Severe Weather Awareness Week is coming up and the Floyd County Emergency Management Agency will be participating with several days of spotlighting extreme weather events and how citizens can take steps to better prepare for those events.
The Cartersville City Council has approved an ordinance dealing with so-called “pill mills.”
Traffic had to be diverted on Highway 27 North in the Armuchee area Thursday for around two and a half hours, following a two-vehicle accident involving a Toyota Camry and a propane truck.
It’s just more than a month before the Presidential Preference Primary Election in Georgia.
Opponents of the proposed Highway 411 Connector route say the DOT should conduct further studies regarding the highway following the discovery of a protected plant species in the area.
The Rome-Floyd Parks and Recreation Authority is registering for the first annual Leprechaun-a-thon 5K and 2 Mile Health Walk to be held on Saint Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17th.
A new tool to help people learn more about the Etowah River is set to be unveiled this year.
Dakota Ball, a senior defensive lineman for Pepperell High School, has made it official that his college of choice is the University of Alabama.
A more than two month investigation has concluded with the arrest of several individuals by the Gordon County Sheriff’s Office on a host of drug charges related to an alleged methamphetamine conspiracy.
A dozen charges have been filed against a 30-year-old Shannon man who reportedly fled from Floyd County Police, first on his motorcycle, and then on foot.
A Cedartown woman is accused of taking more than $21,000 in funds from her former employer where she worked as a financial records clerk and was a custodian of bank deposits.
Flu season is here and health officials urge citizens to get the flu vaccine to prevent the receiving and spreading of the virus.
The search for a missing Chattooga County woman has ended with the discovery of 74-year-old Dixie Brown’s body about 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Lots to talk about at the annual Rome Braves Hot Stove Gathering Monday night at The Forum. Atlanta Braves manager Freddie Gonzalez was the featured special guest and says one of his big projects with Ned Yost and Bobby Cox is the LakePoint Sporting Complex in Emerson.
Preparing students for available jobs is a goal that requires a close look at a changing job market.
A debate over dams and new water supply reservoirs was one of the highlights of the Coosa River Basin Initiative’s annual membership meeting Monday night.
A Rome man accused of defrauding Medicaid and Medicare programs of about $30 million is on trial this week in U.S. District Court in Rome.
