July 8, 2020–5:45 p.m. STAFF REPORTS Both the Floyd County School Board and the Rome Board of Education will hold called meetings on Thursday. The county school board meets at 8 a.m. in the board room to approve the FY21 Tentative Budget. Public hearings regarding the millage rate, which is expected to remain the same,…
July 8, 2020–5:43 p.m. STAFF REPORTS City and county leaders are standing in agreement about the importance of wearing a face-covering while in public as a way to stem the rise in COVID-19 cases. However, whether masks should be mandatory remains an open question. Members of the Rome City and Floyd County Commissions gathered with…
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July 8th, 2020 – 3:20 PM The City of Rome and Floyd County Board of Commissioners- The Floyd County Board of Commissioners and the City of Rome Board of Commission will host a special joint meeting on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 to discuss the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Rome and Floyd County. To…
July 8th, 2020 – 3:00 PM Georgia Power – Georgia Power is offering a special payment plan to help customers with past-due account balances accumulated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Customers who enroll by July 15 will be able to pay past-due balances over a six-month timeframe between October 2020 and March 2021, with no late fees. The suspension…
July 8, 2020–2:23 p.m. FLOYD COUNTY JAIL RECORDS Three people were arrested at a home on Hall Minshew Road in Cave Spring on drug charges Tuesday. According to Floyd County Jail records, 47-year old Jimmy Anthony Quinn of the residence was found with over an ounce of methamphetamine during the execution of a search warrant.…
July 8, 2020–2:17 p.m. GORDON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE The Gordon County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing teenager. 16-year old Sierra Leann Brunner was reported missing on Monday. She was last seen by family members the night before at her home in Plainville. Evidence indicates that she left the…