Wednesday night’s scheduled contest between the Rome Braves and Savannah Sand Gnats has been postponed due to inclement weather and wet field conditions. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader beginning at 4:30 p.m. Friday, August 22. Read more »
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Posted on August 20th, 2008.
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A wreck on Martha Berry Blvd at the intersection of North 5th Ave sent two people to the hospital.
According to police, A white Toyota pick up truck turned left onto North 5th Ave into the path of a silver Dodge van driven by Patricia Johnson of Rome. Read more »
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Posted on August 20th, 2008.
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Rome police responded to a call of an officer needing assistance Wednesday afternoon after an officer spotted a suspected drug deal.
Rome police officer Lee Bowdon said he saw Alfred Henderson of Rome complete what appeared to be a drug transaction and approached Henderson.
Officer Bowdon began to search Henderson when the suspect began to fight with him and try to reach into his pocket. Read more »
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Posted on August 20th, 2008.
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The first in a series of five Community Listening Sessions will be held by the Floyd County Board of Education on Thursday, August 21 at Cave Spring Elementary School. There will be a session in each of the high school districts and in Cave Spring in the next few weeks. The sessions will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the respective schools. Read more »
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Posted on August 20th, 2008.
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A group of 15 Berry College students spent their summer in Florence, Italy, learning how to report in an international, intercultural context and share their stories with the world via a Web-based multimedia platform. The result of their hard work is the online publication FlorenceNOW.net, already Google’s No. 1 finding for the search term “florencenow.”
Both the project and the resulting Web site focus on the topic “Florence now, as it was,” which expands upon Florence’s struggles to modernize and meet the demands of its primary industry – tourism – while also maintaining its reputation as the world’s finest Renaissance city. Read more »
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Posted on August 20th, 2008.
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Construction workers take advantage of the cooler morning temperatures to place huge sections of concrete on the new parking deck next to the Forum.
Highs today are expected to reach 91 degrees. Tomorrow is expected to be mostly sunny with a high around 90.
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Posted on August 20th, 2008.
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Fire fighters responded to Plant Hammond on Alabama highway where there was a report of a fire.
According to radio traffic, the plant’s fire fighters were able to douce the blaze before Rome firefighters arrived.
Information suggests that the fire was the result of some type of oil leak.
We will have updates soon.
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Posted on August 20th, 2008.
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A man who was riding in the front bucket of a tractor was apparently bounced out of the scoop and then run over by the tractor on Highway 100 between Coosa and Cave Spring just before 6:00 last night.
Deputy Coroner Gene Proctor said the man was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple trauma.
Proctor has not released the victim’s name pending notification of his family.
It is not clear whether or not riding in such a manner on a public highway is a legal and the incident, while determined to be an accident, is still under investigation.
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Posted on August 19th, 2008.
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