Buoyed by a surge in vaccine shipments, states and cities are rapidly expanding eligibility for COVID-19 shots to teachers and other groups as the U.S. races to beat back the virus and reopen businesses and schools.
Floyd County is working on a new employee training program to improve how the government fun…
ATLANTA — A unanimous Georgia House voted 171-0 Wednesday for a $140 million state income ta…
Cave Spring officials are wary but hopeful that a sewer improvement project will begin next …
Legislation aimed at providing special-needs students with state-funded scholarships to atte…
ATLANTA — Legislation to no longer count student discipline as a factor in a five-star ratin…
A $1.6 million contract to resurface Redmond Circle has been awarded to low bidder C.W. Matt…
Rome restaurateur Jeremy Duke along with his stepfather Truman Webb and Tyson Dube have acqu…
Giggity’s Sports Bar & Grill will be the setting for a sip and paint event on March 16 f…
Rome Little Theatre is excited to announce a return to indoor performances with a limited ru…
Model High School’s tennis teams remain undefeated at 4-0 after sweeping Pepperell High Scho…
After more than 36 years at Rome-Floyd County Parks and Recreation (RFPRA), Rick Haase is ca…
ATLANTA (AP) — Advocates of a ban on a transgender girls playing girls' sports in Georgia ha…
Major League Baseball announced Thursday that it will hold an annual Lou Gehrig Day starting this season on June 2.
Washington Capitals star captain Alex Ovechkin was fined $5,000 for spearing Boston Bruins forward Trent Frederic in the groin on Wednesday night.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball will hold its first Lou Gehrig Day on June 2, adding G…
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:
A Rome-Floyd firefighter cuts the battery of a silver sedan after what appears to be a head-…
A Rome man faces an aggravated assault charge stemming from a Dec. 6 domestic altercation, r…
Legislators in more than 20 states have introduced bills this year that would ban transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams in public high schools. Yet in almost every case, sponsors cannot cite a single instance in their own state or region where such participation has caused …
Legislation aimed at separating school sports teams between children assigned male or female at birth advanced in the state Senate Wednesday amid criticism it discriminates against transgender persons.
ATLANTA — For the first time during the 2021 General Assembly session, legislative leaders have combined all three forms of gambling they’re considering legalizing into a single resolution.
Wide-ranging legislation aimed at cracking down on rioting protesters in Georgia that criminal-justice advocates say could trample on free-speech rights faced debate in the General Assembly Tuesday.
ATLANTA — A $1.9 trillion federal COVID-19 relief package moving in Congress that would send aid directly to cities and counties has drawn backlash from Gov. Brian Kemp, who says its funding formula shortchanges Georgia.
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