April 21, 2025 -Bill Crane While recently celebrating my friend and mentor, Professor Dodie Cantrell Bickley, following a retirement celebration (effective at the end of May 2025), at the Grady College of Journalism at the University of Georgia, I witnessed Professor Cantrell, also selected more than once during her tenure as the best teacher and faculty…
Thursday, April 24, 2025–2:45 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- Man accused of making threats against a family member, DFCS worker An Armuchee man was jailed Wednesday on a felony warrant charging him with terroristic threats and acts. According to the warrant: 35-year-old Alex Maxwell Carver made a threat to another man in his Old Dalton…
Thursday, April 24, 2025–2:40 p.m. -Floyd County Jail records- The execution of a search warrant at a residence on Burnett Street resulted in the arrest of a Rome woman on drug charges. According to Floyd County Jail records: 55-year-old Sabrina Cunningham Price was found in possession of oxycodone, amphetamine, adderall, alprazolam, and the generic form…
Thursday, April 24, 2025–2:30 p.m. -Staff reports- The Rome Board of Education will meet on Friday from 8 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. until noon, if needed, for its spring budget retreat. The retreat will be held at the Rome City Schools College and Career Academy, located at 990 Veterans Memorial…
Thursday, April 24, 2025–8:32 a.m. -Georgia Department of Labor- The Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday that Rome recorded an unemployment rate of 3.6% in March, unchanged over the previous month. A year ago, the rate was 3.2%. “In March, Georgians from every corner of the state stepped up, joining the workforce and filling critical…