Local gas prices
Most local stations are selling gas at or below $3 per gallon for regular unleaded. That’s below both the state and national averages.
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Here are some prices we spotted this morning:
Walmart, U.S. 411, $2.98
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Today's weather: sunny, high reaching into the mid 80s
Today: Sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Calm wind.
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What's Up Today
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Today’s artwork is by Ingris Calel, a student at Alto Park Elementary School.
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A press conference will be today at 10:30 a.m. at Hays State Prison, just south of Trion in Chattooga County. Two inmates escaped from the prison on Monday morning and remained at large.
Pepperell Class of ’52 Lunch Bunch will meet today at 1 p.m. at the [Read full story]
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Board of Regents adopt cuts as enrollment increases
As the economy struggles to stay afloat, Georgia’s state colleges and universities have seen an increase in the number of students clamoring back on board for more school.
While student populations are climbing, the state Board of Regent
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South Rome Youth Center cuts ribbon
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By Ryan Smith / Rome News-Tribune
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TOP: Bob Ledbetter Sr. tours the South Rome Youth Center, located at 211 E. Main St., on Tuesday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Construction of the center was funded with $2 million from a special purpose, local option sales tax and a $700,000 Community Development Block Grant.
MIDDLE: City Commissioner Buzz Wachsteter is gre
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Candidates present platforms at political forum at VFW post 4911
The Floyd County Commission must cut back on spending as revenues drop and plan its projects better, a Republican candidate for the board said Tuesday.
“I’m a firm believer that Floyd County needs to be run as a business,” said Irwin Bagwell, who is challenging Democrat incumben
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Community meeting focuses on children and family services
More than three dozen people gathered Tuesday night at the Rome Senior Center to discuss issues facing Floyd County families and how the community can better access services provided by various local agencies.
The town hall-style meeting brought together people from various family and children&#
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Trout Unlimited Chili Cookoff winners found, but recipe a mystery
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Ronny Cooper (from right), president of the Coosa Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited, presents $500 to the winning team “Cash.” (John Bailey / Rome News-Tribune)
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While it is now clear who won the annual Chili Cookoff, which recipe actually won will remain a mystery.
The winning team, sponsored by the Cash Store on North Broad Street, left Saturday’s Trout Unlimited Chili Cookoff at Ridge Ferry Park before the event was through, and organizers were unable to connect with the winners until Tuesday.
Ronny Cooper, president of the Coosa Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited, presented the $500 prize to team “Cash,” consisting of Kent Popham, the chief cook and
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Berry, Shorter finish play in Chick-fil-A Invitational
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Berry’s Jayne Curtis follows through on her drive in the second round of the Chick-fil-A Collegiate Invitational. Lindy Dugger Cordell / Rome News-Tribune
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Click here to see a video from Tuesday's final round of the Chick-fil-A Collegiate Invitational.
Lindsey Wilson College sophomore Krista Burton had two reasons to celebrate Tuesday afternoon at Coosa Country Club.
In addition to earning the individual title at the Chick-fil-A Collegiate Invitational, Burton also helped her squad capture the team championship at the two-day event hosted by Berry College.
Burton took low-medalist honors by finishing at 3-over-par for the tourney. She shot 74 on Tuesday after pacing the field wit
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Rays surge to 3-1 lead in ALCS
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Tampa Bay Rays’ Carlos Pena watches his two-run homer in the first inning of Game 4. The Associated Press
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BOSTON — They fluttered in and rocketed out: Three more homers sent sailing over the Green Monster to help the Tampa Bay Rays blow out Boston for the second straight game and move within one win of their first AL pennant.
Evan Longoria hit his rookie-record fifth home run of the playoffs, and Carlos Pena and Willy Aybar also homered off aging knuckleballer Tim Wakefield on Tuesday night to give the Rays a 13-4 victory over the Red Sox that put the defending World Series champions on the brink of elimination.
Carl Crawford tied an AL championship series record with five hits and And
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