for their generous support of our Food & Fun Year-Round Outreach Programs. Pictured during the check presentation are Executive Director Scott McCreless, right, and Community Outreach Director Stephanie… Read more
It was a packed house at Saturday’s GOP Tillman Hanger Rally at the Rome’s Russell Field. U.S. Senator David Perdue spoke to the crowd, as well as U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-11). A number of local and state elected officials also spoke, as well as Republican candidates for Floyd County Sheriff. The Trump Bus… Read more
Perdue due at GOP Tillman Hangar Rally on Saturday: David Perdue’s bid for a second term in the U.S. Senate will be the focal point of the 2020 election cycle. The state’s junior senator, elected in 2014, is scheduled to be the first speaker at the Floyd County Republican Party’s annual Tillman Hangar Rally beginning… Read more
A service aimed at making visits more convenient has been expanded to include all Floyd Urgent Care locations. Save My Spot, designed to cut down on the time patients have to spend in the waiting room, began earlier this summer in Rome, Cartersville and Centre, Alabama. The service is now also available at Floyd’s other… Read more
From a media release: Bartow County Elections Director Joseph Kirk recently took part in an election security roundtable hosted by Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger alongside David Becker, founder and executive director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research. Joined at the Capitol by more than a dozen experts from organizations including Microsoft, the… Read more
Media release: To keep state government efficient and effective, Gov. Brian P. Kemp has instructed all state government offices to develop proposals to reduce spending by 4 percent in the amended fiscal year 2020 budget and 6 percent in the fiscal year 2021 budget. Kemp reminded state officials of his pledge to always put hardworking… Read more
Tuesday: The Floyd County Republican Women Meeting is at the Red Lobster on Shorter Avenue. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting starts at noon. The guest speaker is U.S. Rep. Tom Graves. Saturday: The Floyd County Republican Party’s annual Tillman Hangar Rally. Set for 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., the event is billed as “the… Read more
Saturday update: Airport officials say the crew of Air Force Two purchased 5,000 gallons of jet fuel from Rome’s Russell Field on Friday while Vice President Mike Pence was in town to meet with his former top aide at Barnsley Gardens. That purchase equates to about $26,000 to our local economy. A surprise turnout… Read more
Romanos Unidos and Turn Your Back on Hate plan a Justice for Immigrants Candlelight Vigil this Friday from 7 until 9 p.m. at the law enforcement center in downtown Rome. The groups are urging area residents to “join Romanos Unidos and Turn Your Back on Hate as we stand together against the incarceration of asylum… Read more
The Floyd County Democratic Party will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, Aug. 1, at 7 p.m. in the Community Room of the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority at 560 N. Division St., Rome. The group will discuss upcoming local elections, including what seats are open, how to qualify to run and opportunities to work on campaigns… Read more
This week and August are going to be critical for the next two election cycles as candidates for municipal offices qualify, Democratic presidential candidates are featured in another two nights of early debates and then local Republicans rally in what could be a display of who’s in and who’s not for the 2020 county… Read more
Media release: U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., was discharged and sent home Friday from WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, where he was admitted Saturday for inpatient rehabilitation after suffering four fractured ribs in a fall at his Washington, D.C., apartment. He is making good progress in his recovery and will continue to work with… Read more