More changes at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College as Cliff Drysdale Mangement takes over operations there on Jan. 1. The tennis center has had an eventful five-plus years in operation. On Thursday, the city of Rome announced Cliff Drysdale Management had been selected to manage the complex beginning in January following a call… Read more
Today’s first headlines: Starting today, call it Atrium Health Floyd as final piece of two years of almost healthcare changes settles in Northwest Georgia. Business: Bake and Bloom on the move to 407 Broad St. More honors for Denim Marketing team in Cartersville. 1,002 residents have now died from COVID in NW Georgia; 8 more… Read more
In context: The deal that started the wide-scale healthcare changes in Northwest Georgia almost two years ago has come full circle. As of today, Floyd is known as Atrium Health Floyd. The overall concept was approved over the summer amid the sale of the former Redmond Regional to Advent Health and Cartersville Medical Center to… Read more
Bake and Bloom is on the move: Fourteen months after opening at 868 Spider Webb Drive, the shop is on its way to 407 Broad St. What’s it about: “We are a boutique bakery located in Rome, Ga. We specialize in cookie cakes, custom painted and unique cakes, and edible cookie dough.” The current hours are 7… Read more
Dr. Gary Voccio, health director of Northwest Health District for the Georgia Department of Public Health, joined Georgia Highlands’ Community Watch this week to talk about booster shots for those who have received the COVID vaccination. In his Zoom conference with hosts Dr. Jon Hershey and Greg Shropshire, Voccio talked about the recent updates on the boosters and who should… Read more
Media release: Rome recorded an all-time low unemployment rate of 2.4 percent, down five-tenths of a percent over the month. A year ago, the rate was 5.3 percent. So did Bartow County, with record low 2.2 percent, down six-tenths of a percent over the month. A year ago, the rate was 5.3 percent. “We are seeing… Read more
Below: Election calendar / Taped candidate forums / Nov. 2 ballots Live from Summerville, it’s MSNBC/NBC’s County-by-County: Announced just this week, correspondent Ellison Barber was live from Chattooga County on NBC’s MSNBC this week with a feature on Trump’s appeal to the Northwest Georgia county. It last 3:20 minutes and is about what you’d expect… Read more
THE LATEST Weather notes: The COVID test site at LakePoint in Emerson is closed for the rest of the day because of the weather. The ribbon-cutting for Big Dan’s Car Wash on Shorter Avenue is being delayed; the business opens Friday. A handful of small power outages across Northwest Georgia at 1:30 p.m.; Rockmart… Read more
Production is under way on “Till,” described as “the story of Emmett Louis Till and the legacy of his mother who pursued justice for her lynched son.” Among the stars: Whoopi Goldberg. For more: IMDB Read more
Media release: Dr. John Kirkland, a Vascular Surgeon with Harbin Clinic, recently received the 2021 Excellence in Community Service Award from the Society for Vascular Surgery. Over the past four decades, he has been instrumental in bringing modern vascular surgery to Rome and beyond. The Excellence in Community Service Award honors professionals who work in the community… Read more
The Horticulture program at Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) will hold a fall pansy sale outside of Building L located across from GNTC’s Floyd County Campus in Rome beginning Monday, Nov. 1. The sale hours are from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The sale will continue through Nov. 4 or… Read more
Off to a 5-2 start this season and a key fight at home Friday night vs. Gordon Lee, the Armuchee Indians will have to fight to focus. The team also is thinking about Head Coach Jeremy Green who has been diagnosed with throat cancer. Named head coach in February 2018 after serving… Read more
Truett’s Chick-fli-A, 264 Shorter Ave., 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Self-serve, drive-through, curbside, Door Dash. Mount Berry Mall, 7 a.m. curbside breakfast; 9 a.m. inside; open until 8:30 p.m. Shipping Container, 6 a.m.-10 p.m. All Monday-Saturday. HIGH SCHOOL Armuchee High rallying around Head Football Coach Jeremy Green who has been diagnosed with throat cancer. Friday’s game theme: Green for… Read more
Mrs. Julia Escutia Zamudio, age 67, of Rome, GA, passed away on Monday, October 25, 2021, in a local hospital. She was born in Mexico on December 15, 1953, daughter of the late Gabino Escutia and the late Prisca Zamudio. She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and prior to her retirement,… Read more
FLOYD Subway on Shorter Avenue, 100. Harvest Moon at Forrest Place, 93. Texas Road House, 90. BARTOW No reports. GORDON Dub’s High on the Hog, 100. Holiday Inn Express, Calhoun, 99. POLK Rockmart Middle, High schools, each 100. CHATTOOGA No reports. Read more
About this page: Updates from the Floyd County Jail three times a day: 4 and 8 a.m., and 8 p.m The latest each day from the Bartow County Jail. Reports from the Polk County Jail (weekdays). Updates from Cartersville Police. Plus: Safety, crime-fighting tips. Floyd County Jail: 4 a.m. 8 a.m. 8 p.m. Cartersville Police… Read more
