Rome News

Local churches are reaching out to the victims of Monday's tornado in Oklahoma. Harmony Baptist Church officials have announced they are accepting donations for items such as canned foods, toiletries, hygiene items and clothing.

Georgia Northwestern Technical College will hold its southern location Commencement Ceremony on at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 30, at The Forum in Rome, Ga.

Final: Braves 6, Tourists 1 How it happened: Tyler Tewell's two-run homer in the fifth inning gave the Braves a comfortable 6-1 lead, and they cruised home from there to win the opener of a four-game series.

Cornerstone, a division of Lookout Mountain Community Services , celebrated its 10th anniversary at an open house lunch Thursday, May 16.

The American Red Cross would like to recognize and thank all of the community partners and major donors in Northwest Georgia who responded to the needs of the Gordon and Bartow County communities after the January 30 tornado disaster.

Youth tennis players from around the Southeast will be descending on the Rome-Floyd Tennis Center this weekend for a special two-day tournament.

Partners at Cevian Design Lab, 401 Broad St., snip the ribbon to ceremonially open the new architecture and interior design studio.

Rome's Clock Tower is reflected in a puddle during a rainstorm, May 22, 2013. Photo has been rotated 180 degrees.

The Summer Poetry Series returns with a May 30 reading at Schroeder's New Deli. Rome audiences who miss the cool evening breeze as local and regional poets and authors read excerpts from their work, can look forward to the series kick-off: Poetry Night in the Courtyard at Schroeder's Deli.

Opera star and Grammy nominee Jamie Barton will be featured in a benefit performance at First Baptist Church on May 30.

Two Rome teens face burglary charges after they allegedly stole firearms in separate, unconnected thefts, according to Floyd County Jail reports.

Significant weather advisory for dime sized hail and 40 mph winds in Murray, Bartow, Floyd and Gordon counties until 5:15 p.m. At 4:18 p.m. the National Weather Service Doppler Radar indicated strong thunderstorms from Everett Springs to Rome moving northeast at 20 mph.

Bekaert employees gather outside the offices at the plant off Darlington Drive to mark the million man-hour zero lost time injury mark.

Rome and Floyd County schools all recorded graduation rates for 2012 above the state average, and most saw an increase from 2011, according to figures provided Tuesday by the Georgia Department of Education .

Former Shorter University President Harold E. Newman shares a laugh with professor Terry Morris and provost Craig Shull before the ceremony.

Rome YFC is happy to announce that Duck Dynasty's Jase Robertson will be coming to Rome on September 14th to help us celebrate 40 years in Rome.

Rome police are investigating their third armed robbery in less than two weeks. It's unknown whether Monday night's robbery at an Aubie Lane home is connected to two earlier hold-ups in South Rome that occurred May 12 and Friday, respectively.

Two area Boys Scouts received their Eagle Scout awards during a ceremony Tuesday night at Rome's First United Methodist Church.

ROME, Ga. The Berry Farms Angus Beef will have a sale from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Lavender Mountain Hardware in Rome.

The task of forming a list of possible projects to be funded by a 1-cent special purpose, local option sales tax begins this week.