Cave Spring News

A patriotic program, Sweet Land of Liberty will be held July 5 at 6 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Cave Spring, 4 Cedartown Road.

Cave Springa s annual 4th of July parade will be at 9 a.m. in downtown Cave Spring with ice cream, hot dogs and an antique car show following.

Two movies filmed in Floyd County over the past year are still in production and filmmakers hope they will be released sometime during 2010.

Former NBA player Mike Glenn has been honoring his dad for 30 years with a basketball camp that speaks loudly to dozens of high school kids who can't hear.

Former NBA player Mike Glenn has been honoring his dad for 30 years with a basketball camp that speaks loudly to dozens of high school kids who can't hear.

With the automobile population growing by leaps and bounds in Floyd County a half century ago, owners of vehicles met to organize an Automobile Association.

Chas Jackson and Cline Jackson walk in last year's Cave Spring Independence Day Parade.

Georgia Army National Guard Major Kevin Michael Jenrette came home for the final time Saturday to Timber Ridge in North Hall County and an entire community came to say goodbye.

Funerals were set for Saturday for two of the three Georgia National Guard members killed in Afghanistan just over a week ago.

A crowd gathers and holds flags to honor Jeffrey Jordan as his body arrives at Rome's airport.

Floyd County family mourning loss of soldier killed in Afghanistan; body returned to the United States An Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of U.S. Army Spc.

Artists and food vendors will converge on Cave Springa s Rolater Park on Saturday and Sunday and theya ll be joined by thousands of festivalgoers as the 34th Annual Cave Spring Arts Festival returns.

Three solemn ceremonies took place across north Georgia Thursday, marking the return of fallen soldiers who lost their lives in the line of duty.

Georgia lifted tough outdoor water restrictions on Wednesday and declared an end to the drought that has gripped much of the state since late 2007.

Floyd County residents wona t have to travel far to get their share of fireworks shows this Independence Day holiday.

The body of Sgt. Jeffrey Jordan, a Cave Spring man who was killed in Afghanistan last week, is scheduled to arrive at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport at 10:46 a.m. Thursday, Coroner Barry Henderson said.

Cave Springa s planned $8.7 million water system project will improve water pressure for most customers and ensure a reliable supply, officials told residents at a public hearing Monday.

The body of Jeffrey Jordan, a 21-year-old National Guardsman from Cave Spring who died in Afghanistan last week, could return to Rome Wednesday.

The Floyd County Commission is scheduled to hear Tuesday details of an estimated $6 million regional recycling center proposed for funding through an extension of the 1-cent special purpose, local option sales tax.

John C. Beale of Riverdale played with toy soldiers as a child. As an adult, he served in the U.S. Army, went to war and later joined the Georgia Army National Guard.