The Children's Museum of Rome will host its 3rd annual Touch A Truck event on Saturday, May 9th from 9 am until 1 pm at the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds in Rome. Mark Suroveic, Executive Board member, says that kids will enjoy climbing on a variety of trucks. There will be firetrucks, police cars, earth movers, and semis, ...

Media release from the Office of Governor Brian Kemp: Governor Brian P. Kemp and the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR) announced Monday that the state has begun issuing the one-time, special tax refunds authorized by HB 1000 during the 2026 legislative session. The fourth such refund of its kind under Governor Kemp's...

Media release from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division: On May 1, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) open burning ban took effect for 54 Georgia counties. The ban, which has been in place every summer since 2005, affects many of the counties in north and central Georgia (a full list is shown ...

Media release from AdventHealth Georgia: Rockmart, GA - Community members in Rockmart and Polk County will now have easier access to exceptional medical care. AdventHealth is excited to announce that AdventHealth Medical Group Primary and Urgent Care at Rockmart is now open, bringing convenient, whole-person care close...

Media release from Atrium Health Floyd: David Simpson posted a picture of his wife, Lauren, to his Facebook page on Dec. 14, 2019. Lauren Simpson is walking down Broad Street in Rome, holding the hand of their daughter, Sadie, who is sporting a cheetah print jacket and black cat ears. She is smiling with her eyes. She ...

The Atlanta Braves lost to the Seattle Mariners by 5-4 on Monday night in the opener of a three-game set in Seattle, WA. Drake Baldwin led off the outing with a home run for Atlanta. Ozzie Albies and Matt Olson hit back-to-back homers to begin the top of the sixth inning. That marked the 300th home run of Olson's caree...

The Atlanta Braves defeated the Colorado Rockies by 11-6 on Sunday in the the finale of a three-game set at Coors Field out in Denver, CO. That allowed Atlanta to sweep the series. Highlights for the Braves included back-to-back home runs from Jonah Heim and Jorge Mateo in the top of the second inning. Heim had a total...

The Rome Emperors beat the Bowling Green Hot Rods by 6-5 in 10 innings on Sunday afternoon to wrap up a six-game set at AdventHealth Stadium. It resulted in a 3-3 split of the series. The Emperors are off today and will open up a six-game set in Asheville, NC versus the Tourists on Tuesday night.

The Atlanta Braves concluded a six-game homestand on Thursday afternoon with a loss to the Detroit Tigers by 5-2 in the final outing of a three-game set at Truist Park. The Braves have still yet to lose a series and went 4-2 during their homestand. The home team struck first with an RBI single from Eli White in the bot...

The Rome Emperors blanked the Bowling Green Hot Rods by a final score of 2-0 on Thursday night in the third meeting of a six-game set at AdventHealth Stadium. Rome enters the weekend with a 2-1 lead in the series. Game four is set for this evening at 6:45 pm. The Emperors' current homestand continues through Sunday. Fo...