Rome City Schools Board of Education met on January 11, 2022 for the first time in the new year. New to the Board this term is Pascha Burge,…
MoreTwo Southeast Bulloch Middle School students were taken into custody Tuesday evening in connection with an alleged verbal threat made against the school. The school will continue…
MoreSchool administrators and the Rome City Schools Board of Education started 2022 with a packed agenda. Superintendent of RCS, Louis Byars, had several items of business he presented to…
MoreGeorgia Southern University’s Waters College of Health Professions has established a new research center that will bring together faculty and student researchers in the human movement sciences to…
More11:45 A.M.–1/9/22 – The GBI is investigating an officer involved shooting in Lyons, Toombs County, GA. The Lyons Police Department and the Georgia State Patrol asked the GBI…
MoreGovernor Brian Kemp announced that Rebecca Sullivan has been appointed to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services. “Building on her experience as General Counsel and…
MoreOn Thursday, January 6, 2022, at 12:55 p.m., Vidalia Police Department officers were dispatched to a domestic dispute at 802 E. 5th Street, Vidalia, Toombs County, GA. Before officers…
More8 Georgia Entities Get DOJ Grants for Crime Reduction, Inmate Reentry, Youth Opioid Addiction Programs
The Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP) has awarded grants totaling $2,265,281 to support local programs addressing a range of community safety and criminal justice issues…
MoreSexual Assault Center of NWGA Provides Invaluable Prevention Education to Rome/Floyd County Students
Since 1992, the Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia (SAC) has been committed to providing free, confidential, and compassionate services for survivors of sexual assault. Given the heartrending…
MoreBattery Resourcers to Open North America’s Largest Lithium-ion Battery Recycling Facility in Georgia
Governor Brian P. Kemp announced Wednesday that Battery Resourcers, a lithium-ion battery recycling and engineered materials startup, will invest $43 million to open its first commercial-scale battery recycling…
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