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In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown. Police said Rubello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School)
In this photo copied from the 2010 Sleepy Hollow High School yearbook, high school student Andrea Rubello is shown. Police said Rubello, a junior at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., was shot and killed Friday, May 17, 2013, during a break-in near the college campus. (AP Photo/Sleepy Hollow High School)
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Officer who shot NY student faced harrowing choice
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK (AP) — The police officer who accidentally killed a Long Island college student along with an armed intruder faced perhaps the most harrowing decision in law enforcement: choosing the split-second moment when the risk is so high that you must pull the trigger. That's the moment authorities say a Nassau County police officer experienced...
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Floyd County Jail report, 8 p.m. Sunday, May 19
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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. In this report: Males: 6 Females: 3 Total: 9 Oldest: 45 Youngest: 17 Average: 30
About 2 and a half inches of rain reported today; flood watch, warning in effect
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Update: Georgia Power has reported that a little more than 200 customers are without power in Floyd County. Company spokesman Mark Williams said that they have dealt with scattered outages across ...
Sunday's weather: Storms through the afternoon then clearing
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The rain will come in today and stay at least until 2 p.m. with a high near 82, according to the National Weather Service . Showers and thunderstorms will be accompanied by gusts as high as 15 ...
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Today’s Final Four Class AA matchup between Westminster and Pepperell — both No. 1 seeds — is sure to be competitive.
Mon May 20 01:01:00 UTC 2013
The Gordon Lee Trojans had just finished up some conditioning drills last Thursday, but several of the players were not ready to go home just yet. 
Sun May 19 20:21:00 UTC 2013
Gordon Central High senior Deisy Najarro (seated, center) signed a soccer scholarship on Monday with Tennessee Temple (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
Sun May 19 07:30:00 UTC 2013
For the Pepperell baseball team, it’s almost go time.
Sun May 19 00:46:00 UTC 2013
CARROLLTON - With a state title on the line, two very evenly matched teams battled for almost the entire length of regulation on Saturday at West Georgia’s University Stadium.
Sat May 18 18:36:00 UTC 2013
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Silver Creek woman using bare hands to build house with rocks
by The Associated Press
May 17, 2013 | 26 26 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
SILVER CREEK — A woman is using her bare hands to build a house in the woods by stacking large rocks on top of each other, one rock at a time. After a posting on the Rome Georgia Yard Sale Faceboo...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s policies are working
by Charles R. Shiflett, Rome
May 17, 2013 | 23 23 comments | 9 9 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...
UPDATE: Deal orders return of Bibles to rooms at parks
by AP, Staff reports
May 15, 2013 | 19 19 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
Gov. Nathan Deal today instructed the state Department of Natural Resources to return Bibles to cabins and lodge rooms at state parks. Out of an abundance of caution to avoid potential litigation, ...
Coomer: U.S. 411 a ‘national flashpoint’
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
May 16, 2013 | 16 16 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
The debate over the U.S. 411 Connector to Interstate 75 has become a “national flashpoint issue,” according to state Rep. Christian Coomer, R-Cartersville. Coomer and the other Floyd County delega...
Traffic is expected to be tied up in some areas Thursday during filming for Dreamworks’ new movie “Need for Speed”
by Staff reports
May 15, 2013 | 13 13 comments | 35 35 recommendations | email to a friend
Rome will become the backdrop for a movie this week as a Dreamworks motion picture, “Need for Speed,” begins filming here Thursday. The work, which runs through Sunday, will lead to some road c...
Tourist chief proposes SPLOST projects to Exchange Club
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
May 18, 2013 | 7 7 comments | 4 4 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...
State assigns consultant to Floyd County schools
by Alan Riquelmy, staff writer
May 18, 2013 | 6 6 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
The state Charter Committee said Friday it will postpone a decision on whether Floyd County schools violated its charter agreement by failing to include local input in its decision making process. ...
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