-Staff reports- Fiddlin' Fest will return to downtown Rome this year and feature artist vendors, a car show, live music performances, and a plein air painting showcase. Downtown Rome will transform into one large street festival between 10 am and 4 pm in the 100, 200, 300, 400 blocks of Broad Street, and the River Dist...

-Georgia Attorney General's Office News Release- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed a complaint in Fulton County Superior Court against SDG Impact Fund, Inc. (SDGIF); SDGIF's successor entity, SDG Global Impact Fund, Inc.; SDGIF's executive director, Anthony Suber; and SDGIF's former board member, Bryan Dore...

-David Crowder, WRGA News- The Rome City Commission has approved a Special Use Permit for an Independent Sober Living Home with peer support at 4 East 9th Street. The site is already being used as an independent living home, according to applicant Okista Tory. "So far, as I said, there have been no problems at all...

-Floyd County Jail records- A Kingston woman was booked into the Floyd County Jail on Monday on charges of aggravated stalking, possession of less than an ounce of marijuana, and possession of drugs past the guard line at the jail. According to Floyd County Jail records: 47-year-old Kristy Marie Daniels failed to obey ...

-Staff reports- The Rome City Commission has issued an official statement about an incident involving a world-renowned opera singer that occurred in Rome in 1942. That incident involved Roland Hayes and his wife and a confrontation that started in a local shoe store in what was then the Jim Crow-era South. The Hayeses ...