Rome News

Where were other Rome churches? In spite of recent Girls Gone Wild events on Broad Street only a handful of churches took a stand.

The agenda for the first Rome Board of Education meeting since all seven members were re-elected last week contained no new or unfinished business, but the board was in the business of celebrating success Tuesday evening.

A Ford truck navigates down a wet Glenn Milner Boulevard Tuesday morning in between heavy rains.

Keep Rome-Floyd Beautiful has been chosen to receive an award for its work during the 2009 Great American Clean-up. The local groupa s award is for outstanding sponsor support for its work with Arm & Hammer Laundry Care.

A Cedartown woman was taken to a Rome hospital after being struck by a car. According to Cedartown police reports, the incident happened around 9:30 p.m. Sunday night at Main Street and Canal Street.

The Rome City Schools Board of Education meeting agenda for Tuesday evening is light on business but heavy on accolades and progress reports.

City adds $2.6 million in promises to East Rome pot: The Rome City Commission OK'd a letter of commitment as part of the HOPE VI grant application.

A Rome man was injured in a single-vehicle accident on U.S. 411 in Alabama around 6:30 p.m. Sunday evening, Nov.

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A Rome man remain jailed Sunday morning after being arrested in East Rome on drug and criminal trespass charges after passing through Rome Housing Authority property, reports stated.

This circumzenithal arc, or halo, was photographed in West Rome on Sunday by reader Vickie Tallent.

A woman was arrested on theft charges after police say she took a financial card and cash without authorization in September.

The Douglas County Board of Education will begin its search for a new school superintendent with a Monday called meeting.

Rome enters November with more than a 10-inch rainfall surplus for the year, according to figures provided by the National Weather Service.

A Rome man remains at Floyd Medical Center this morning in critical condition in the intensive care unit after he was stabbed in an incident in front of the Peach Palace.

A Summerville man remained jailed Friday on felony drug charges after a search warrant turned up methamphetamines at a Silver Creek address, reports stated.

Rome Middle School has been named a 2009 School of Excellence by the state for making significant gains in reading and mathematics, according to a news release from the state Department of Education.

An Augusta area man was arrested Wednesday and charged with several forgeries in the Rome area last year.

The Georgia Country Music Hall of Fame will soon include a Rome musician whose music once shared space with works recorded by Elvis Presley.

Country rocker Brantley Gilbert comes to the The Forum on Nov. 25 for the Rome Turkey Jam.