The Rome Ducks Unlimited Dinner Event is coming up on March 8 at the Forum beginning at 6 p.m. This year’s membership dinner includes an all-you-can-eat buffet with American, Italian and Cajun food stations; raffles as well as live and silent auctions; plus networking opportunities. Various levels of ticket packages and sponsorships remain. For more:… Read more
Special election for state House District 5: Latest results Republicans Matt Barton and Jesse Vaughn are on the ballot today in parts of Gordon and Murray counties; the winner will join the 2019 General Assembly, filling the seat left open by the death of longtime Rep. John Meadows, R-Calhoun, who died Nov. 13. Barton and Vaughn were the top two voter-getters… Read more
Behold the soon-to-be headquarters of industrial recruitment in Rome and Floyd County. If the current “concept” holds, this one-time service bay for a car dealership that most recently was used for fire department storage — call it the “out house” — could become the base of recruitment efforts for the community. You’ll pay for… Read more
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (pictured with his wife, Marty) joined us for a few minutes on the Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM Friday morning. Among the topics: A busy first few weeks for the new governor, especially with the severe weather threat earlier this week as well as more than 1 million… Read more
Rome native Vic Reynolds, currently the district attorney of Cobb County, has been named the director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation by Gov. Brian Kemp. A former police officer, chief magistrate judge, prosecutor, and criminal defense attorney, Reynolds was elected District Attorney for Cobb County in 2012. He and his wife of 30 years, Holly (also… Read more
Early voting for the Feb. 5 Special Election Runoff ended Friday with 995 voters casting ballots early. Election day is Tuesday with polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The candidates for House District 5 are Matt Barton and Jesse Vaughn, both Republicans. If you are registered to vote in the following precincts you will… Read more
The story lines on The Big Switch: The initial budget for the first year of operating the industrial recruitment office has jumped by 26.5 percent to $450,188 in just two months (they left out marketing in the original draft). Those extra pennies you pay in SPLOST taxes set aside for economic development would provide the… Read more
Upcoming blood drive has something extra for Floyd County employees: Sure, the incentive is there — free refreshments (snacks) for all donors courtesy of The Sweet Bar. But for county employees, there’s another perk — a free police escort to the Law Enforcement Center if they donate blood on Monday, Feb. 11, between 7 a.m.… Read more
The Floyd County Commission has scheduled a called meeting for noon Thursday to, as the agenda states, “approve the revised unified economic development plan for Rome and Floyd County.” The meeting will be in the Community Room, Suite 206, at the County Administration building at 12 E. Fourth Ave. Prior to the vote, there is… Read more
ON VIDEO: You can watch the economic development tug-of-way by clicking here for the webcast video; it starts around the 50-minute mark The expected next turn in economic development in Rome and Floyd County turned ugly Monday night. And yet by the end of a prolonged exchange of pros and cons, a concept to work… Read more
Since November, when a mostly secret vote to create a new authority to take over economic development sailed through the County Commission but was derailed by inquisitive city commissioners, there’s been a huge “what’s next?” dangling throughout the community. We might hear some potential options this Monday courtesy of the City Commission. The board’s caucus… Read more
Today’s Newsmakers William R. Richardson has been named a partner with Brinson Askew Berry of Rome. Richardson, who joined the firm as an associate in 2015, focuses his legal practice on corporate and business transactions, commercial real estate, and other financeareas. He also represents public housing authorities in multi-family and urban redevelopment housing transactions involving the use… Read more
Sidebar: Business: Jeanne Krueger named interim director of the Rome Floyd Chamber, effective Jan. 24. Chamber Amid changes to how Rome/Floyd County recruit and retain industry, the group that could wind us with jurisdiction over future recruiting has a new lineup. On Tuesday, new members of the Rome-Floyd Development Authority were sworn in by Superior Court… Read more
Bill Collins won a 5-4 vote to serve as Rome’s mayor for the next year. During Monday’s City Commission meeting, the first of the year, the meeting moved quickly to the vote with both Collins and Jamie Doss, the incumbent, nominated for the post. Voting for Collins, who was serving as mayor pro tem… Read more
Georgia Public Broadcasting has a full day of coverage planned as Brian Kemp becomes the next governor of Georgia. It begins at 10 this morning with a live stream of the prayer service taking place at The Cathedral of St. Philip in Atlanta at gpb.org/inauguration. At 2 p.m., GPB TV and Radio will live broadcast… Read more