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Floyd County High School Students Win State Literary Competition

Floyd County High School Students Win State Literary Competition

March 29th, 2023 – 5:00 PM Floyd County Schools – 15 Floyd County high school students strongly represented their schools and district at the Georgia High School Association’s 2022-2023 A Division I and AA State Literary Championships this past Saturday. In their respective classifications, 11 of the region winners placed at the state level!  Congratulations…

GSP: Monday night motorcycle chase results in fatal crash

GSP: Monday night motorcycle chase results in fatal crash

March 29th, 2023 – 3:45 PM Staff Reports – The Georgia State Patrol is investigating a motorcycle chase that ended in a fatal crash Monday night. At 9:20 PM, the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office was in pursuit of two motorcycles for racing on GA 3 near Mockingbird Road and requested assistance. A Georgia State Patrol trooper responded…

Citizens SPLOST Committee members set

Citizens SPLOST Committee members set

Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2023–11:09 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- Floyd County has named its representatives who will serve on the SPLOST Citizens Committee. They are Cleve Jackson, Corey Townsend, Keara Leonard, Brad Doyle, Mike Burnes, and Evie McNeice. LaDonna Collins was selected as an alternate. On Monday, the city commission appointed four members to the…

Lights, camera, action! in Cedartown

Lights, camera, action! in Cedartown

Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2023–10:36 a.m. -Jeremy Stewart, Polk County Standard Journal- After several days of setting up locations around downtown Cedartown for scenes in the Tyler Perry movie “Six Triple Eight,” the filming of them took just a few short hours on Tuesday. The Netflix feature tells the true story of the only all-black, all-female…

Arrest reports for March 29

Arrest reports for March 29

Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2023–10:32 a.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Two accused of making threats A man and a woman were arrested at a residence on Dublin Circle Tuesday on felony charges of terroristic threats and acts. According to Floyd County Jail records: 46-year-old Chasity Dawn Fowler told the victim “If you come back on my…

Youth center SPLOST funding can move forward

Youth center SPLOST funding can move forward

Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2023–10:00 a.m. -David Crowder, WRGA News- It appears as though the city can move forward on a request regarding special purpose, location option sales tax funds for a youth center in North Rome. Terri Mayes, executive director of the North Broad Youth Center, is asking that 2017 SPLOST funds designated for a…

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