Rome News

The task of forming a list of possible projects to be funded by a 1-cent special purpose, local option sales tax begins this week.

A woman was taken to a Rome hospital Tuesday afternoon after the car she was driving struck a utility pole head-on, according to Floyd County police.

Rome police are investigating the theft of nearly $8,000 in electronic items from a Davis Street residence, according to a Rome police report.

Police said a Rome teenager took a television from a Graham Street residence and was in possession of another stolen television set, according to Floyd County Jail reports.

A Honda Accord was involved in a wreck with a motorcycle Monday afternoon in front of CVS Pharmacy on Martha Berry Boulevard.

Fog blanketed much of Georgia in the wake of storms that washed out roads in the northeast part of the state and led to rising streams and rivers.

A Rome man is celebrating a win from the Georgia Lottery. Sam Adkins, 56, won a $129,124 jackpot prize playing Fantasy 5. Adkins matched all five winning numbers from the April 30 drawing.

The turning point: The Braves took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and never looked back.

Corey Higginbotham of Silver Creek is presented with a $1,000 trip voucher by Sandra Kerr, donor recruiter for Blood Assurance.

Property adjacent to the South Rome Community Association building, 607 Pennington Ave., has been chosen as the site for the new South Rome Community Garden.

The 8th Regiment Band of Rome will perform Canada as part of the 22nd annual Canadian International Military Tattoo.

Spectators at the sixth annual Rome River Jam music festival at Ridge Ferry Park kept Rome police busy Saturday.

Police discovered Sunday that a Maple Street building had been broken into, according to Rome police reports.

As presented in the Fifty Years Ago column in the Thursday, May 23, 1963, edition of the Rome News-Tribune Rome arrived at a proud distinction Wednesday fifty years ago when motorcycle cops made their debut.

Some new storms have brought more rain to Rome and Floyd County as well as some new problems.

A good deluge of rain can lead to more than just the possibility of minor flooding along the rivers of Rome and Floyd County.

Police believe two men who have held up the same convenience store twice in two months live in the neighborhood and someone knows who they are.

A Rome man was arrested Saturday and charged with felony burglary, according to Floyd County Jail reports.

Along with 378 new alums, Kevin Elston of Johns Creek graduated from Berry College with a BS degree in Accounting, Finance, according to the school.

Game 1: Braves 6, Tourists 4 Game 2: Tourists 5, Braves 2 How it happened: Jose Peraza and Levi Hyams had three hits each to help lead the Braves to the 6-4 victory in Saturday's first game, which was the completion of Friday's game.