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Wednesday, January 07
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What's up today
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Today’s artwork is by Alto Park student Victor Sontay.
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American Sewing Guild will meet today at 10 a.m. at the Cartersville Church of Christ. The program will be about rag purses. For more information call 678-363-0648.
The New Romans Club will meet today at 11:15 a.m. at Coosa Country Club. The program will be about members’ businesses. Reservations are required by calling Connie at 706-232-5069.
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Today’s weather: mostly cloudy skies, high near 55
So far, Rome has received .24 inches of rain throughout the early morning hours, and a 40 percent chance of showers continues, mainly...
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Gasoline prices rising again
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Greg Dutton of Rome pumps gas Tuesday evening at the Kangaroo station on U.S. 27 next to Georgia Highlands College. (Lindy Dugger Cordell / RN-T)
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In Greater Rome, unleaded regular prices ranging from $1.44 to $1.59 Monday were more than a dime higher in some cases Tuesday with prices ranging from $1.59 to $1.71.
Click to see area gas price information from Gas Buddy.
Retail gas in Georgia jumped a few pennies Monday as OPEC production cutbacks sent oil prices rising. But on Tuesday wholesale oil prices fell again after reaching the highest point since Dec. 1 early in the day.
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Online predator gets 92 months in jail
A case that started when a Cartersville police officer wanted to show his wife the dangers their daughter faced in Internet chat rooms ended Tuesday with a man sentenced to prison and a lifetime of probation.
Judge Harold L. Murphy sentenced Rory E. Villejo, 45, of Arlington Heights, Ill., to...
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108th Cavalry prepares for Afghanistan
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Jennifer Whitlock of Adairsville entertains her son Connor, 2, as her husband, Sgt. Lynn Whitlock, prepares for deployment. (John Bailey/ RN-T)
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Two-year-old Connor Whitlock squirmed in his mother’s arms as his father prepared for training that will eventually lead him to Afghanistan.
“This is the first family deployment,” said Jennifer Whitlock of Adairsville, noting the last time her husband, Sgt. Lynn Whitlock, was deployed, it was when they were newlyweds.
Seventy-seven members of the 108th Cavalry Company A of the Georgia National Guard loaded up early Tuesday to go for a couple of months of training and eventual deployment to Afghanistan.
She said deployments are difficult, but they have family for...
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More Headlines
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Former Chattooga judge Vines indicted a 3rd time
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Choir practice through bad weather
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Record-breaking rain total of 5.06 inches Tuesday floods Floyd County
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Rome doctor supports cigarette tax hike bill
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Recreation center, campground on agenda
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