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Rome DDA Awards 11 Marketing Grants to Downtown Businesses
The Rome Downtown Development Authority has awarded a total of 11 marketing grants to local businesses. Because of the popularity of those grants they’ve increased the budget over the past year, according to Downtown Development Authority Director Aundi Lesley. “We’ve bumped it up,” she said. “In the last two years, we’ve awarded $6,000, and last year, they were all great applications. So, we may need to look at these slightly...
Republicans Arriving In Milwaukee For RNC After Trump Assassination Attempt
Shock over the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday scrambled the 2024 presidential race and prompted leaders on both sides to issue calls for unity, fearing their rhetoric over the existential stakes of the election may have ushered in a new era of political violence. Yet as an FBI investigation over the attack began in earnest, and congressional leaders demanded immediate accountability from the Secret Service, some Republicans and Democrats began pointing fingers at one another, casting blame and trading accusations of...
Rome Alcohol Board to Revive Talks on 'Small Bar' Ordinance
Rome’s Alcohol Control Commission is poised to reopen talks on a “small bar” ordinance at its Monday meeting, and consider pouring permits at a new venue owned by a city commissioner. The citizen board is slated to meet at 5 p.m. in City Hall, 601 Broad St. The city’s 50/50 food-to-drink sales requirement for any liquor pouring has been a bone of contention for several years. Opponents say it deters...
Georgians Urged Not to Eat Diamond Shruumz Edibles
Dozens of people, including several Georgians, have become seriously ill from eating a popular brand of edibles that may contain psychoactive compounds. The Georgia Department of Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration are investigating reports of severe illnesses associated with Diamond Shruumz-brand chocolate bars, cones, and gummies. The products are sold online and are commonly available at consumable hemp retailers and...
Floyd Talks Potential Property Tax Increase. What We Know
The Floyd County Commission will hold a special called meeting at 11 a.m. Tuesday to hear from staff about the status of the current budget and its potential effect on the proposed property tax increase. The meeting will be held in the Fire Education Room at 409 E. 12th St. Commissioners have tentatively adopted a 2024 millage rate that would result in a 14.6% increase in property taxes. ...
Trump is ‘fine’ and gunman dead after shooting at rally
Former President Donald Trump is being evaluated at a medical facility but is “fine” after an incident where he was rushed off stage during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, his campaign said. The shooter is dead, one bystander at the rally also died, and a third person is critically injured, the Butler County district attorney said. The district attorney also told CNN that the shooter was outside the event grounds. ...
Suspected gunman, at least one attendee killed at Donald Trump rally
A local prosecutor says the suspected gunman and at least one attendee are dead after a shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said in a phone interview that the suspected gunman was dead and at least one rally attendee was killed. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was showing off a chart of border crossing numbers during his last rally before the Republican...
Rome Looking To Focus On Vape Shop Regulations
The Rome City Commission has begun looking at possible ordinances to restrict the amount of vape shops within the city limits. But what constitutes a vape shop? That’s one item, among many, that the city will have to define as they work toward crafting an ordinance. Several commissioners expressed concern recently that shops selling primarily vaping products were popping up everywhere and are effectively unregulated and could be selling to...
Local Celebs Battle It Out in 11th Annual Dance Challenge
One of Rome’s most anticipated events, the Sexual Assault Center of Northwest Georgia’s Rome Celebrity Dance Challenge, returns for its 11th annual show on Aug. 3. The community event, inspired by “Dancing with the Stars,” will be a night of fun and warmth as the community gathers to raise money and support SAC’s work in the community. The fundraising event was created in 2011 but this is its second year...
Advocate for Georgia Pharmacies Fired Over Social Media Post
A former president of the Georgia Pharmacy Association has been fired by a prominent health-care services company after criticizing Gov. Brian Kemp’s veto of legislation supporters said would help independent pharmacies out of a competitive disadvantage with pharmacy chains. Joe Ed Holt of Valdosta, a clinical consultant pharmacist with PruittHealth, warned in a posting on his Facebook page in early May that the veto of Senate Bill 198 — which had cleared the General Assembly with only “one” no vote — could put some independent...
Advocate Health Appoints Dr. J. Nwando Olayiwola as President of Advocate National Center for Health Equity
Advocate Health recently named Dr. J. Nwando Olayiwola as the president of the Advocate National Center for Health Equity. Olayiwola is a leader in health equity who brings more than 20 years of expertise in clinical, community and academic medicine, health technology innovation, health services research, public health leadership and health system transformation. As a board-certified family physician, she has spent her career serving medically underserved populations and will continue...
Homeowners Association Sues Developers Over Mud Encroachment
The homeowners association of the Hampton Preserve neighborhood is suing the developers of a massive development in Silver Creek over mud runoff from the property. The lawsuit, filed in Floyd County Superior Court, states that the land clearance from the 200-plus acre Pleasant Valley Preserve development off Pleasant Valley Road is causing a mud runoff onto the neighborhood’s property including a maintained walkway and pond. That runoff, residents say, is clogging up a fountain in the pond and has damaged it as well. ...
Learning To Spread Their Wings At Foundation Camp
Local kids spend their days learning life skills, building friendships, and learning about aviation at this year’s Georgia Highlands College Foundation Camp. Foundation Camp is an annual two-week camp for young men in the Rome area who would otherwise not have the opportunity to experience many of the activities. Every year the camp provides a unique experience for camp goers and this year one of those experiences was aviation-based lessons from the Tiger Flight Foundation. ...
Warnock Introduces Stopgap Medicaid Expansion Bill
Georgians with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford private health insurance would receive temporary federal subsidies under legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga. The Bridge to Medicaid Act would replace federal tax credits due to expire in 2026 with premium subsidies to help people with incomes between 100% and 138% of the federal poverty level buy health coverage in the private market. The subsidies would continue for three years to give policymakers in Georgia and other states...
State Ends Fiscal Year with Revenue Uptick After Months-Long Slide
Georgia tax collections rose last month compared to June of last year, but the state ended fiscal 2024 with lower tax revenues than the previous year. The state brought in $3.03 billion in June, up 6.5% compared to the previous June, the Georgia Department of Revenue reported Friday. But the total tax take for the fiscal year that ended June 30 of about $32.95 billion was down 0.5% compared to...
ARC Marks Some Economic Status Improvements in Northwest Georgia Counties
Just 77 counties in Appalachia are designated as economically distressed — the lowest number in 19 years. Chattooga County is the only one in Georgia, although none of the counties in Northwest Georgia are considered competitive yet. The designations come from an annual status report by the Appalachian Regional Commission. The analysis compares each of the ARC’s 423 counties with national averages for unemployment rates, per capita income and poverty rates over the previous three-year period. ...
Former Ga. Insurance Commissioner Sentenced To Prison For Fraud
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine was sentenced to three and a half years in prison Friday for conspiracy to commit health-care fraud in connection with unnecessary lab testing. Oxendine, 62, pleaded guilty to the charge in federal court in March, admitting that his insurance consulting business ordered the tests from a lab company in Texas in return for hundreds of thousands of dollars in kickbacks, working with a co-conspirator, Dr. Jeffrey Gallups. ...
Rome Woman Charged With Embezzling Over $100K
The owner of a company whose longtime employee is charged with embezzling $110,000 said he was shocked and upset when he found out. That employee, 33-year-old Rochelle Alexandria Vallejos, was arrested Thursday and charged with felony theft by conversion. She had been with the Brown family’s real estate company for seven years. In addition to the real estate company with over 50 residential properties and storage units, the family also...
Rome Woman Charged With Embezzling Over $100K
The owner of a company whose longtime employee is charged with embezzling $110,000 said he was shocked and upset when he found out. That employee, 33-year-old Rochelle Alexandria Vallejos, was arrested Thursday and charged with felony theft by conversion. She had been with the Brown family’s real estate company for seven years. In addition to the real estate company with over 50 residential properties and storage units, the family also...
Rome Woman Charged With Embezzling Over $100K
The owner of a company whose longtime employee is charged with embezzling $110,000 said he was shocked and upset when he found out. That employee, 33-year-old Rochelle Alexandria Vallejos, was arrested Thursday and charged with felony theft by conversion. She had been with the Brown family’s real estate company for seven years. In addition to the real estate company with over 50 residential properties and storage units, the family also...
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