Rome News

At about 11 p.m. Saturday night , deputy sheriffs stopped a suspicious automobile on Newtown Church Road near Calhoun.

Mercer University named Colleen "Augusta" Hosmer of Rome one of nine Stamps Leadership Scholars as part of the University's participation in the prestigious Stamps Scholars Program.

The owners of The Lantern, a bar at 1807 Maple St., may have their entertainment license suspended for three days after police cited them last month for a second noise violation in two months.

The Rome-Floyd Development Authority has decided to take on full funding of an environmental study at the 100-acre industrial site at the intersection of Ga.

Greg Richardson , Elizabeth Davis and Tricia Steele look at a map of the GigNet broadband fiber network now available in downtown Rome.

Marcquell Williams and Alfred Jamall Echols had been involved in a dispute, according to police.

The International Aerobatic Club, Chapter 3, will host the Bear Creek Bash Aerobatic Competition at Rome's Richard B. Russell Regional Airport on June 28-29.

Update: Heavy rain began falling around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday in downtown Rome. Previously posted: The National Weather Service is calling for rain throughout the day today continuing into the evening hours.

A Rome man was allegedly found with suspected drugs in his possession after he allegedly cashed fraudulent checks at two different banks, according to Floyd County Jail reports.

Mark Hellman, executive director of the Action Ministries initiative 'Smart Lunch, Smart Kid,' hands pamphlets about the summer feeding program to Kiwanis Club member Buster Young during the club's meeting Monday at Gondolier.

Paul Griffin , president of the Historic DeSoto Theatre Foundation, accepts a plaster relief from Paul Pierce, producing artistic director at Springer Opera House in Columbus.

Joel Hudson Bowen, age 80, passed away Friday afternoon, June 14, 2013. Formerly of LaGrange and recently of Franklin, GA, Mr. Bowen was currently residing at Winthrop Health and Rehab Center in Rome, GA.

Tyler Perry is donating $50,000 to help a good Samaritan left paralyzed from the waist down after risking his life to save a young girl swept away by a creek.

The long-term goal of implementing a redevelopment plan for other sections of the City of Rome could be closer to reality.

Rome police arrested on Sunday a Temple, Ga. woman on accusations she stole medical supplies and an ID card from Floyd Medical Center, reports state.

Jeff Williams and Mike Barone love what they do: picking up trash. "Pouring rain.

Another spring and another black bear sighting provided some excitement for a local neighborhood.

A Rome man and woman remained in jail Sunday night after they were charged with possession of methamphetamine and Schedule II drugs that morning, according to Floyd County Jail reports.

Rome police are investigating a shooting incident that occurred early Sunday morning on the 1300 block of Crane Street that sent one man to the hospital with a gunshot wound to his leg, according to a Rome Police Department report.

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