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Local Floyd officials to seek new terms
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Floyd County commission and board of education seats are up for election this year, along with several local judgeships. Qualifying starts April 26 for the July 20 party primaries. The winners will appear on the Nov. 2 general election ballot. Judicial and other nonpartisan candidates qualify in June. County Commission seats on the ballot are ...
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100 years of Scouting celebration
Garrett Sheffield puts a section of a tattered American Flag into a fire as Fred Cronon watches during a flag retirement ceremony on Monday. Members of Troop 118 cut the flag into strips and then burned each piece individually. (Ryan Smith, RN-T.com)
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Deer stew, pie part of Scout cook-off
by Jeff Gable
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Monday night was an evening filled with fun, along with a solemn ritual, for the members of Troop 118 of the Boy Scouts of America. The troop, which meets at the Georgia National Guard Armory ...
Local Floyd officials to seek new terms
by Diane Wagner
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Floyd County commission and board of education seats are up for election this year, along with several local judgeships. Qualifying starts April 26 for the July 20 party primaries. The winners wil...
Metropolitan UMC going ‘wild’ for their annual game dinner
by Chelsea Latta
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The community is anticipating an event that has kept the men of Metropolitan United Methodist Church in the woods. The annual Wild Game supper will be at Metropolitan United Methodist Church, 700 ...
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Payton, Brees bask in glory of 1st title
by The Associated Press
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Clearly exhausted from a late night of post-Super Bowl celebrations, Sean Payton leaned on a podium Monday morning, clutching the Vince Lombardi trophy in his right hand. ...
Wright's last-second free throw gives Warner 50th win
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Marqise Wright has accomplished just about every individual accolade possible up to this point in the season. Add last-second, game-winner to the list of his many outstanding feats. The 6-foot-6 ...
Farrer has career night in Lady Hawks’ victory
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Shorter College freshman Shelby Farrer scored a career-high 18 points and senior Holly Bawden posted a double-double of 14 points and a career-best 13 rebounds as the Lady Hawks topped Southern Sta...
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8 arrested on drug charges after police respond to 911 hangup call
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The Floyd County Police Department arrested eight people Wednesday night on 14 felony and 12 misdemeanor charges after responding to a 911 hang-up call at 3184 Rockmart Highway, lot 17, and smellin...
Perdue: Teachers support merit pay, leaders should listen to rank and file
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ATLANTA -- Quoting results of a survey completed by 20,000 Georgia teachers in December, Gov. Sonny Perdue said Monday that teachers overwhelmingly support his proposal for performance pay and that...
Where are they now? A look back at some high-profile criminal cases
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Northwest Georgia has been the home to many notorious crimes over the years, and many of the people who perpetrated those crimes are still alive and residing in various prison systems, while all th...
To change, Obama must listen to the right people
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The letter writer of Jan. 24, could have stepped back to the first year of President Reagan’s term, just after taking over from the disastrous Jimmy Carter years, to see a similarity of how much Ob...
Southern values covered by a cap
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I was saddened to open the Rome News-Tribune and see a photograph of a student and a parent who wore his cap inside the classroom. The only place I wear a cap inside a building is a gym, for a gra...
Weathermen say no global warming
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Since global warming continues to be a hot topic, an update would be helpful to those who want to know the facts. A survey was conducted by the congressionally funded National Environmental Educat...
Tougher Ga. laws urged for illegal massage parlors
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ATLANTA — State Sen. Cecil Staton said Thursday that tougher penalties are needed to crack down on illegal massage parlors, especially in middle Georgia, where it seems to be more of a problem. ...
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