Rome - this small southern town is surrounded by three rivers which was made the town a prime location for the river trade. Railroads also helped turn Rome into prosperous town. However, during the Civil War, General Sherman burned most of the city to the ground. Rebuilt from the ruins, Rome has been called the ""Number One Small City in the Southeast.""
A morning fire did extensive damage to the inside of a Larkspur Lane Wednesday. slideshow A man and his pets escaped injury this morning after his Larkspur Lane home caught fire.
The Rome metro area lost about 1,000 jobs between October 2008 and October 2009, but gained 200 jobs since September, according to data released today by the Georgia Department of Labor.
It was appalling to read comments by Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission, using "Nazis," "Dr. Mengele," etc., as applied to our health-care reform politics.
A Rome woman was jailed early Tuesday and charged with felony terroristic threats, under the family violence act, and a violation of her probation, reports stated.
The Rome City Commission adopted on Monday a $550,000 spending plan for its annual entitlement grant that includes $220,000 for intersection improvements connected with the Etowah Village development in South Rome.
A Kuwaiti logistics company has been charged with multiple conspiracy counts to defraud the U.S. in connection with multibillion-dollar contracts to feed American troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan.
