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Pepperell High awarded $2,500 grant for efforts to halt teen driving fatalities
Media release: One local group of high school students is trying to reverse the trend of teen drivers being the source of bad news stories in the community due to tragic texting and driving deaths or crashes involving speed and alcohol. As a result of their read more
Updated: 2003 Rome Brave Jonathan Schuerholz back to manage 2014 team
Talk about circling the bases. One of the original Rome Braves, Jonathan Schuerholz, returns to town this spring as manager of the Rome baseball club. The son of Atlanta Braves president John Schuerholz, he replaces Randy Ingle, who had two terms as manager of the read more
Suit alleges Beam Produce owes $108,000. Auction still a go Friday
An auction for the buildings and equipment of Beam Produce at 7 John Davenport Drive remains scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday, two days after General Produce Inc. file a civil suit in U.S. District Court alleging John D. and Todd Beam owe the company more than read more
Mohawk Industries named Southeast’s ‘most sustainable flooring manufacturer’
Media release: For the third consecutive year, Mohawk Industries was honored as the most sustainable flooring manufacturer in the 2013 Southeastern Corporate Sustainability Rankings, the only annual assessment of sustainability practices among the region’s read more
Vicki Knight named chief risk officer at Heritage First Bank
Media release: Ryan Earnest, President of Heritage First Bank, today announced that veteran banker Vicki Knight, Executive Vice President, has been named Chief Risk Officer for the Rome-based bank. Since joining Heritage First Bank in 2005 as Senior Vice President, Mrs. read more
Gas prices down to $3.01 a gallon in Rome, lower than regional, state averages
Gas prices are approaching $3 a gallon in Rome/Floyd County, the lowest they’ve been in nearly a year. Kroger off Turner McCall and at the Murphy Oil station in front of the East Rome Walmart Supercenter. That’s almost 19 cents a gallon lower than the read more
Free Dump Day Saturday in Armuchee. Also: Dining to Donate and 2013 Magnolia Stroll
Saturday is Free Dump Day in Armuchee: Floyd County and Keep Rome/Floyd Beautiful are offering a “Free Residential Dump Day” in the Armuchee Community from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event will be at the old park location on Jones Mill Road. County crews and read more
El Agave closes at Armuchee Village; space for lease
It was four months and out for El Agave Mexican Restaurant at Armuchee Village. Opened in August with breakfast, lunch and dinner service planned, it is now closed in the southern corner of the shopping center. El Agave had been planned for the former read more
Auction today for 34 bank-owned properties including Medical Drive sites in Rome
John Dixon & Associates is conducting the auction of 34 pieces of property — most in Rome/Floyd County but others sprinkled about the region. Eight of the properties are absolute auctions. Perhaps the most attractive package is a series of lots read more
Public Health: The flu claims two metro Atlanta residents so far this season
As National Influenza Immunization Week continues, this grim note today from the state on two flu deaths in the metro Atlanta area. Media release: The Georgia Department of Public Health has lab confirmation of two flu-related deaths in the state. read more