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Tire Iron Assault Live-Streamed From Prison, Prosecutors Say
As two men beat a man with a tire iron in his living room, two ranking members of the Ghost Face Gangsters watched it live-streamed from their prison cells in Valdosta. One of the two, 34-year-old Dustin Earl Cotton, said the victim, another member of the gang, had crossed a line by sending an explicit picture to his underage niece. He had asked Scotty Joe Venable, 41, who was at...
Fulton judge tosses three counts in Trump's election interference case
ATLANTA — A Fulton County Superior Court judge Thursday dismissed three counts in District Attorney Fani Willis’ election interference case against former President Donald Trump while leaving most of the counts intact. Two of the dismissed counts were filed directly against Trump, while the other involved co-defendants Shawn Still, a Republican state senator, and Trump lawyer John Eastman. Judge Scott McAfee declared that the state does not have the authority...
Superintendents Report Drop In Social Media Threats Against Schools
The number of reported threats to local schools has dropped sharply as the weekend approaches, but Rome City and Floyd County schools remain focused on educating their students on consequences. After a shooting at Apalachee High School last week, reported threats against schools across the state spiked sharply. Local superintendents have worked alongside law enforcement to investigate threats in the area, and in the last week, at least nine students have been arrested. ...
Atrium Health Floyd-Polk Foundation Awards $1.3 Million in Grants
Atrium Health Floyd-Polk Foundation is awarding more than $1.3 million in grants, which will be used to support 33 community agencies. The foundation currently has assets valued at more than $200 million. Annual investment earnings went to Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center and Atrium Health Floyd Polk Medical Center to award grants to address disparities in care and social determinants of health in northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama. The 2024...
Republicans Join Legal Challenge Of State Election Board
The Republican-controlled State Election Board is now being challenged from both sides of the aisle. A Georgia-based advocacy group headed by former Republican state Rep. Scot Turner filed suit in Fulton County on Wednesday. They’re seeking to block rules changes that three of the five board members approved in recent weeks allowing local election officials to delay certification of election results if they suspect fraud. The lawsuit, filed by Eternal...
Driver Accused Of Fatal Wreck on Turner McCall Charged
The driver accused of smashing into another car head-on at around 100 mph Saturday, killing two occupants and seriously injuring a 1-year-old child, faces felony vehicular homicide charges. Omar Alejandro Garcia, 30, is charged with two counts of felony homicide by vehicle. Kadrian Harris, 23, and Malik Henderson, 23, were killed in the wreck. Harris’ daughter, 1-year-old Riley Harris, was seriously injured and airlifted to Children’s Scottish Rite Hospital in...
'We Will Never, Ever Forget': Rome Remembers 9/11
Twenty-three years ago on a beautiful Tuesday morning in New York City, the U.S. was attacked by a relatively unknown terroristic organization, al-Qaeda, resulting in the deaths of almost 3,000 Americans. The terror attack began when a hijacked airplane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center at 8:46 a.m. A second plane hit the South Tower at 9:03 a.m. “I want you to remember that number — 2,977...
Rome Police Chief Addresses Parent Concerns Over Friday Lockdown
While announcing the addition of a second resource officer at Rome High School, Rome Police Chief Denise Downer-McKinney addressed parent concerns about the reasoning and timeline of a precautionary lockdown at the high school. RHS was placed on a precautionary lockdown Friday afternoon after Superintendent Eric Holland heard reports of a threat against Cartersville Middle School. Following the shooting in Apalachee High School earlier in the week Holland said it was best to be cautious and place the school on a precautionary lockdown while the...
Voting Rights Groups Weigh In On Lawsuit Challenging State Election Board
Civil and voting rights groups have filed a “friend of the court” brief in a lawsuit challenging two rules changes the State Election Board’s Republican majority adopted in recent weeks. The ACLU of Georgia, Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law argue the changes threaten to upend Georgia’s longstanding mandatory election certification rules and disenfranchise Georgia voters. The three Republicans on the five-member board...
Fact-Checking The Harris-Trump Debate
The highly anticipated debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris was a combative event in which facts were repeatedly trampled and distorted. ♦ In a lengthy exchange on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, Trump made several statements that were either false, misleading or unsupported, and Harris got a couple of facts wrong, too. ♦ Trump referred to a rumor that began on...
Family Teams Up To Construct Outdoor Classroom At West Central
The construction of an outdoor classroom at West Central Elementary has become a family project as a local Scout worked alongside his family and others to build a space for learning in nature. “West Central has been an important part of our family’s life for the last 13 years,” West Central literacy coach Stephanie Lewis said. “It’s special to me that our family is able to leave a little something for a place that has given us so much.” ...
FOOTBALL: Rome, Coosa, Darlington Home For Week 5
Region play begins for teams in Region 5-AAAAA, Region 6-A Division I and Region 7-AAAA as some teams reach their season midpoint halfway through September. Rome hosts East Paulding, Coosa is home for the second straight week against state-ranked Fannin County, Armuchee travels to Gordon Lee, Darlington returns from its bye to host Whitefield Academy and Unity Christian plays King’s Way Christian. Model (2-2), Pepperell (0-4), Adairsville (3-1) and Woodland (1-2) are off this week. ...
State tax revenues up in August
ATLANTA — Georgia tax collections rose by 2.4% last month compared to August of last year, largely driven by an increase in sales tax revenues. The state Department of Revenue brought in nearly $2.34 billion in August, an increase of $54.3 million over the same month a year ago. Individual incomes taxes declined by 9.1% in August, as payments fell by 10.1%. However, net sales tax revenue increased by 14.7% compared to August 2023, offsetting the sluggish income tax receipts. Corporate sales tax receipts also rose last month, as refunds declined by 52.7% and payments rose by 31.2%. Two months into fiscal 2025, overall tax collections were up 2.5% over July and August of the last fiscal year.
Report: Calhoun Woman Charged With Disrupting School Through Social Media Post
A woman is facing a criminal charge after school officials say she disrupted school operations through social media. According to a Calhoun City Schools, Calhoun Police Department, and Gordon County Jail reports: Tuesday at around 4:30 p.m., Melissa Marie Watson, 35, was arrested and booked into the jail after school officials say she shared false information on the Facebook page "Concerned Citizens of Gordon County." ...
Report: Calhoun Woman Charged With Disrupting School Through Social Media Post
A woman is facing a criminal charge after school officials say she disrupted school operations through social media. According to a Calhoun City Schools, Calhoun Police Department, and Gordon County Jail reports: Tuesday at around 4:30 p.m., Melissa Marie Watson, 35, was arrested and booked into the jail after school officials say she shared false information on the Facebook page "Concerned Citizens of Gordon County." ...
As Record Heat Sweeps the US, Some People Must Choose Between Food and Energy Bills
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — During the heat dome that blanketed much of the Southeast in June, Stacey Freeman used window units to cool her poorly insulated mobile home in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Over the winter, the 44-year-old mom relied on space heaters. In both instances, her energy bills reached hundreds of dollars a month. “Sometimes I have to choose whether I’m going to pay the light bill,” Freeman said, “or do...
Family of Man Fatally Shot by Gordon County Deputy Files Lawsuit
The family of a man fatally shot during a 2023 encounter with a Gordon County Sheriff’s Office deputy has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court. On Jan. 24, 2023, a deputy stopped a truck driven by 51-year-old Billy Dewayne Couch on Cook Road near Resaca. In the complaint filed Monday, the family contends that as Couch exited his truck, GCSO Deputy Aaron Carnes charged at him with his weapon...
Never Forget: 9/11 Memorial Service Set For Wednesday Morning in Rome
The Rome-Floyd Fire Department will hold its annual 9/11 memorial service Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. at the Firefighters Memorial Plaza behind City Hall. The presentation of the memorial wreath ceremony will be attended by family members of fallen Rome Floyd firemen Assistant Chief W.H. Cooper and firefighter Newton Tolbert, and escorted by the Rome Floyd Fire Department Honor Guard. Assistant Chief Cooper was seriously injured in a fire at...
Ex-public works supervisor headed to prison for credit card fraud
A former supervisor in the Glynn County Department of Public Works has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud. William Richards, 51, of Brunswick also was ordered to pay more than $420,000 in restitution of funds he illegally gained from fraudulent charges to government purchasing cards. Richards, who began working for the public works department in 2010, was responsible for coding and reconciling...
Raffensperger: Georgia is Prepared for Smooth Elections
ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is predicting smooth elections in the Peach State this year despite rules changes being imposed by a State Election Board he called “a mess.” Raffensperger told members of the Atlanta Rotary Club this week that reforms his office and the General Assembly have made since the last presidential election in 2020 should give voters confidence that the voting process is fair and honest. ...
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