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[VIDEO] GHC Disaster Simulation Builds Nursing Student's Skills
-Nolan Hiott, WRGA- Georgia Highlands College hosted their 6th annual simulated disaster response on Wednesday, April 15th. The event is intense, and includes students in makeup depicting injuries from minor to severe. The maked-up students labelled "victims" were shown to the gymnasium, where they were to li...
15h ago
Railroad crossing work on Alabama Highway scheduled for Thursday
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 -Staff reports- Norfolk Southern Railroad is returning to the area on Thursday Alabama Highway will be down to two lanes starting at 8 am between Coosa High School and the city limits. It's the same spot as before. Crews are improving the approach to the crossing and extending. There will be a...
17h ago
Grand Opening, ribbon cutting and open house for the AdventHealth Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute on Thursday
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 -Staff reports- Advent Health Redmond will celebrate the grand opening of its Heart, Lung, and Vascular Institute with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday. The ceremony will be from 4 to 4:30 p.m. at the site at 591 Redmond Road. It will be followed by an open house from 4:30 until 6 p.m. Th...
18h ago
Spencer Strider to pitch in Rome on Thursday
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 -Rome Emperors- Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider is expected to take the mound Thursday evening at AdventHealth Stadium. Strider will begin a rehab assignment in Rome when the Emperors take on the Jersey Shore BlueClaws. Strider is tentatively scheduled to start alongside his fellow Atla...
19h ago
Woman charged with robbery, accused of taking more than $10K from bank
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 -Floyd County Jail records- A West Rome woman was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly robbing a local bank. According to Floyd County Jail records: 36-year-old Claudia Danielle Roberson presented a note to intimidate the clerk at Heritage First Bank on Shorter Avenue and made off with $10,681 ...
19h ago
