Young Romans
Sarah Carroll
Rome High junior selected to attend Asian American Journalists Association's program
Rome High junior Sarah Carroll has been selected to attend the annual Asian American Journalists Association’s J-Camp from June 19-24. The journalism camp will be sponsored and held at Loyola Unive...
13 days ago | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Kayla Milliken poses for a picture with Sheriff Tim Burkhalter, who asked her to design a shirt for him. (Contributed photo)
Model High student designs event T-shirts
Kayla Milliken, a senior at Model High School, is seeing her art work all over the community these days. Milliken designed the t-shirt for this year’s Special Olympics and for the Cops for Kids an...
15 days ago | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Armuchee High students Mollie Hedgis (from left), Clair Hill and Tyler Gallagher attended the event. (Contributed photo)
Armuchee Middle students develop leadership strategies
This year, outstanding students from across the nation will take part in a unique leadership development program being held in 30 cities across the country. Three of these outstanding students ar...
15 days ago | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Elm Street hosts Earth Day celebration
On Earth Day, students at Elm Street Elementary in Rome celebrated with many special guests from around the community. They also participated in some very unique recycling projects in honor of Eart...
15 days ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Darlington sophomore Emily Thurmond shows off the shirts she sells to raise money for McHenry. (Contributed photo)
Darlington student helping McHenry make music
A sophomore at Darlington High School has been working with the music teacher at McHenry Primary to raise money for McHenry’s music program. Music has always been a huge influence in the life of ...
22 days ago | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
The top three finishers were (from left): Andy Brunt, Darlington (3rd place); Nora Bailey, Berry (2nd place); and Sophia Wilson, Berry (1st place).
BCEMS student wins independent elementary spelling bee
Berry Elementary and Middle School student Sophia Wilson won the 2012 Independent School Spelling Bee for Elementary students, grades 3, 4, and 5, conducted recently and hosted by Excel Christian A...
22 days ago | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
Bennett Garland
Armuchee student wins national essay contest
Bennett Garland, a junior at Armuchee High School, has won a national essay contest sponsored by the National Society of The Colonial Dames of America. The essay topic Garland addressed in his es...
22 days ago | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
By Ryan Abernathy, a Model Elementary second-grader.
March 2012 Young Artists
Each day, a different young artist's artwork is featured on the front page of the Rome News-Tribune. Here is a gallery of young artist images from March's front pages. To submit your own local you...
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
full story
College and Career Academy senior brings home the gold
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
Two high school seniors from Floyd County Schools College and Career Academy came home with medals from the 2012 SkillsUSA competition. The College And Career Academy’s SkillsUSA Chapter attend...
RHS Chorus tops last year’s All State record
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
The Rome High School Choral Department is pleased to announce that thirty-six students from Rome High School were selected for the 2011-2012 Georgia Music Educators All-State Chorus. This is the hi...
School lunch menus, March 27-April 2
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
FLOYD Tuesday: Grilled chicken salad plate, peanut butter and jelly uncrustable, pizza, chicken pot pie, tossed salad, corn on the cob, pinto beans, blushing pears, fresh fruit, orange juice or fr...
Montessori students show off at science fair
by Morgan Clemones, staff writer
1 month ago | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
The Montessori School of Rome conducted its annual science fair last week at the Northwest Georgia Housing Authority gymnasium off Division Street in Rome. The MSOR Science Fair is an annual event...
Armuchee 10th grader composes ‘In Memorium’
by Kim Sloan, staff writer
1 month ago | 3 3 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
A musical composition birthed from sorrow has become a triumph for a young Armuchee composer. Kyle Green wrote “In Memoriam” for his music minister at Armuchee Baptist Church after her father pass...
Darlington students turn to wax for project
by Morgan Clemones, staff writer
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Third graders at Darlington worked hard to put together a wax museum full of historical figures dating back to the ancient Greeks and spanning all the way to the 21st century. “The wax museum was ...
1 Armuchee Odyssey team makes it to state
by Morgan Clemones, staff writer
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
Armuchee Elementary School’s Odyssey of the Mind team ended up doing very well at the Regional Competition in Flowery Branch recently. Armuchee Elementary School had two teams compete in the compe...
Area school lunch menus, March 13-19
2 months ago | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
FLOYD Tuesday (intersession): Peanut butter and jelly uncrustable, chicken sandwich, chips, fresh vegetable dippers, sugar cookie, fresh fruit, orange juice or fruity punch, milk choice Wednesday...
'Baywatch' star Gena Lee Nolin debilitated by weight gain, hair loss, heart palpitations

Behind the 'Baywatch' scenes, Nolin felt anything but strong and sexy.


Wed May 16 09:27:51 UTC 2012
Michael Caine found himself trapped in attic dressing room after quick snooze, report says

British film star Sir Michael Caine spent the night trapped in an attic dressing room while filming in New Orleans.


Wed May 16 09:13:30 UTC 2012
John Doe #1 in John Travolta sex assault suit hires Glora Allred to represent him

On Friday, the mystery masseuse was dropped by his first lawyer.


Wed May 16 08:22:28 UTC 2012
Make way for the camel: Cannes film festival opens

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses with a a camel during a photo call for The Dictator at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)The extravaganza named Cannes got under way Wednesday with Wes Anderson's carefully composed whimsy and Sacha Baron Cohen's theatrics.


Wed May 16 08:43:16 UTC 2012
'The Dictator' takes his camel out in Cannes

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, left, falls off a camel during a photo call for The Dictator at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)"The Dictator" knows how to make a scene.


Wed May 16 08:35:31 UTC 2012
Appreciating Mexican author Carlos Fuentes

FILE.- In this Friday, June 10, 1983 file photo Mexican diplomat and author Carlos Fuentes addresses Harvard University's graduates during Commencement Exercises, in Cambridge, Mass. Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with language. Fuentes died in Mexico City Tuesday at the age of 83.(AP Photo/Sean Kardon, File )Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with author Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with language.


Wed May 16 09:25:41 UTC 2012