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Environmental group petitions EPA to revoke ash pond closure permit at Plant Hammond
ATLANTA — The Atlanta-based Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revoke a permit the state issued last year for a coal ash pond closure project at Plant Hammond. According to the SELC, the permit issued last fall by the Georgia Environmental Protection...
IN THE MAGISTRATE COURT OF BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA VS.
259 TAFF ROAD, BEING TAX PARCEL NO. 0053-1263-016, LOCATED IN LAND LOT 1263, OF THE 17th DIST., 3RD SECTION, OF BARTOW COUNTY, GEORGIA, AND BEING FURTHER DESCRIBED IN DEED BOOK 2144, PAGE 681, OF THE BARTOW COUNTY RECORDS. DOCKET NO. 2024-1405CC. A complaint has been filed in rem against the...
FUTURE FIREBIRDS!
The Sonoraville High School basketball camp was held this past week at the Sonoraville Rec Center, which has a new renovated gymnasium. The camp was put on by the Phoenix basketball coaches and a lot of young boys and girls were in attendance, beating the heat by coming indoors while getting a chance to continue to learn the game and work on their young skills. The camp ran for four days.
Man arrested after woman is run over by vehicle
A Kingston man was arrested Wednesday on charges of battery, aggravated battery, and reckless conduct following an incident at East Hermitage Road and New Hermitage Road. 56-year-old Gregory Lee Crowe accelerated his vehicle while a woman was holding onto the passenger door frame, causing the victim to fall. She became...
Environmental group petitions EPA to revoke ash pond closure permit at Plant Hammond
The Atlanta-based Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) is asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to revoke a permit the state issued last year for a coal ash pond closure project at Plant Hammond. According to the SELC, the permit issued last fall by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) allows...
Harbin Clinic Gastroenterology Endoscopy and GI Lab receives 2024 Excellence in Professionalism distinction
Wednesday, July 17, 2024–10:06 a.m. Harbin Clinic is proud to announce that Harbin Clinic Gastroenterology Endoscopy and GI Lab Rome has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 Excellence in Professionalism Distinction for the fourth year in a row. This prestigious award recognizes facilities that support gastroenterology nurses’...
How Will Rome Address Homelessness Issue? What We Know
A decades-long discussion about how best to address the issue of homelessness in Rome was revived Wednesday. Talks restarted at a meeting on homelessness comprised of city, county and state officials, law enforcement, nonprofits as well as healthcare organizations Wednesday afternoon. “This is only a conversation,” Rome Mayor Craig McDaniel said. “But it’s a conversation that every community on the planet is having.” ...
The Colors Of Music: Rome High’s Marching Band Up And Ready
As summer break comes to an end, the Rome High School marching band is preparing to bring color into music with their show “Chroma.” Every year, the high school marching band prepares a show and Rome High School band director Tab Brown said the show’s theme this year is all about colors. “Chroma,” will feature well-known music from bands like Queen, Soundgarden and Led Zeppelin. The marching band will perform...
Around Town: Something Fishy About Cod Tail Location and new Green Tomato. Russian Propaganda, 2024 Style.
It was during the opening months of the pandemic — August 2020 — when the seafood restaurant with a rather unique name, Cod Tail, opened at 2103 Shorter Ave. in West Rome. The site is a well known one, thanks to years of service as the region’s only Sonny’s barbecue restaurant. It briefly became West End Grill before closing. Next up was the Cod Tail opening, part of a chain...
Rome Continues Potential Tax Rate Increase Talks
The second hearing for what amounts to a minor tax increase for Rome residents, despite a decrease in the millage rate, will take place Thursday. The Rome City Commission is scheduled to hold its second hearing on a proposed reduction to the 2024 millage rate by 0.2 mills Thursday at 10 a.m. in the commission chambers at city hall, 601 Broad St. The final hearing will take place on July 22. ...
GNTC Honors Electrical Lineworker Program Graduates For Summer 2024
Ten students graduated on Wednesday from Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s Electrical Lineworker program during a ceremony at GNTC’s Polk County Campus in Rockmart. The students experienced a vigorous, 10-week training program that included donated equipment such as trucks, poles and climbing equipment, as well as hands-on expertise from GNTC instructors. Upon completing the program, students received four certificates of completion for Electrical Lineworker, a restricted Class A Commercial Truck Driving (CDL) license, OSHA 10-Hour General Industry and an overall certificate verifying 395 training hours completed.
Alabama executes man convicted of killing delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man has been executed for the fatal shooting of a delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt. Sixty-four-year-old Keith Edmund Gavin received a chemical injection Thursday evening at a prison in southwest Alabama. Gavin was convicted of capital murder in the March 6, 1998, shooting death of William Clayton Jr. in the city of Centre. Prosecutors said Clayton had stopped for cash at an ATM to take his wife to dinner when he was targeted. It was the third execution in Alabama this year and came shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Gavin’s own handwritten request to block it from going forward.
RHS rising freshman Entrekin chosen to Team Alabama for prestigious baseball tournament
After an excellent debut season with the Russellville High School varsity baseball team in the spring, rising freshman Brayden Entrekin has received a special, exclusive invitation to compete with another squad later this month. Entrekin—a versatile player for the Golden Tigers during their 2024 campaign, especially on the mound—was selected...
POLICE: Man jailed after using clippers in assault
Roommates told Rockmart Police that they were scared of a man who used hair clippers to assault one of his fellows, according to reports filed over the weekend. Officers took Agusto Hernandez-Santiz, 38, of a Rockmart address, on a single charge of felony aggravated assault following the Friday morning incident. Police noted that Hernandez-Santiz’s roommates […] The post POLICE: Man jailed after using clippers in assault appeared first on Polk Today.
Young Roman close to raising over $100,000 for local youth home
Wednesday, July 17, 2024–9:55 a.m. Next Thursday, July 25th, marks the 13th annual Whit’s Lemonade Stand in support of the Open Door Home of Rome. Whit Molnar has raised approximately $95,000 since he created the fundraiser. This year he is hoping to pass the $100,000 mark. Molnar was...
Sloan Nelson
Mrs. Sloan Griffin Nelson, age 59 of Cedartown, Georgia, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2024. She was born on February 22, 1965 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The funeral arrangements for Mrs. Sloan will be held on Friday, July 19, 2024 at three o’clock in the afternoon in the chapel of the Gammage Funeral Home with […] The post Sloan Nelson appeared first on Polk Today.
Volleyball Earns AVCA Team Academic Award
MOUNT BERRY, Ga. – Berry Volleyball and Beach Volleyball have earned the distinct honor of being named AVCA Academic teams. A record number of volleyball programs have earned the AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT. More than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs maintained a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale (or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale), to earn the award for their classroom excellence during the recently completed academic year. “We are pleased that the record-setting success of the 2023-24 season on the court has extended to the classroom, too, as evidenced by more…
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