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Ric Flair to wrestle at AWF’s Wrestle Jam on May 30
by CatWalkChatt.com
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Legendary wrestler “Nature boy” Ric Flair is preparing to step into the AWF ring in Ringgold for the second time in a month as part of Wrestle Jam on Thursday, May 30, as he and local “Nature boy,”...
Community mourns longtime arts, history advocate Debby Brown
by Severo Avila, Features Editor
May 23, 2013 | 3 3 comments | 18 18 recommendations | email to a friend
There’s a very good reason why there’s no photo of Debby Brown to accompany this story. The local historian, folk artist and storyteller was notorious for not wanting her picture taken. In fact, sh...
Opera singer to perform benefit concert at First Baptist Church
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Opera star and Grammy nominee Jamie Barton will be featured in a benefit performance at First Baptist Church on May 30. Barton, a Rome native, is representing the United States at the premier inter...
Tickets on sale for Battle of the Bands competition
by Severo Avila, Features Editor
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
Seven local bands and musicians are competing in the fourth annual State Mutual Insurance Battle of the Bands competition in June. Rome residents can now get their tickets to see the competition li...
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Duck Dynasty's Jase Robertson
Duck Dynasty's Jase Robertson
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Rome Youth for Christ to host Duck Dynasty's Jase Robertson on Sept. 14
by Rome Youth for Christ report
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
Rome YFC is happy to announce that Duck Dynasty's Jase Robertson will be coming to Rome on September 14th to help us celebrate 40 years in Rome. Ticket info will be released soon but please feel fr...
OZMENT: Conquer thought of life as a hopeless journey
by Robert V. Ozment
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
God never sends us into an impossible situation. When I was a lad, we lived about two hundred yards from a small country store. Frequently, in the evening, my father would ask me to go to the store...
Aldersgate Day event will celebrate Methodist heritage
by Mary Lynn Ritch, Staff Writer
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
Area United Methodist Churches will celebrate their heritage during a special event Sunday at Morrison Campground. Mizpah United Methodist Church senior pastor Theresa Coleman will host the Aldersg...
Hometown Headlines
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Pepperell class of '57 gathers for reunion
Floyd County public works crews will be contracted to do a significant amount of work on a couple of federally funded projects at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport . “This is kind of new terr...
May 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Corey Higginbotham (left) of Silver Creek is presented with a $1,000 trip voucher by Sandra Kerr, donor recruiter for Blood Assurance. Higginbotham, a blood donor, received the voucher after registering for Blood Assurance’s monthly giveaway. (contributed photo)
Silver Creek resident wins Blood Assurance's monthly giveaway
Corey Higginbotham of Silver Creek was the winner of Blood Assurance’s trip giveaway. Higginbotham, who donates at the Rome office in Midtown Crossing, registered for the trip after giving blood in...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rome man wins $129,000 Fantasy 5 prize
A Rome man is celebrating a win from the Georgia Lottery. Sam Adkins, 56, won a $129,124 jackpot prize playing Fantasy 5. Adkins matched all five winning numbers from the April 30 drawing. Smiley S...
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Georgia Highlands College announces President’s, Dean’s lists
Georgia Highlands College has announced the 2013 spring President’s List and Dean’s List honorees. To achieve President’s List status, students must make a 4.0 grade-point average and earn a minimu...
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Home & Living
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Get ready to enjoy your home's exterior beauty
(BPT) - It’s time to make your home’s exterior shine with some added summer curb appeal. You can quickly do the easy stuff – wash your windows, plant annuals, install pathway lights – to spruce th...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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How stay-at-home moms can prepare for retirement
When women choose to leave the workplace in order to stay at home and raise their young children, they make certain trade-offs. For example, they usually give up the chance to earn more money in e...
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Choosing the right financial products for all stages of life
(BPT) - No matter where you are in your life, you have a lot of decisions to make. When to buy your first house? What school to attend? Is it the right time for a job change? As things change in l...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Roman Life
100 Years Ago
As presented in the Fifty Years Ago column in the Thursday, May 23, 1963, edition of the Rome News-Tribune Rome arrived at a proud distinction Wednesday fifty years ago when motorcycle cops made...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Fifty Years Ago
Sunday, May 19, 1963 Rockmart Boy Scouts receive two new flags ROCKMART — Rockmart Boy Scout Troop 23, which has recently been reactivated, and the newly-organized Cub Pack have been presented...
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The Christensens are members of Rails-to-Trails. Based in Washington, D.C., the organization boasts over 150,000 members and has created over 20,000 miles of trails from previously used railroad lines. Rails-to-Trails provides a database of each of those trails — complete with photos and a ride-along description of its trailside attractions, history and important community connections.
Silver Comet Trail, Cave Spring hospitality make California couple feel welcome
Derek and Lee Christensen are originally from Los Angeles, Calif., and have been married for 26 years. During all those years it’s doubtful that either of them ever thought they would be having the...
May 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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100 Years Ago
As presented in the Fifty Years Ago column in the Thursday, May 16, 1963, edition of the Rome News-Tribune At an animated session of City Council it was voted 5 to 3 to repeal the plumbing ordin...
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Engagements
  • Clanton - Murdock Engagement
    05.19.13 - 04:10 am
  • Littlejohn - Skeen Engagement
    05.19.13 - 04:08 am
  • Holbrook - Wilkey Engagement
    05.12.13 - 04:12 am
  • Johnson - McCrae Engagement
    05.12.13 - 04:10 am
  • Taylor - Osborne Engagement
    05.12.13 - 04:04 am
    • Weddings
  • Skates - Chapman Wedding
    05.19.13 - 04:02 am
  • Floyd - Scurlock Wedding
    05.12.13 - 04:06 am
  • Harrison - Day Wedding
    03.31.13 - 04:04 am
  • Stephens - McCullough Wedding
    03.17.13 - 04:04 am
  • Garrett - Holder Wedding
    03.10.13 - 04:02 am
    • Anniversary
  • Jones 50th Anniversary
    05.19.13 - 04:14 am
  • Salter 50th Anniversary
    05.05.13 - 04:14 am
  • Davis 25th Anniversary
    05.05.13 - 04:10 am
  • Hutchins 50th Anniversary
    04.21.13 - 04:14 am
  • Davis 50th Anniversary
    04.21.13 - 04:10 am
    • Young Romans
    Brianna Dougherty won second place in the high school short story division of the Booth Western Art Museum's Writing Though Art Literary Contest.
    Words of the West
    Armuchee High School students were finalists in the Booth Western Art Museum's Cowboy poetry and short story contest. Their entries are featured below. An excerpt from the Short Story “When You...
    May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Miss Armuchee Middle School named
    Bryson Osteen, daughter of Leah Holder, poses with her “Jr. Miss Armuchee” crown and trophy. The pageant took place at Armuchee High School.
    May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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    by Brianna Mitchell, a fifth-grader at Johnson Elementary School.
    April 2013 Young Artists
    Every 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 April's front pages. To submit your own local yo...
    May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Ted Edwards, Rome-Floyd Planning Department intern, talks to Rome Middle School students about zoning. (Doug Walker, RN-T.com)
    Students focus on historic Avenue A ; middle schoolers learn about caring for elderly and the environment
    Rome Middle School students took advantage of a break in the rain Tuesday to get out of the classroom and into their community. The Keep Rome-Floyd Beautiful Neighborhood Focus program int...
    May 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend
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