In this undated photo downloaded from the Union County Prosecutor’s website, Caleb “Kai’ Lawrence McGillvary is shown. McGillvary, 24, is being sought by New Jersey authorities on a murder warrant in the beating death of a New Jersey lawyer he befriended in New York’s Times Square. The homeless hitchhiker had previously gained Internet and TV celebrity status by using a hatchet to intervene in an attack in California on a utility worker on Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Union County Prosecutor’s Office)
ELIZABETH, N.J. (AP) — Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker.
An employee at a Starbucks in Philadelphia is credited with recognizing 24-year-old Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, whose fledgling celebrity took a turn toward notoriety when authorities announced this week that he wa... full story
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: 13
Females: 4
Total: 17
Oldest: 53
Youngest: 17
Average: 28
Rome’s river levels may have fallen after heavy rains earlier this month, but officials remain concerned about potential problems the high waters caused.
There was no major flooding from the rain....
Rome police Sgt. Chris DeHart, a 17-year veteran of the force, said he has never had to unbuckle a fatality from a seat belt.
Seat belts save lives, police say, and they are going to concentrate o...
Ex-NBA player stabbed, seriously injured in fight BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a fight.
Police say Danilovic was hurt...
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.
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
Berry College is suing Tennessee’s higher education commission in a dispute over billboard advertising.
Berry College says in the federal lawsuit that the Tennessee agency has threatened to su...
Floyd County Jail officials are tabulating the cost of repairs after they say three inmates flooded their cells during the weekend by overflowing toilets. Gregory Lee Causey, 33, of 1137 Stinso...
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...