The Hillman Group, which acquired Rome-based Big Time Products in 2018, announced plans for a huge new facility off Ga. 53 in Shannon Thursday morning.

With the potential for a statewide judicial emergency order to expire at the end of the month, local jury trials are likely to move back within the Floyd County courthouse from the Forum River Center.

A proposal to build 1.3 million square feet of warehouse space at a new business park in Bartow County is out for review by nearby counties that could be affected by the operations.

ATLANTA — The two committees in the General Assembly in charge of drawing new congressional and legislative district lines this year have set the schedule for 10 remaining town hall hearings across Georgia.

After a year hiatus, the Patriotic Party in the Park sponsored by Redmond Regional Medical Center returns to Ridge Ferry Park on Sunday, July 4.

Northwest Georgia 14th District Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene apologized late Monday for comparing mask requirements in the U.S. House of Representatives to the horrors of the Holocaust.

The restoration effort of an overgrown Euharlee cemetery where an estimated 300 Black Georgians were buried between 1830 and 1900 is underway.

In a rare move, three Rome City Commissioners objected Monday to a first reading of a proposed amendment to the Unified Land Development Code.

Site preparation work is underway for a new subdivision on property on Ga. 53 just inside the bypass.

Rome and Floyd County will kick off a complete overhaul of its Unified Land Development Code with a public meeting at the Civic Center on Tuesday night from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

A series of virtual hearings designed for parents as well as child welfare workers will begin on June 25 as Georgia works to implement its recently revamped Child Abuse Prevention Plan.

The case against a Kennesaw man who is a suspect in the robbery of a Rome bank on May 28 has been transferred to North Carolina, where he is accused of committing two other bank robberies.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has identified the man killed by police after they say he shot a Cobb police officer on Sunday afternoon.

Local builder Donald Evans is asking to annex the vacant tract on U.S. 411 across from Tractor Supply Co. into the city of Rome.

Rolater Park was packed this weekend for the annual Cave Spring Arts Festival and 5K run.

Rome City Commissioners will consider amendments to the city parking and animal control ordinances Monday night.

When brainstorming what she wanted to do for her Eagle Scout project, Coosa High graduate Kendall Buford looked towards her mom’s workplace: Redmond Regional Medical Center.

The lack of a full-time judge on the federal bench for the Northern District of Georgia Rome Division is something attorneys across the region hope will be resolved when the Biden administration fills two vacancies in the district.

Every once in a while, after working long and sometimes grueling shifts, after getting yelled at and spat on and occasionally having plastic cups thrown at him, Officer Brian Vaughan feels so worn down that he wonders if being a cop is still worth it.

ATLANTA — The double-barreled ugliness that was 2020 in America is reverberating in 2021 in a crime wave that has hit cities across the country, including Atlanta.

One more checkbox has been filled in concerning the merger of Floyd health care system and Atrium Health with a public hearing conducted at the Forum on Friday.

An embattled Georgia county central to the state’s revision of its citizen arrest and hate-crimes laws is poised to get its first Black police chief.

The Rome Downtown Development Authority will carry a lot of new data to city commissioners as it seeks for a third time to win approval for an open container ordinance in the downtown district.

The number of people hospitalized as a result of a COVID-19 infection locally has been at an all time low since late last week.

“The metro drug task force has been busy and I’m glad to see it,” Commissioner Scotty Hancock said at the Floyd County Public Safety meeting Thursday.

Food insecurity is a much greater problem than most Georgians would ever imagine.

Federal charges concerning the robbery of a SunTrust Bank in West Rome are anticipated after a Kennesaw man was charged with two bank robberies in Asheville, North Carolina.

Rome’s Public Works Committee has given the green light to City Engineer Aaron Carroll to draw up specifications for the River District streetscape to be used in design proposals.

Rome police and the fire marshal are seeking additional information about an arson at a convenience store at 1200 Martha Berry Highway.

ATLANTA — The state agency in charge of bond sales Wednesday approved the sale of nearly $1.1 billion in general obligation bonds to finance a variety of building projects.

Public health officials are urging Americans to step up their vaccination efforts as a small number of cases of the “delta” variant of COVID-19 have been detected in Georgia.

The Rome City school system will fund 28 additional teacher positions, using money replaced in its Fiscal Year 2022 budget from last year’s state austerity cuts.

The Floyd County Board of Elections recommended on Tuesday that interim Chief Elections Clerk Vanessa Waddell be appointed to the position on a permanent basis.

The high cost of construction has taken a bite out of the city of Rome’s Community Home Investment Program.

The Special Committee on Housing has agreed to submit a series of incentive recommendations to the Rome City and Floyd County commissions to help jump start new housing construction.