Rome News

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.

The latest edition of Studio Central's Face to Face is now available on RN-T.com.

Robinson said his stepson, Michael Patterson, 43, saw his life forever changed on June 8 when he leapt into the swift-moving Euharlee Creek along the Silver Comet Trail in Rockmart, Ga., to save Javea Jones, a 4-year-old girl whom he had never met.

WEATHER UPDATE: A thunderstorm is moving into Floyd County but should be past Rome by about 9:15 p.m., according to the National Weather Service.

Ricardo Perez of Rome GA was found in nine feet of water just before 9:00 p.m. Authorities say Perez and his friends attempted to swim across Little River when he slipped under the water.

Miss Lauren Allison Berry and Mr. David Andrew Patton were united in Christian marriage on April 27, 2013, at First Presbyterian Church of LaGrange, where they are members of the church.

The renovation of the former city of Rome water works building on Jackson Hill into an open-air pavilion for gatherings is a project on the table for the upcoming SPLOST.

Animal shelter plan would include a dog park; new $5.97 million facility proposed for funding through a 1-cent sales tax Animal Control Director Jason Broome tells the SPLOST committee about the proposal for a new animal control facility, while Assistant County Manager Noah Simon listens.

When it comes to summer vacations , families rarely agree on where to go and what to do, but there is one place in Georgia that has something for everyone.

Rob Byars cleans a wall during a drywall project in Armuchee. The 38-year-old father of four has faced some tough times in the past, not the least of which was a battle with substance abuse.

Scheduled for Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the NWGDS will feature five gardens, with all but one being local.

Carolyn Ann Benefield Flowers, 65 of Lithia Springs, passed away, June 14. She was born Jan. 18, 1948 in Rome, GA., to the late Robert Lee Benefield and Eula Virginia Fowler Benefield.

The Floyd County Board of Assessors mailed more than 48,800 property assessment notices Friday.