Your 100% local news source: Locally owned, managed and focused. Hometown Headlines. Rome Police: Grady Harper, the suspect in shooting death of John A. Allen, arrested in Savannah Thursday, now in Floyd County Jail. Arrest Celebration of life for Antonio B. Mari, slain Cartersville attorney, set for Sunday afternoon. Daily Report shares chilling story of Mari’s… Read more
The latest: The suspect in one of two weekend murders in Rome is now in the Floyd County Jail, awaiting the first of what will be numerous court appearances.Grady Harper Jr., 28, was transported from the Chatham County Jail in Savannah to Rome overnight by Floyd County sheriff’s deputies. Rome Police, the investigating agency, report… Read more
REMEMBERING ANTONIO B, MARI From Owen Funeral Home: Antonio Benjamin Mari, 41, was born on March 26, 1977 and passed away on June 20, 2018. Visitation is set for 2 until 4 p.m. Sunday, June 24, 2018, at Owen Funeral Home, Cartersville. A celebration of life will follow at 4 p.m. Obituary ‘I JUST KILLED… Read more
Twenty-five years of ever-increasing business is something to celebrate. But it also means there comes a time when certain tweaks — a new patio, some added space on the back end, a modernized drive-through line and other improvements — reach a max. The general kitchen footprint in Chick-fil-A Dwarf House when it opened in September… Read more
Brewed on Broad, on sale at the store: “Rome City Brewing Co will be rolling out cans in July.” The craft beers from the downtown Rome brewery at 333 Broad St. already are available on taps around Northwest Georgia as well as in take-home growlers. Next up: By the can. The scoop on Rome’s ice cream… Read more
Harbin Clinic’s next Walk with a Doc is set for Saturday, July 21. Harbin Clinic ENT Dr. Brandon Miller will present a short health talk at Bridgepoint Plaza at 9 a.m. before leading a two-mile walk along the Kingfisher Trail. “I love Walk with a Doc,” says Dr. Miller. “The program offers a great opportunity… Read more
Media release: The combination of warm weather, people getting outside to enjoy it and rising insect populations brings potential for insect-borne diseases, also calledvector-borne diseases. The Georgia Department of Public Health Northwest Health District offers these precautions, so residents can protect themselves, their families, neighbors and pets. “We encourage our residents to get outside and… Read more
OUTLOOK Our break from the low 90s and accompanying heat index readings of 100 or better is about over. We’ll by in the low 90s again by Sunday afternoon. Until then, some rain — mostly drizzle — today and Saturday. FORECAST Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 87.… Read more
HIGH SCHOOLS / ROME BRAVES / LOCAL COLLEGES / COMMUNITY EVENTS Rome Braves start ‘second’ season with a 6-1 loss to Augusta. Media release: The Augusta GreenJackets, South Atlantic League affiliate of San Francisco Giants, won 6-1 on Thursday night against the Rome Braves. Rome struck first in the second inning when Drew Lugbauer hit a solo home… Read more
Jerry Thomas Childers was born on April 23, 1941 and passed away on June 20, 2018. Daniel’s Funeral Home. Mr. Harvey Dennis Daniel, age 65, of Rome, Georgia made a peaceful transition on Monday, June 18, 2018, at a local hospital surrounded by his loving family. Home going services for Mr. Harvey D. Daniel will… Read more
And they’re back: Rome’s remodeled ALDI grocery is back in service with grand opening events set for Thursday, June 28, beginning at 8:25 a.m. The store at 836 Turner McCall Blvd. had been closed for an expansion as well as some interior changes. The parking lot was nearly full at 6 p.m. Thursday when this photo… Read more
About this report: We update CrimeWatch around 5:30 each weekday morning as well as at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. We also add the Bartow County Jail report between 5:30 and 6 a.m. weekday mornings and throughout the weekend. The Polk County Jail report usually is posted between 8 and 9 a.m. weekdays. These reports… Read more
Media release: Ryan Earnest, President and CEO of Rome’s Heritage First Bank, announces that Jarrod S. Floyd, Vice President and Business Development Officer with Heritage First Bank, is among the 185 bankers receiving graduation diplomas from the graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University. This three-year program provides courses covering all aspects of banking, economics and related subjects. Participation… Read more
The local unemployment rates for May: Floyd: 3.6 percent, down from the previous month and from the same month last year. Bartow: 3.4 percent, down from April and down from May 2017. Gordon: 3.4 percent, down from the month before and from the same month in 2017. Polk: 3.7 percent, down from April of… Read more
Dwayne Jamison, deputy chief of the Bartow County Fire Department, joined us on Hometown Headlines Radio Edition on WRGA 98.7 FM on Wednesday, June 20, to talk water safety on the “extremely dangerous” Etowah River.” The agency has worked seven to eight rescues involving multiple kayakers or others in recent weeks, he says. Among the… Read more
