Feature Story
Posted under Entertainment, Weather, Education, Feature Story on July 26th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Two large events around Rome were sporadically hampered as spotty showers and thunderstorms moved throiugh the area.
A back-to-school event at Crane St. Park complete with inflatables and representative from the Calhoun Police Dept. was temporarily halted when rain moved through. Calhoun Police were on hand with a drug prevention program and […]
Posted under Weather, Feature Story on July 22nd, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
A local boy and his dog are happily together Tuesday Night after the dog narrowly escaped death when a tree fell atop his pen.
The dog, a 1 year-old Australian Blue Heeler named Blue, had been locked in his pen at 2215 Kingston Hwy. when his owner, 8 year-old Austin Vines had […]
Posted under Police, Feature Story on July 12th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Family and friends of local Floyd County Police PFC Marcus Roberts came together to raise money so that they may spesk with him as he serves in Iraq.
PFC Roberts was deployed in December with the National Guard to Iraq, leaving his position as the School Resource Officer at Pepperell High School.
Beginning […]
Posted under Feature Story on June 17th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
While many posts on our sister site, Romewired.com, may discuss issues pertaining to government, public safety, and many other topics, a recent discussion has banded Romans together as they tracked and successfully found a cute little pooch named Asa.
Asa is a 2 year-old female Jack Russell Terrier Mix. According to sources, Asa […]
Posted under Video, Feature Story on June 5th, 2008 by RomeNewswire
Russell Dixon said his life was going fine up until about 6 months ago. He had a job, a home and was very happy. That all changed one evening 6 months ago after leaving his pregnant dog at home sleeping on an electric blanket and the blanket sparked a fire and heavily damaging his home […]
Posted under City of Rome, State Patrol, Police, Feature Story on May 20th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
*Note: Please understand that this is a news story rather than a commentary. The views expressed here are those of officials, not the author.
With gas prices now nearing $4.00 a gallon, they will not only affect you when your filling up, but they are now to the point where they affect […]
Posted under Accidents, Weather, Feature Story on May 3rd, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
Above: A Representative from Lloyd’s Towing removes a car that slid off a driveway of Classy Critters Pet Kennel and Grooming in the 3000 Block of Callier Springs Rd. The vehicle slid off the driveway and into a ditch following a light period of drizzle. No Injuries were reported.
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
The picture above […]
Posted under Environment, Feature Story, Outdoors/Nature on April 6th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Though dreary weather settled over Floyd County this weekend, a group of women did not let it get in their way as they met for thier annual Women In The Outdoors event at the Floyd County Wildlife Club.
The group, a total of 46 women, initially met on Friday to camp and […]
Posted under Police, Feature Story on February 22nd, 2008 by RomeNewswire
This weeks RomeNewswire print edition, In Stores Saturday!
Issues With Floyd County Hit Home For Police Officers
By: Carolyn Grindrod, RNW staff writer
Many Floyd County Police officers say that despite the issues concerning pay and safety, the department is still a great place to work.
However, with these problems still comes a lot of stress […]
Posted under City of Rome, Civic Groups, Police, Feature Story on February 4th, 2008 by Hayden Jennings
By RNW Reporter Hayden Jennings
Photo Courtesy of Rome Police Explorer Post
After a six year hiatus from regional competitions, Rome’s own Law Enforcement Explorer Post #2072 earned high honors this pass weekend at the regional Winterfest competition in Gatlinburg, TN.
The post had been planning and training for the past year on various subjects such as traffic […]
