Local News
NAMI Walks Rome this weekend
-David Crowder, WRGA News- This weekend, area residents will lace up their walking shoes to raise awareness about mental illness and to raise funds for the Rome chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI Walks Rome is this Saturday, starting at Heritage Park behind the levee. "Saturday is our big day...
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Arrest reports for September 24
-Floyd County Jail records- Man charged in burglary A third person has been arrested in a burglary on Collins Road off of Morrison Campground Road earlier this week. According to Floyd County Jail records: 36-year-old Jeremy Thomas Berry of Rome and the others entered the residence by damaging a back door and attempted...
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AdventHealth Georgia Leader Appointed to Georgia Department of Community Health's GREAT Health Advisory Council
-News Release- Scotty Hancock, Executive Director of Community Advocacy for AdventHealth Georgia Market, has been appointed to serve on the Georgia Department of Community Health GREAT Health Advisory Council, a statewide body dedicated to strengthening healthcare access and outcomes in rural communities across Georgia...
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Meeting to update the community on Battey Business Business Complex on October 12
-Staff reports- The public is invited to an update meeting regarding a federal grant for the cleanup of the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital property next month. The Rome Floyd County Development Authority received a United States Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Cleanup Grant in 2024 to address as...
7h ago
Metro Rome Reports Gains in Labor Force, Employment and Jobs in August
-News Release- The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that the one-county Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area saw gains in its labor force, employment, and jobs in August. The over-the-month unemployment rate rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 3.3%, down from 3.9% a year ago. "Georgia's econom...
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