Category Archives: Floyd County

Georgia gas price average drops at the pumps

Georgia gas price average drops at the pumps

Monday, March 10, 2025–9:45 a.m. -AAA South- The Georgia gas price average continues to decline at the pumps compared to a week ago. Georgians now pay an average price of $2.90 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline (subject to change overnight). Monday’s state average is 4 cents less than a week ago, 4 cents less than a month ago,…Continue Reading

Rome City Commission meets Monday

Rome City Commission meets Monday

Sunday, March 9, 2025–2:45 p.m. -Staff reports- The Rome City Commission will tackle a relatively light agenda on Monday. The caucus begins at 5 p.m. in the Sam King Room at Rome City Hall. The commission will go into executive session to discuss real estate. The regular meeting will follow at 6:30 p.m. upstairs. The…Continue Reading

Leprechaun-a-Thon less than a week away

Leprechaun-a-Thon less than a week away

Sunday, March 9, 2025–2:45 p.m. -Staff reports- We are less than a week away from the annual Leprechaun-a-thon 5K and Health Walk, presented by Atrium Health Floyd. The event will be this coming Saturday, March 15. The USATF-certified race will start at 6:30 p.m., followed by the health walk at 6:45 p.m. Participants will traverse…Continue Reading

Arrest reports for March 9

Arrest reports for March 9

Sunday, March 9, 2025–2:30 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Man charged with burglary, aggravated assault An Armuchee man has been arrested in a reported burglary and assault that occurred on March 2. According to an arrest warrant and Floyd County Jail records: 48-year old Joey Lee Fowler entered a motel room at the Saga Inn…Continue Reading

Purported gang member facing firearms charges

Purported gang member facing firearms charges

Sunday, March 9, 2025–2:30 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- A Garden Lakes man is facing multiple charges following his arrest at his Elliott Drive home, including 14 counts of participation in criminal street gang activity and five counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to an arrest warrant and Floyd County…Continue Reading

New events venue planned in Silver Creek

New events venue planned in Silver Creek

Friday, March 7, 2025–10:30 a.m. -Mo Burge, Rome News-Tribune- A new events venue offering space for weddings, birthday parties, farm tours, and family reunions is in the works in Silver Creek. Plans were nearly derailed for the Chambers Mill Trout and Cattle Farm, which needs a special-use permit to operate on a 100-plus-acre farm on…Continue Reading

GNTC’s Noelia Sargento named TCSG’s 2025 Adult Education Student of the Year

GNTC’s Noelia Sargento named TCSG’s 2025 Adult Education Student of the Year

Friday, March 7, 2025–10:30 a.m. -News Release-  The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) has named the winners of its annual adult education awards, recognizing outstanding achievement in adult education and lifelong learning. Noelia Sargento, a student from Georgia Northwestern Technical College, has been named TCSG’s 2025 Adult Education Student of the Year and recipient…Continue Reading

Rome High School Show Choir wins division at Music City Invitational

Rome High School Show Choir wins division at Music City Invitational

Thursday, March 6, 2025–6:15 p.m. -News Release- For the second straight competition, Grand Finale, Rome High School’s Show Choir, wowed the audience and the judges with their performance of their competition show “Whodunit”. The group took first place in their division and placed third overall at the Music City Show Choir Invitational in Nashville this…Continue Reading

Time change this weekend

Time change this weekend

Thursday, March 6, 2025–5:55 p.m. -Staff reports- It’s time once again to “spring forward.” Remember to set your clock ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday night. Daylight Saving Rome begins at 2 a.m. Sunday and the time change is a perfect time to remind yourself to change the batteries in your smoke alarm…Continue Reading

[VIDEO] Wheelchair tennis tournament in Rome

[VIDEO] Wheelchair tennis tournament in Rome

Thursday, March 6, 2025–10:20 a.m. -Staff reports- The Georgia Open Wheelchair Tennis Tournament continues through Sunday at the Rome Tennis Center at Berry College. The ITF 1 Series event on the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour features some of the best players in the world competing in men’s, women’s, and quad divisions. There are 5 of…Continue Reading