-Staff reports- The Associated General Contractors of Georgia's Northwest Georgia Skills Challenge returns to the Forum River Center in Rome this week. The event, which provides students with opportunities to compete in core construction trades while demonstrating their abilities to industry professionals, is this Thur...

-AAA South- Georgia gas prices may be easing, but rising oil prices could slow further relief at the pump. Crude oil climbed sharply last Friday amid concerns about global supply disruptions. While Georgia drivers are seeing some relief, continued volatility in the oil market could put renewed pressure on prices. The s...

-Staff reports- The Georgia Department of Transportation has awarded a contract for slope repair on Highway 27 at Taylor's Ridge in Chattooga County. The project is approximately .208 of a mile and is designed to address slope stability along the mountain. Wright Brothers Construction of Charleston, Tennessee, is the l...

-Floyd County Jail records- Man accused of hitting another man on the head with a liquor bottle A man from Reynoldsburg, Ohio, was booked into the Floyd County Jail over the weekend on a felony aggravated assault charge. According to Floyd County Jail records: 36-year-old Demetrius Marquis Hunter struck a Cedartown man...

-Staff reports- The Rome-Floyd County Development Authority will hold its regularly scheduled October meeting on Tuesday. The development authority will discuss organizational and regular business in addition to meeting for all other purposes authorized by Georgia Law. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. at the development au...