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(From left) 2012 Georgia Public Health Association President and Chatham County Environmental Health Manager Todd Jones; Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal; Environmental Health Manager for Chattooga and Dade Counties Shaun Brand and Georgia Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald. (contributed photo)
Roman garners top state environmental health award
Shaun Brand, environmental health manager for both the Chattooga and Dade county health departments in northwest Georgia, was honored at the recent 2012 Georgia Public Health Association annual mee...
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Timothy Ryan Cunningham stands with his parents, Tim and Cindy Cunningham of Rome. (Contributed photo)
Model Student to march for UGA's Red Coats Marching Band
Timothy Ryan Cunningham, a senior at Model High School, has been chosen to be a member of the Red Coat Marching Band at the University of Georgia in his freshman year next fall. Ryan has always had...
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Caroline Young (left) and Bo Crick placed in a speech contest sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America. (Contributed photo)
Students win speech awards
Area students competed in a county/district speech contest sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America, a fraternal financial services organization. Prior to this contest, the students already had won...
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Fries earns SCAD degree
Colleen Fries of Silver Creek, recently graduated from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Fries earned a BFA degree in photography.
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(Doug Walker / Rome News-Tribune)
Old dorm items help charities
Berry College’s Green Team has worked, for the third year in a row, with Habitat for Humanity of Rome-Floyd County , More Space Storage Solutions and the Hospitality House for Women to colle...
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Rome native wins Japan Studies fellowship
Rome native Brian Burnes has been awarded a Japan Studies Institute Fellowship by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities in support of his participation in the JSI scheduled at...
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Floyd County graduates at the May 1st ceremony included Skyler Akins, Executive Director of the Cave Spring Downtown Development Authority; Michael Hackett, Assistant Division Director of the Rome Water and Sewer Division and Steven McDowell, Rome Downtown Development Authority.
Floyd County public servants graduate from Georgia Academy for Economic Development
The Georgia Academy for Economic Development announced this week that 3 of Floyd County's own have graduated from their multi-day training program. Graduates from the May 1 ceremony included Skyl...
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Berry College theater students honored for recent production
Berry College Theatre Company students and faculty have been honored by the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival adjudicator for their contributions to the recent production of “The Las...
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Silver creek native wins student award
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Nicholas Godfrey, a student at Armstrong Atlantic State University from Silver Creek, was honored during Armstrong’s spring 2012 student awards ceremony. Godfrey received the Wesleyan Scholarship A...
Berry College student earns prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
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Berry College junior Aaron Ostrander has been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for his work in physics and mathematics. Congress established the Goldwater Scholarship in 1986 to hono...
Rome High gets Earth Day donation
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A native dogwood tree was presented by the Rome Noon Optimist Club, Junior Optimists and Three Rivers Nursery to Rome High to commemorate Earth Day. Pictured are Tygar Evans (from left), Katie Ches...
Roman wins service Distinguished Service Award
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Ezekiel “Zeke” McDaniel Sr. of Rome was recently awarded a Distinguished Service Award recently by President Mark McCall of the Mason-Dixon Committee of the Georgia Association for the Deaf. McDa...
Gingrey announces Congressional art competition winners
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Congressman Phil Gingrey announced the winners of the annual Congressional Art Competition during a recent ceremony at the Rome Area History Museum. First and second place winners came from Darli...
Floyd Rome Retired Education Association announces scholarship winners
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The Floyd Rome Retired Education Association recently announced its 2012 scholarship winners. Daphnie Morrison, chairperson of scholarships presented the scholarships to Aimee Renshaw, senior at Be...
Unity student wins state award
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Barrett William Irmscher, a seventh-grader from Unity Christian School, was selected as the winner of the DAR American Essay Contest sponsored by the Xavier DAR Chapter of Rome. He has also been ...
Mary Holcomb is Educator of Distinction
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Teacher Mary Holcomb of Rome High School was selected as a Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction by The National Society of High School Scholars. Holcomb was nominated by Christopher Lamont Bell fo...
Pioneer of 'go-go' funk music Chuck Brown dies at 75

Chuck Brown, who blended a unique mix of funk, soul and Latin party sounds to create go-go music uniquely identified with Washington, has died at 75 from pneumonia. 


Wed May 16 19:52:56 UTC 2012
Most inspiring celebrity graduation speech?

From Aaron Sorkin to Ellen DeGeneres to Steve Jobs, let us know: Which celeb made the most inspiring graduation speech?


Wed May 16 16:43:40 UTC 2012
Drummer for band OneRepublic arrested for alleged assault in Denver

The drummer for the band OneRepublic was arrested in Denver after his girlfriend said he grabbed her head and threw her down during a fight.


Wed May 16 15:22:27 UTC 2012
Nostalgic viewers turn out for housewives' exit
For one last time, a crowd turned out to watch the goings-on on Wisteria Lane.
Tue May 15 15:10:41 UTC 2012
PBS fall schedule offers U.K. hits, US history

This image provided by Neal Street Productions shows, from left, Bryony Hannah, Jessica Raine and Helen George in PBS' fall schedule has a definite British accent, courtesy of the returning drama "Upstairs Downstairs" and newcomer "Call the Midwife."


Tue May 15 16:36:43 UTC 2012
Ellen DeGeneres wins top US humor prize in DC

FILE - In this May 26, 2010 file photo, Ellen DeGeneres arrives at the Ellen DeGeneres, who broke ground in 1997 as the first lead character on prime-time TV to reveal she was gay, is winning the nation's top humor prize.


Tue May 15 11:57:11 UTC 2012