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Local students named finalists for Governor’s Honors Program and National Merit Scholarship
3+ hour, 20+ min ago (600+ words) Local students are coming out on top this month, with three students named Governor's Honors Program Finalists, and a Darlington School student named a National Merit Finalist. After a rigorous interview process, two students from Rome High School and one…...
Dear Harriette: Grandma chooses incense over granddaughter's health
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (475+ words) DEAR HARRIETTE: My mom has gotten into burning incense lately, and whenever I bring my 10-year-old daughter over, she has an allergic reaction to it. She starts coughing and sneezing and has even gotten rashes from it. I've asked my…...
Registration open through March 20 for Trail Rangers mountain bike program
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (14+ words) Registration open through March 20 for Trail Rangers mountain bike program'The Rome News-Tribune...
Eatonton, Tybee, Hampton and Jekyll: 4-H summer camps offer education and adventure away from Rome
2+ week, 18+ hour ago (442+ words) This year's 4-H summer camps offer a variety of adventures for 4th to 12th grade students, who don't have to have any previous 4-H experience. The residential camps in locations such as Eatonton, Tybee Island and Hampton, offer campers a little independence…...
SKYE Research Lab develops evidence‑based actions to improve home safety for children
2+ week, 3+ day ago (533+ words) Every day, household hazards claim the lives of young children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seeking to curb the alarming trend, faculty and students in Kennesaw State University's SKYE Research Lab are digging into the root…...
COLEEN BROOKS: It’s my birthday
3+ week, 2+ day ago (301+ words) It's Sunday, March 1, 2026, as I write this. And, it's my birthday. By the time you read this, my youngest grandchild will turn 6. Three March babies are now part of our immediate family, Our son Heath was born to us on…...
Floyd County 4‑H youth gain skills, success at Georgia Junior National Livestock Show
3+ week, 3+ day ago (376+ words) Ella and Maggie Holbert Seasonal traditions often mark the rhythm of the year: football in the fall, "Spring Training" in the spring, summer vacations, and the crisp chill of winter. In the livestock community, however, the cycle never truly pauses....
GNTC honors newest inductees into the National Technical Honor Society
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (472+ words) A full-capacity crowd of friends, family, faculty and staff gathered in the Conference Center on GNTC's Gordon County Campus in Calhoun on Thursday, Jan. 29, to celebrate the newest inductees of GNTC's chapter of the National Technical Honor Society. The leaders…...
Coosa Middle student wins Floyd County Schools’ 2026 Oratorical Contest
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (325+ words) Floyd County Schools Superintendent Glenn White poses with Rafael Romero, a seventh-grade student at Coosa Middle School and the 2026 Floyd County Schools Oratorical Contest winner. Rafael Romero, a seventh-grade student at Coosa Middle School, has won the 2026 Floyd County Schools…...
Anna Shaw Children’s Institute to host language workshop
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (227+ words) The Anna Shaw Children's Institute, part of Vitruvian Health, will host its fourth annual Language Acquisition through Motor Planning workshop on Friday, Feb. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the Brown Conference Center. The program is in conjunction with The Center for AAC…...