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Rebekah Stuck hugs her son, Aiden Stuck, 7, after she found him in front of the destroyed Briarwood Elementary after a tornado struck south Oklahoma City and Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. Aiden Stuck was inside the school when it was hit. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Nate Billings)
Rebekah Stuck hugs her son, Aiden Stuck, 7, after she found him in front of the destroyed Briarwood Elementary after a tornado struck south Oklahoma City and Moore, Okla., Monday, May 20, 2013. Aiden Stuck was inside the school when it was hit. (AP Photo/ The Oklahoman, Nate Billings)
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Parents face tough choice when tornadoes bear down
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MOORE, Okla. (AP) — With an ominous storm approaching, the Moore Public School District flashed a text alert to parents: "We are currently holding all students until the current storm danger is over. Students are being released to parents only at this time." Parents had a gut-wrenching choice, and only a few minutes to make it. Trust the safety...
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Floyd County Jail report, May 22, 8 p.m.
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The Floyd County Sheriff's Office releases its jail intake report twice daily -- at 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Showers and thunderstorms today, tonight - severe weather possible
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Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and storms could be severe, with pea-sized hail and gusty winds, according to the National Weather Service . Today's high might reach near 85 with a 70 p...
2 taken to hospital after 2 transit buses collide
by Jeremy Stewart, Staff Writer
May 22, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Two men were taken to Floyd Medical Center Wednesday afternoon after two Rome Transit Department buses were involved in an incident at the Midtown Transit Station. A Goshen minibus collided with th...
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Atlanta Braves' Evan Gattis hits a grand slam in the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins, Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Gattis grand slam leads Braves past Twins 8-3
ATLANTA (AP) — Evan Gattis kept up an amazing rookie season with his first grand slam, B.J. Upton and Ramiro Pena also homered, and the Atlanta Braves finished off a sweep of the woeful Minnesota T...
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s policies are working
by Charles R. Shiflett, Rome
May 17, 2013 | 60 60 comments | 13 13 recommendations | email to a friend
Obama’s policies are working President Obama has been elected twice by the American people. That included winning the Jewish vote. The Obama Administration has the best Middle Eastern foreign poli...
Officers arrest 16 people during River Jam
by Jeremy Stewart, staff writer
May 20, 2013 | 28 28 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Spectators at the sixth annual Rome River Jam music festival at Ridge Ferry Park kept Rome police busy Saturday. Reports from the Rome Police Department indicate that officers working detail at the...
City asks that Tennis Center of Georgia be part of SPLOST
by Jeremy Stewart, staff writer
May 21, 2013 | 17 17 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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. Members of the Rome-Floyd SPLOST Citizens Advisory Committee will ...
Poll: Georgians oppose campus guns; Isakson popularity at 50 percent
by Walter C. Jones, Morris News Service
May 22, 2013 | 10 10 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
ATLANTA — A majority of Georgians oppose allowing students who have concealed-weapons permits to carry guns on college campuses, according to a survey released Tuesday.  The poll also shows half th...
Police believe robbers live near their target; Big H on Main Street has been robbed for second time in two months
by Kim S. Jarrett, staff writer
May 19, 2013 | 9 9 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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. “If they are not permanent residents, they are stay...
Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks
by JEFF MARTIN,Associated Press
May 20, 2013 | 9 9 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
ATLANTA (AP) — A national atheist group said Monday that it will donate its literature for use in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles the...
Tourist chief proposes SPLOST projects to Exchange Club
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
May 18, 2013 | 9 9 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The tourism industry brought more than $117.2 million dollars into Floyd County in 2011, according to Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Lisa Smith. And her wish li...
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