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 | | | Saturday, November 04 | | More than 1,300 cast early ballots
Interest in advance voting escalated steadily through the week, with 1,322 Floyd Countians casting ballots by the close of the period on Friday. Floyd County Election Supervisor Evon Billups said 396 voters came through her office on Friday — more than twice the 162 who came on Monday. ...
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| Shorbagi released, confined to home
 | | Mohamed Shorbagi, 42, will be electronically monitored during his confinement. | The Floyd County man who has pleaded guilty to funneling money to Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas has been allowed to leave custody. Mohamed Shorbagi, 42, the former Imam of a local Islamic house of prayer, had been in federal custody, but on Friday an order was granted that allowed him to be released from confinement and return home. According to court documents, Shorbagi will be electronically monitored using Global Positioning System technology and will only be allowed to leave his home for work, education, religious services, medical treatment and obligations to the court ca...
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| Great Pumpkin Race
 | | Ryan Smith / Rome News-Tribune | Sixth-graders from Berry Elementary, Darlington, St. Mary’s and Unity Christian schools run in the Great Pumpkin Race on Friday. Click through to see more photos.
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| CRBI fish fry offers food for thought
Catfish, hush puppies and a little old-fashioned activism are on order today at the Coosa River Basin Initiative’s annual fish fry. “This is our annual fall fundraiser, and it’s a great meal, a lot of fun,” said Joe Cook, executive director of the CRBI. This year’...
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| Officers graduate from training
 | | Eighteen police officers and employees from Rome Police Department, Floyd County Sheriff's Office and Polk County Police Department participated in a training session. Heath Hooper / RN-T | Officers and employees from three local police agencies were in Rome this week to receive training in how to better deal with situations involving people with mental illness. Eighteen students from the Rome Police Department, Floyd County Sheriff's Office and Polk County Police Department participated in the 40-hour, 5-day Crisis Intervention Team training session, sponsored the National Alliance on Mental Illness in cooperation with local agencies and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. This session marked a milestone for the program, said Jim Moore, co-president of NAMI's Rome chap...
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