Silver Creek News

Corey Higginbotham of Silver Creek is presented with a $1,000 trip voucher by Sandra Kerr, donor recruiter for Blood Assurance.

An inmate in the Floyd County Jail allegedly broke a fire alarm off the wall inside the facility, according to jail reports.

Mud and water still cover a portion of the riverwalk just north of Turner McCall Boulevard.

Authorities arrested three men Tuesday on accusations they were growing marijuana in a tree house, reports state.

A Silver Creek woman accused of drug possession was being held in the Floyd County Jail without bond Wednesday.

A Tuesday afternoon, May 7, wreck sent one person to the hospital and tied up traffic on Ga.

A Silver Creek man was being held late Sunday, May 5, after he allegedly violated a temporary protection order when he showed up at an Abrams Road residence, according to a Floyd County Jail report.

Georgia Board of Corrections Chairman and Floyd County Commissioner John Mayes presides over the board's May meeting Thursday at the Rome library.

A Silver Creek man remained in the Floyd County Jail on Wednesday night, charged with felony aggravated assault for hitting a woman with a metal screwdriver, according to Floyd County Jail reports.

Authorities arrested a Silver Creek man Sunday on accusations he broke into a home and stopped a woman when she tried to call 911, Floyd County Jail reports state.

A boat waits on volunteers at the Renew Our Rivers cleanup in Rome on Friday. Some of the debris that has collected from high water in recent rains is seen against the dock at Ridge Ferry Park.

Find an old pair of long pants and closed-toed shoes - the annual Renew Our Rivers cleanup is this Friday.

Jamie McCord expects a whirlwind when he becomes the Floyd County manager next month.

While new numbers from the Georgia Governor's Office of Highway Safety show motorcycle fatalities have dropped slightly statewide from 2011 to 2012, that is not the case in Floyd County.